Hi Everyone,

It has been a little while between newsletter, as between camps, clinics, racing and general coaching work, we have fallen a little behind here.  Our newsletter will be back in full swing as of January 23rd 2012.

Thanks for reading.

Jarrod

Hi Team,

Well another massive weekend we had again to finish off the last of the racing before xmas. 

We again had athletes everywhere from Queensland to Canberra, and then locally in Altona.  The weather managed to stay nice for the most part and we even got a nice day for Surf Training on the Saturday morning. 

Over the weekend, Stephane from our Age Group, took some of his athletes to Canberra, to race in the 1st race of the National Olympic Distance Series.  There was some early talk of a non swim, but the swim went ahead with some good results, albeit with some course navigation challenges.  At Altona, members from our Beginner Age Group Squad, out Age Squad and our HP Team all took part in the Western Suburbs Tri Club for 2011, with Levi Maxwell dominating from start to finish.  Its always a great race, and Sunday didn’t disappoint with some outstanding results again.  Jodie Dunstan, also raced the 1st of the National Junior Series events at Runaway Bay and despite being the youngest athlete there, competed well and will be better for the experience.

Please Note; This will be the last newsletter for 2 weeks, as we will have a little communication break over xmas.  So our newsletter will be sent from the first week of Falls Creek Training Camp, which one of the best experiences for our group.

Team Gear –Our Team Race Suits from Steigen have arrived and they look fantastic.  Thanks to Stephane for organizing this for our team. 

Email Stephane at enduranceteam@hotmail.com or ring him on 0400 009 326 for all details.

More details and reports are below. 

Over the next few weeks we have the following remaining races for 2011, which team members will be racing;

-          Benalla Sprint Triathlon

-          Bright/Falls Creek Training Camp

-          Race 3 of the Gatorade Series at Brighton

Train Safe - Jarrod

 

Athlete Results

Canberra National Selection Race / Olympic Distance – Yesterday in good conditions, members of Age Group Team, raced in the 1st of the Olympic Distance National Selection Series.  We had some good results on the day, with the stand-out being Lyndal Dew, who again won her Age Group.  Stephane has written a report on the race below.

Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/Results.aspx?CId=1&RId=607&EId=1 

 
Western Suburbs Triathlon – Yesterday at Altona, we had quite a few of our squad race, at the final race before xmas.  Levi Maxwell and Leonie Huber were the standout athletes of the day, both winning the long course race convincingly, but it was the Beginner Age Group Squad athletes who finally go to do a triathlon for the 1st time this season.  Lyndal has a full report, below on their performances.  Great job everyone.

Results - http://www.wstc.org.au/images/uploads/WSTC_Triathlon_Race2_20111218_Long.pdf 

Race 1 of the National Junior Series (Runaway Bay) – Over the weekend in Runaway Bay, young Jodie Dunstan, competed in her first National Junior Series event.  45 of the best junior girls in Australia aged between 15 and 19 line up for 7 races in 3 Days, and it would be to say that anyone going up here for the 1st time, is in for a learning experience.  Jodie had been struggling with os-good schlatter disease (a knee growth issue) for about 6months, so has been able to do little running, and only 80% of her riding, and this came into play up at the racing.  She swum well over the racing series, managed to show some fight and skill on the ride legs, but the lack of conditioning on the run, came to the fore. 

It needs to be said, that every first year athlete, who comes here, gets a real baptism of fire.  The realities of competing at this level for the first time can be daunting, and 99% of athletes who come here for the 1st time, get a big reality check.  BUT, its what you do with that reality check, that makes the difference.  Im sure we are all proud of Jodie, for giving it a crack, and I for one look forward to what she decides to next.

Results; See the triathlon Australia website.

             
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good work to the people who raced this week-end. We had Leonie, Noles and Nick racing in Altona, finishing 1st, 3rd and 5th overall. Great work!  Mitch had to pull out due to hammies issues, Jake could not get in and Josh hurt his shoulder playing work sport.

We had a good and fun trip in Canberra. The race was a real disappointment, especially when you drive that far...The swim buoys were tiny and huge rocks blocking the swim exit.  The bike ride was a draft fest and the run did not have the aid stations promised and some marshal missing from key spot. Poor Nate, Wayne and Ironmatt paid for this as they ran extra because the turning point was not in place yet.

