tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204458762009-06-28T03:33:48.784+12:00The Epic Camp Teamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-86543384066744548062009-02-11T12:44:00.004+13:002009-02-11T12:49:10.416+13:00

Epic Camp is over and I'm back on the Gold Coast taking a well earned break for recovery. Once again it was an awesome experience with a great bunch of athletes that helped me push myself all week long. With an end-to-end of New Zealand camp planned for next year I'm definitely looking at fitting it into my schedule.I've two more posts up on my blog, the first reporting on days 7 and day 8 of

Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00134781805051982401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-14399784738092360652009-02-10T16:23:00.000+13:002009-02-10T16:25:14.237+13:00

Overall Totals:Swim: 29 700m, 8:10Bike: 1215 kms, 43:15Run: 73.5 kms, 6:15Total # of hours of training in 8 days = 57:40“Intense” is a good summary for Epic Camp. And I mean intense in every way! It wasn't quite as intense as last time due to my wee injury, but it really is amazing to be in this environment with such strong athletes and great people, all of whom are pushing to their upper

Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300657112964478063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-29638745992569908482009-02-10T16:18:00.000+13:002009-02-10T16:19:04.211+13:00

Swim: 5000m, 1:20 or soBike: 63K or so, 2:05Run: Nothing for me again!(25K bike to Rabbit Island for start of triathlon: 2Kish swim, 40K TT, no 10K run for me)This morning started with a pool swim of 3K (for only three of us because Scott, Lou and I were the only ones to do the 3000m for an extra point) and the “events”. We started with the 400IM long course race which is always hilarious to

Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300657112964478063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-81363198426970127192009-02-10T16:05:00.002+13:002009-02-10T16:38:07.303+13:00

Swim: 2000m or so, :25 or soBike: 180K, 6:20Run: Nothing for me!(Nelson to Arnaud with tack on to 180K)Today started with the ride to Arnaud to Lake Rotoiti. I have been struggling a bit with this wee leg injury but I am managing to hang on. I am riding at my own pace (and still managing to ride lots with the main pack too) and as a result have had different sources of company along the way. It’s

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Day 8 – RacesThe final day of the camp and the camp-long points competition has closed. There’s a great mood this morning, I guess because the pressure is off, or the end is in sight. I’m feeling kind of sad that its almost over, but tired and was anticipating the morning swim events, followed by an Olympic distance tri race with some nerves as to how dumb I’d look in the former, followed by how

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Epic Camp New Zealand 09 has just finished with an awesome final dinner. Great to chill out with all the people that have helped push me this camp and give superb support throughout. Waking this morning I felt I'd achieved my aim of getting myself pretty wasted. For more details of how the week went here're links to the daily blogs I posted on my website:Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6Day 7Day 8

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Day 7 – St ArnaudMy first surprise of the day was waking naturally and in near daylight. Something was not right! It wasn’t – I had forgotten what day it was (that happens when you don’t have a day-job ;o)) and set my alarm for yesterday…almost rolled over to sleep in until breakfast, but a quick calculation realized that if I went immediately I’d get 50min run done and have time to run around

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Last time on Camp in Italy I was pretty slack on the blogging side of things, finding it hard to fit it in. Whilst it may appear Tara and Jo are the only ones to have put the work in I have been posting to my own blog. I've made two posts one on Days 1 to 3 and one on Days 4 to 6. Go have a look if you want the details of my experience on this camp.Compared to Italy this has been a different kind

Russhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00134781805051982401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-49084608871886688772009-02-07T10:18:00.004+13:002009-02-10T16:22:26.892+13:00

Swim: 4500m or so, :70 or soBike: 112K, 4:15Walk: 3K or so, :35(Collingwood to Nelson (stop at winery) with a KOM up Takaka Hill the other way and an Aquathon in Kaiteriteri)Well, I woke up feeling much better, but was still hobbling around. I felt better thinking about my whole season ahead and feeling like the injury won’t keep me out for very long. I decided to do my own ride and not push too

Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300657112964478063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-74253779802722639442009-02-07T10:18:00.001+13:002009-02-07T10:18:23.982+13:00

Swim: 3K, :50Bike: 60K, 2:20Run: 20K, 2:20 (and then about a 20min walk down after I fell)(3K open water race, long Heaphy Trail run and Crash and ride around Collingwood)Oh dear, sometimes I wish I could go back in time…and today is one of those times. Today started out with a pretty funny 3K open water swim race. We were swimming in about 2 feet of water and after I lost the lead love

Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300657112964478063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-47385200838459492522009-02-07T10:17:00.001+13:002009-02-07T10:17:43.324+13:00

Swim: 6000m, :50Bike: 150K, 5:35Run: 10K, :50(Nelson to Collingwood with Takaka hill race and KOM and tack on to 150K)Up early to run 50mins to the pool for a ‘supposed’ 7am swim start. Heath and I ran together with Lou a few paces behind (only Lou then ran back to the hotel – he was a little bit confused, but got a ride back to the pool). Today there was time to swim 6K (for the second and

Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300657112964478063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-71415061014616859082009-02-07T10:16:00.000+13:002009-02-07T10:17:12.792+13:00