Nate ran an extra 200m, Matty 2kms and Wayne 2.5kms...Very poor, especially because they would not take time off their final times. Really, Wayne should could have been around a podium spot and Matty around 7th.

We still had some great results and we scored some very important points for the Worlds. Lynny 1st, Coach 3rd, Graham 7th, Nate 8th, Wayne 12th, Ironmatt 13th, Ben and Matt 17th

Beginner Squad Group Squad Report

Hi All

Well done on another super week of training. Again I was only present at Mondays swim session due to race commitments in Canberra. We focussed on technique combined with some intensity. I am pleased with the way that everyone is improving and continuingly asking for feedback to improve. From the positive feedback I received from a few athletes both Thursday and Saturdays sessions went well and were a lot of fun. Again, I thank you all for being so pro-active while I was away and following the training that I set.

We are now on a break from squad training for the Christmas period until the 16th January. I have a few athletes on individual training programs in this period, if you decide that you do want a program over this time please contact me and I would be happy to make something up for you. I hope that you all have a lovely Christmas and New Year. Have fun, laugh and enjoy your day.

WSTC Race 2- Triathlon: Enticer

5th (overall female) Kellie Counsel 49min 11sec

8th (overall female)Ella Toone 53min 19sec

Beginner Squad Coach - Lyndal

Hi Team,

Well I don’t know about anybody else in Victoria, but im over our bull$^% ‘summer’ weather.  For the 3rd year in a row, the first two of our major triathlons, have been ‘washed’ out and made duathlons.  Im all for safety and the like, but sometimes rules go to far, and the lunacy that is ‘litigation and red tape’ hangs over organizers, like the black cloud, that dumped rain on the bay.  To be honest, I think everyone has just gone soft.  Call me a little crazy, and hard headed, but I don’t like it. 

On a better note, we had a great weekend of racing right around the country, from Mebourne, to South Australia, to Canberra, to Raby Bay in Queensland, we had athletes competing everywhere and it was a great day for all.  Results and reports are below.

Team Gear –Our Team Race Suits from Steigen have arrived and they look fantastic.  Thanks to Stephane for organizing this for our team. 

Email Stephane at enduranceteam@hotmail.com or ring him on 0400 009 326 for all details.

More details and reports are below. 

Over the next few weeks we have the following remaining races for 2011, which team members will be racing;

-          Benalla Sprint Triathlon

-          Bright/Falls Creek Training Camp

-          Race 3 of the Gatorade Series at Brighton

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

Train Safe - Jarrod

 
Athlete Results

Race 2 / Gatorade Series at Elwood – Yesterday in more blown out conditions and a cancelled swim, we had a large group of athletes take on the Elwood Duathlon, with again some very good results.  Deiter, Adam and Will all managed to get on top of the podium, with Jamie and Nate also getting up there in the Elite Race and the 20-24 mens. 

Special mention goes to Deiter, for his persistence and hard work in getting to the top of a Gatorade podium.  It is one of the hardest age group podiums to top in Australia, and you have worked very hard for it, so well done.

This coach (me), should have taken his own riding skills advice after crashing around a turn point on the bike, in front of probably 300 spectators, after trying to enter and turn to quickly.  My advice here, is listen to what I say, not watch what I do.  Well done to everyone who raced.

Jamie Huggett              2nd Elite                     52.43mins

James Chronis             5th Elite                      53.31mins

Deiter McDonald         1st 35-39                      55.19mins

Adam Cashmore          1st 30-34                      55.33mins

Jarrod Evans                2nd 35-39                     56.20mins

Will Cannon                1st 20-24                      58.42mins

Nate Walsh                  3rd 20-24                      59.47mins

Chris Little                   11th 30-34                    59.59mins

Renee Lane                  4th Elite                       61.08mins

Richard Sekesan          6th 40-44                      61.41mins

Kirsten Norden              7th Elite                       62.27mins

Mark Nave                   11th 35-39                    63.05mins

Jeff Souter                   24th 35-39                    66.18mins

Corey Phillips              38th 30-34                    67.11mins

Results; http://www1.yoursports.com/details/results.php?lang=en&page=6&eventid=9198&contest=0&name=ONLINE%7CGTS%20Online%20List%20Overall&CertificateLink=1&format=view  

 

Results and Report from our Active Feet, athletes are below.

Canberra 70.3 – Yesterday in Canberra, atrocious conditions, greeted competitors with heavy rain falling for much of the morning, making racing un-enjoyable.  We had a mixed bag on the day, with Chad Anderson racing his first 70.3 Pro Race, falling foul of a nasty bug, leaving him vomiting in the swim and on the 1st lap of the bike, and in the end spending more time in the medical than he did on course.  Jason Zaal, getting 2 flats on the bike, before calling it a day, after having a very good swim.  Glenn Day after a hectic work week, and some hamstring issues, got off the bike in a podium position before the hamstring issues we have been dealing came into play and he fought hard home to get 7th in his age group.  All 3 boys, will be back bigger and better than ever.

So, it was left to the girls, Jenny Hart and Jac Crofton to hit the podium hard, and both raced very well.  with both these girls, weighting about 50kg ringing wet, these conditions were never going to be easy, but they both raced well, and earned their spots to Las Vegas next year, for 70.3 Worlds.  Well done to both of you.

Results - http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/Default.aspx?CId=1&RId=614&EId=1 

 
Coomealla Sprint Triathlon (1st National Series Event) – Yesterday in near perfect conditions, in the small South Australian town of Coomealla, we had a good size group of hardened athletes, drive the 6hrs to race the 1st of the National Sprint Series Selection Events for the 2012 World Champs in New Zealand.  Coach Steph, led the group across the finish line, with a win in the 35-39 Age Group, starting a great results day for our team here. 

His full race report with results, can be read below

Results; http://www.coomeallatriclub.com/

             

Queensland Gatorade Series at Raby Bay – Yesterday, in a place most Victorians wish they were, Raby Bay, hosted Round 3 of the Queensland Gatorade Series, and Ian Roduner, again set a standard for himself over short course racing, by improving another 4mins over the same course.  Ian is now starting to dip into the Top 10 of a very competitive age group, and with the hard work he is doing, will keel improving.  Great stuff.

Ian Roduner     7th 40-44          4min PB over the same course

         

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good work on some great results this week-end.

I have not had the chance to have a good look at the Gatorade results as we got back late last night and today being my family day  I’ll have a good look tomorrow when I send the NL.

The results in Coomealla where good even if there were not without dramas with Lynny with ITB problems, Nick a thorn in his foot + getting lost at the finish, Denis a possible broken toe in transition, Leonie nearly fell on the bike due to cross winds, Ben and Jake with stomach issue, and Noles and I suffering from the virus that Meg kindly shared around. Only Mary-Ann had a great race without any issues. Meg started the race just to finish and grab some points for the Worlds. We suspect she has compartment syndrome now  It was a great trip and Coomealla was a great spot for Triathlon. A beautiful swim in the Murray River followed by a bike ride amongst the winery and a run along a golf course with lush grass!

See the results attached:

Coach 1st M35-39, 3rd overall and fastest AG in 54’20’’

Nick 7th in M35-39 in 59’52’’

Lynny 1st in F20-24. 1st overall 1h00’52’’ and 24th overall

Denis 3rd in M40-44 in 1h02’09’’

Leonie 2nd in F20-24 and 2nd overall in 1h02’17’’

Jake 2nd in 18-19 in 1h02’32’’

Ben 9th in M25-29 in 1h03’11’’

Noles 5th in F30-34 in 1h10’18’’

Mary-Ann 6th in F40-44 in 1h15’30’’

Meg 4th in F18-19

Train safe – Coach Stephane


Beginner Squad Group Squad Report

Hi All

Congrats on a great week of training. The week began with the focus on swim technique and stroke correction. This is proving to be successful for all with consistent improvements being made each week from everyone. Due to my racing commitments in South Australia I could not be there for the reminder of the week. However from what I heard Thursday’s training session ran smoothly and was a lot of fun. Saturday’s training session was moved to Torquay with the focus being on ‘race preparation’ for those racing the following day. Thanks for everyone being so pro-active while I was away.