Bike: 270K, 9:45Run: 10K, :50(Kaikoura to Nelson with Rye Saddle KOM and tack on to 270K)The morning started out with a wee 50min jog in the dark with Scott and Douglas. We knew there was a long ride coming up so decided to get the run out of the way before, rather than after the ride. On the way back, we met up with Jo but she didn’t look so good. I thought she must have turned around early

Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300657112964478063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-36071174286666182982009-02-07T10:13:00.000+13:002009-02-07T10:16:07.924+13:00

Swim: 6000m, 1:45Bike: 200K, 6:35Run: 10K, :50(200K with a 64K TT from Cheviot to Kaikoura and tack on to 200K)Day 2 started with a 6K swim with Rolly’s squad at the QEII. I did 4700 with the squad and then a steady 1300m to get to 6000m. First of two allowed 6K swims for an extra 2 points accomplished! Of course Steven and I contemplated running back to the hotel but time was running low

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Day 6 AquathonMotivated by a good day yesterday, I decided to get up and go for a bonus 2 hour run before breakfast. This meant setting off in the dark with a head torch at 5:15 and heading out on the road toward the Farewell Spit. I was running very slowly, legs still tired from the hard ride yesterday afternoon but enjoying the dawn chorus and incredible sunrise over the estuary. Arrived back

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Day 4. CollingwoodStarted the day with a fairly uncomfortable run to the pool (50 min out and back up along concrete pavements with Russ and Steven) and full of intentions of a 6km swim, which would include 2 ‘points’ sets – 10 reps of 200m off 3:20 and 20 reps of 100m off 1:45. The former is manageable if I am swimming well and the latter would normally be attainable swimming steady, though

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I am just back from the Epic Welcome Dinner at Winnie Bagos and Day 1 of the camp commences bright and early tomorrow morning. Let the fun begin…The dinner tonight was fun with some good carbo-loading food and a few beers all around (you can always count on Scott to have a beer or two!). Erin (Scott’s wife) came as well and it was neat to finally meet all the campers in person. The only one

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Day 3. Van.Another tough day, but for very different reasons. Woke early despite getting bed late, and as a result of Muscles Inc John’s superb and generous attentions to my dodgy leg it felt OK. Decided that this was far better than it would feel after the scheduled 250+km ride up to Nelson, so took it for an early morning run. Saw Douglas heading out but did not want to risk someone else’s pace

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Day 1. PortersCamp started at full throttle wit a 6miel run to the pool – a good pace and we arrived earlier than planned for our swim. As per Epic Italy, the first swim set included a 2km TT – one of my worst fears of the camp. Pleasingly I swam ok, and not the slowest, at least. Intentions of a few other campers in for the points game were quickly made clear with Tara being the first ( apart

joannacarritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813350631001579786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-67465842767887181852008-06-19T09:17:00.003+12:002008-06-19T09:38:54.494+12:00

On the bike path from pool in Dobbiaco up to Cortina In the restaurant a couple hours later at the top of the nasty Tre Cime Lavaredo - wet and cold but happy to have survived cold rain and lightning. Beer, ice cream and cappucino in Austria - mmm :)With Randy and Douglas atop the Stelvio - look for these guys at Lake Placid and Kona Another photo atop the Stelvio with Gordo (nice hat) and

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Written up the second part of the camp on my Blog here

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Before I had to board the plane I believe we were at the point where we had stopped to refuel from the van just south of Trento. As I noted Molina and Randy caught up to us at this point and we (Gordo, Steven, Anthony, Douglass and I) waited for Scott to get a spare front wheel from Ian as Scott had broken a spoke. Earlier in the week his hub required some maintenance and I had a pedal go bad.

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Sunday 15 June 2008.Epic Camp, day 8We’re already on the last day. Some of us may also be on our last legs, too, but I certainly don’t want it to end. I’m still leading Scott in the points competition (which I would never have believed a remote possibility at the start of the camp!) so wrench myself out of bed for an extra-point 50 min run. I bumped into Mike who was up doing the same thing. We

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Saturday 14 June 2008.Epic Camp, day 7Big day today as we ride over the Stevlio Pass – at 2800m, it’s pimped as the most brutal climb in the Dolomites. The group headed out for a pre breakfast run together around the town, I was deliberately taking it easy in order to preserve what I had left in me for the big climb – not keen for another day like yesterday – so when the pace increased I fell

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Friday 13th June 2008.Epic Camp, day 6Still feeling pretty moody I headed out for 1h40 run on the track in the rain. It always sounds worse than it really is as you lie in bed listening to the weather falling, and this proved to be the case as, for the first half of the run it was just a bit drizzley. I hardly noticed as it got progressively heavier. Coming through one of the tunnels on my return

joannacarritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813350631001579786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20445876.post-28008768745860564232008-06-18T21:18:00.001+12:002008-06-18T21:18:21.158+12:00

Thursday 12 June 2008.Epic Camp, day 52hr run with Steven on the bike track which runs behind the hotel before breakfast The track is predominantly uphill on the way out, and suspect that it would eventually intersect with the bike path that we’d used the previous day to get from Brunico and extends on as far as Verona. Out at 5am, we saw a mountain moose-type thing and several other smaller

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