Well done to those who raced on Sunday. For those who did their first ever triathlon, I hope it was a great experience despite it being turned into a Duathlon. The results shown are below.

Female 40-49   

2nd - Linda Gasparini   30min58sec

6th – Carol Brown       33min29sec

Female 18-29

38th – Steph Elsdon     39min08sec

Female 12-14

3rd – Ella Toone           31min43sec

Also awesome job to Mary-Ann, who competed in the National Series race in Commealla. She had a super race and is showing some awesome improvements. Sorry results are not out yet for that race.

See you all at swimming tonight. J

Beginner Squad Coach

Lyndal

Hi Team,

Another weekend of un-predictable Victorian weather, but with plenty happening, not too many people took to much notice.

Over the weekend we also had athletes compete at the Busselton Ironman and also at Race 2 of the Victorian Xosize Series.  In Victoria, the weather was putrid with gale force winds and threatening rain, as we had Jamie Huggett and James Chronis go 1-2 again in the Pro Field, whilst Kirsten rounded out the womnes Pro Field with a 3rd.  Jarrod, Leonie and Bonnie also managed to get on the podium.  While in Busso, they could not have got a better day for the Ironman.  Details of both events are below.

Team Gear –Our Team Race Suits from Steigen have arrived and they look fantastic.  Thanks to Stephane for organizing this for our team. 

Email Stephane at enduranceteam@hotmail.com or ring him on 0400 009 326 for all details.

More details and reports are below. 

Over the next few weeks we have the following races, which team members will be racing;

-          Gatorade Race 2 at Elwood

-          Coomealla National Sprint Series Race

-          Canberra 70.3

-          Benalla Sprint Triathlon

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – Best of luck to all athletes racing at Gatorade Race 2, Canberra 70.3 and Race 1 of the National Sprint Series in Coomealla, and everywhere else around Australia.

Train Safe - Jarrod

 
Athlete Results

Race 2 / Xosize Series at Mordialloc – On Saturday in howling conditions, and racing over the unusual distances of 500/16/5, we had a few hardy athletes tackle a blown-out Melbourne waterfront.  Cold weather and wind greeted athletes, but we had some very good efforts on the day.  Jamie Huggett and James Chronis went 1-2, after fighting it out on the run, whilst Kirsten and Jodie after both going off-course in the Female ITU Junior and Pro Race, basically missed the groups, and worked hard solo for their finishing spots.  Leonie continues to race sharply in the sprint events, and yesterday she topped the podium again, as does the ever improving Bonnie Lanham who managed to get 3rd in a great result.

Jamie Huggett              1st Elite                        48.06mins

James Chronis             2nd Elite                        48.46mins

Jarrod Evans                1st 35-39                      51.04mins

Leonie Huber               1st 20-24                      60.28mins

Bonnie Lanham            3rd 30-34                      66.12mins

Jodie Dunstan              5th ITU Junior              67.11mins

Sprint Results; http://www.starttofinish.com.au/default.aspx?s=eventdisplay&id=2619 

 
Busselton Ironman – Yesterday in near perfect conditions, Brad Manzcak and Jo McLaughlan did our squad proud.  Brad after coming off a good prep, finished the race 9hrs 32mins and getting 5th in the 30-34 Section. After a solid swim and a being in a very good position off the bike in 6hrs (even after a stack), he was looking great to get a Kona spot, but the dreaded cramp got the better of him and he rounded out his marathon in 3.25hrs, which is still a great result.  Well done Brad and Coach Stephane.

Joanne McLaughlan from Mackay in Queensland, is one of our correspondence athletes, and mother of 3, and works as a Vet in Mackay, so getting her to the start line fit and healthy was a challenge in itself.  To Jo’s credit she stuck at it, and performed well in the heavy training leading into the event.  On the day, she swum a 1.07, rode a 5.25 (outstanding), and then with a few walks to help out some struggling participants she ran home well, to get 11hrs flat, to get 7th in her age group.  Great work Jo, we are all very proud of you.

Results; http://live.ironmanlive.com/Event/Sunsmart_Western_Australia 

                         
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Well done to the small crew racing this week-end. Mitch, Bon and Leonie did very well at Mordi, Anthea, Maree and Donna did awesome in Susan’s women run. 

Brad Manzcak finished 5th in M30-34 after falling on the bike and cramping badly on the run. He finished 10min away from qualifying and would have without those incident as 3h25min marathon is slow for him. Melbourne IM is the next goal and we’ll work on a pre race electrolytes pre load.

Last week was very high on intensity, so many of you have an easy week this week. Make sure you stick to it and don’t do secret training! Coomealla and Elwood is the next race we’ll do as a squad.

I’ll be in Coomealla with part of the squad for the 1st National series sprint race. This is official now that it will be a non wetsuit swim, so wear a tri suit that will allow that = high in the cut and no pockets!

You’ll need a race belt as well over there, so purchase one please. I have also book a table at the sport club on Satuday night at 6pm.

Train safe and keep up the good feedback as this is the key to success between a Coach and his Athletes. Program will be sent Thursday morning for the next 2 weeks...

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Beginner Squad Group Squad Report

Hi All

What a great week of training! We began the week by focusing on good technique with our swimming. A special mention must be made to Linda and Carol, with huge improvements being made on their technique. Thursday proved to be a tough set, but very beneficial combining both technique work with some intensity. Everyone did awesome and should be really happy with how they are going. Saturday’s brick set was a lot of fun. Everyone should take a vast amount of confidence with their open water swimming now. This weekend coming is Race 2 of Active Feet/ Gatorade Triathlon Series. Good luck to those racing. J

Beginner Squad Coach

Lyndal

Hi Team,

What a wet weekend!!!!!!  After torrential rain on Saturday and Sunday, it was a shame that most sessions were called off, given that we are meant to be coming into summer? 

Special mention goes to Richard Sekesan who still went out in the driving rain on Saturday morning and still rode and ran his 5.5hrs along the Great Ocean Road.  Richard you fast becoming the measureable standard of hardness.  Great work.

Over the weekend we also had our athletes compete at the Ballarat Multisport Festival with race wins taken by Jamie Huggett (Elite Sprint), Deiter McDonald (Sprint 35-39) on the Saturday and Chad Anderson and Lyndal dew both winning the Elite section with Coach Stephane and Levi Maxwell also getting on top of the age group podium, with Steph and Levi both getting the 1-2 Overall.  Well done to all who raced and race reports and results are below.

Team Gear – Portions of our Team Gear from Steigen have arrived and they look fantastic.  Thanks to Stephane for organizing this for our team.  Pictures and Prices will be out this week.

More details and reports are below. 

Over the next few weeks we have the following races, which team members will be racing;

-          Xosize Race 2

-          Gatorade Race 2 at Elwood

-          Canberra 70.3

-          Benalla Sprint Triathlon

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – Best of luck to all athletes racing at Xosize Race 2 and everywhere else around Australia.

Train Safe - Jarrod

 

Athlete Results

Sprint Distance Triathlon / Ballarat Multisport Festival – On Saturday in torrential conditions, Ballarat hosted the first leg of their annual Triathlon and Multisport Festival.  We had a number of athletes show up and race with some outstanding results by the team.  Jamie Huggett, fresh off a nasty bout of gastro that put an end to his Auckland race, dominated from start to finish in the Elite Mens Race.  Deiter McDonald amazingly rode the 120km from Camperdown to Ballarat, and then raced and still managed to win his age group easily after running down Stephane in the early stages of the run to be first age grouper across the line and win the 35-39 Age Group as well.  Coach Stephane, a man of questionable sanity and direction was lining up for his first of two races for the weekend, raced hard at the prospect of going 2 for 2 for the weekend, but ran out bikkies on the 5km run leg.  But did he hang on the Sunday?

Jamie Huggett              1st Elite                        52.29mins

Deiter McDonald         1st 35-39                      55.24mins                   

Stephane VDB             2nd 35-39                     57.04mins

Nick Lanham               3rd 35-39                      62.51mins

Nolene Byrne              1st 30-34                      69.57mins

Meg Gubbins               3rd 13-19                      71.11mins

Sprint Distance Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/Default.aspx?CId=1&RId=630&EId=7

 

Olympic Distance Triathlon / Ballarat Multisport Festival – Yesterday in fine conditions, the first annual Ballarat Olympic Distance Triathlon was held and again, we had a day out with both the Male and Female Elite Winners coming in the form of Chad Anderson and Lyndal Dew both from our squad.  With a slightly longer swim and a shorter bike for safety reasons, times were always going to be hot.  But the talk of the race, was the 1-2 Combo that trumped them all, including the Elite’s, which was Stephane Van Der Bruggen and Levi Maxwell.  Starting 2mins behind the Elite’s in the non-drafting format, I think complacency might have crept in to our pointy enders, as the pace was hot on the swim and the bike, but to the credit of both Steph and Levi, they kept mowing whomever they could down, and got the 1-2 Overall on the day.  Chad Anderson took, the first across the line honors in the Open Male Section, which was a nice effort for a very hard working athlete.  Not to be outdone – the ever improving, Lyndal Dew who is taking advantage of the non-drafting format and leaner womens fields, to dominate proceeding’s overall.  It is a credit to her work ethic, and diligence for preparation, both in training and racing, that she is now reaping some good rewards.  Well done Lyndal.  Not to be out-done in the girls, Linda Solly also won the 30-39 Female in a very good time of 2.18.  Well done to all athletes who raced.

Stephane VDB             1st 35-39                      1.52.58hrs      

Levi Maxwell               1st 20-29                      1.54.13hrs

Chad Anderson           1st Open                       1.54.34hrs

Wayne Veitch              4th 20-29                      2.00.04hrs

Nate Walsh                  6th 20-29                      2.03.36hrs

Lyndal Dew                 1st Open                       2.05.26hrs

Matt Lemaitre              9th 20-29                      2.05.49hrs

Kirsten Norden            2nd Open                      2.10.01hrs

Ben Webster                16th 20-29                    2.12.52hrs

Linda Solly                  1st 30-39                      2.18.01hrs

Olympic Distance Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/Results.aspx?CId=1&RId=630&EId=7

South Australian Franklin Island Triathlon – Yesterday in South Australia, Casey Gollan continued his improvement by taking out the 35-39 Age Group and finishing as 1st Age Grouper athlete across the line, which is a great result.  Case, now takes a break, going on holidays with the lovely Tam for a few weeks.  Well deserved Case, you’ve worked hard for it.

Results; http://www.franklinislandtriathlons.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2011-Full-Sprint-Distance-results-landsccape.pdf

Western Suburbs Tri Club / Altona Triathlon – Yesterday at Altona, we had two representatives and another 2 great results from the weekend.  Leonie Huber raced the Long-Course event and took out the 1st Female, whilst young Junior, Jodie Dunstan raced the Short-Course event and took out that event.  Great work girls, well done.

Results; http://www.wstc.org.au/index.php/site/eventdetail/wstc_triathlon_race_1_2011-12/ 

         
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

This is a big call, but I think we have proven that we are the best squad in Victoria. Many podiums and wins over the week-end. Great work team.

Ballarat has shown that it is very important to time your fitness and no point being top fitness mid October.   Many people are coming up and showing their improvements lately.

On Saturday, Noles won the sprint and Nick + Meg both got third. On Sunday, Linda, Lynny and myself won our AG. Nate and Wayne got 3rd. Special mention to Kirsten for being second and Levi and Chad who won their category to finish 2nd and 3rd overall behind Coach VDB, surprise overall winner of the day!

You can see a great article of Lynny with the link below.

http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/sport/general/ballarat-triathlon-dew-claims-ballarat-and-state-titles-in-geelong-double/2372228.aspx

We’ll keep focussing on the 1st National series Sprint (Coomealla) and O.D (ACT). We’ll taper for those race the make sure you feel like jumping out of our skin!

Brad is racing Busso IM this week-end with a 9h30min goal and Stephen ACT 70.3 the week-end after. Let’s hope there is a swim as he just swum 5min20sec for 400m this morning at GAC!

Performance of the week goes to Ben Webster for his 2h12min O.D. Realistically a 2h15min as the swim course was 2min too long and the bike course 5min too short, but still an amazing time for someone who has put his head down this winter and is now reaping the reward!

 Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

Team Gear – Portions of our Team Gear from Steigen have arrived and they look fantastic.  Thanks to Stephane for organizing this for our team.  Pictures and Prices will be out this week.

Outstanding results, by everyone today at the Gatorade Race 1 at St Kilda.  Due to the amount of rain, we had over the weekend, the race was again turned into a Duathlon (I think for about the 3rd year in a row), so results were turned on their head.  It ended up being a 2km Run / 20km Bike / 2km Run.

It must be said, and I say this with all rational and sincerity, but don’t get carried away with how your result was, both good and not so good.  The fact that it was a duathlon, changes the dynamic of what people can and can’t do in races dramatically.  So with that said if you had a great race, because there was no swim, be realistic at how you assess your performance.  Conversely if you didn’t have the race you were after because there was no swim, then take it on the chin, and be realistic about your result and happy with what you came up with knowing your strength was not there. 

The moral of the story is – keep it real today people, it was not a triathlon!

More details and reports are below. 

Over the next few weeks we have the following races, which team members will be racing;

-          Ballarat Olympic Distance Triathlon

-          Xosize Race 2

-          Canberra 70.3

-          Benalla Sprint Triathlon

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – Best of luck to all athletes racing at the Ballarat Multisport Festival and everywhere else around Australia.

Train Safe - Jarrod

 
Athlete Results

Gatorade Race 1 in St Kilda – Yesterday at St Kilda, we had a great day as a team, scooping many of the podiums on offer.  As I eluded to above though, many of the categories and results were turned on their head’s with the advent of the cancelled swim, so it became a runners race, and for many this proved to be a distinct advantage.  The ‘swimmers’ have been unlucky at this event in the last few years, but never the less, you just have to race with what’s been put in front of you.  Special mentions for today go to James Chronis for his first ever Gatorade Elite Podium and Lyndal Dew and Kirsten Norden for going 2nd and 3rd in the Female Elite Race, behind Beijing Olympian Erin Densham. 

Also to get a special mention should be Nate Walsh, who finally got one over on his coach, Stephane, and beat by a mere 19seconds, and I for one will never let Stephane forget it J  Well done Nate.

Also to get a special mention should be all the athletes who under Coach, Lyndal completed their first races today.  It’s a great effort to complete your first race, and very quickly we all forget where we first started and become pre-occupied with times and performance.

James Chronis             55.11mins                    3rd Elite Male

Adam Cashmore          56.01mins                    1st 30-34 Male

Chad Anderson            56.18mins                    7th Elite Male

Will Cannon                57.33mins                    1st 20-24 Male

Nate Walsh                  57.42mins                    2nd 20-24 Male

Stephane VDB             58.03mins                    1st 35-39 Male

Chris Little                   59.45mins                    7th 30-34 Male

Brad Manzcak             60.43mins                    11th 30-34 Male

Matt Lemaitre              60.52mins                    9th 25-29 Male

Richard Sekesan          61.29mins                    4th 40-44 Male

Jake Belsar                  62.15mins                    8th 15-19 Male

Lyndal Dew                 62.35mins                    2nd Elite Female

Kirsten Norden             63.37mins                    3rd Elite Female

Mark Nave                   63.59mins                    17th 35-39 Male

Leonie Huber               65.12mins                    1st 20-24 Female

Denis Wright                66.03mins                    27th 40-44 Male

Matt Burrell                 67.02mins                    21st 20-24 Male

Chris Cahill                  67.26mins                    50th 25-29 Male

Linda Solly                  68.05mins                    4th 35-39 Male

Mitch Hodgson            69.44mins                    64th 25-29 Male

Jeff Souter                   70.00mins                    51st 40-44 Male

Nolene Byrne              70.52mins                    14th 30-34 Female

Nic Brandimarti            80.16mins                    40th 15-19 Male

Mary Ann Seebeck      81.00mins                    9th 40-44 Female

Results; http://www1.your-sports.com/details/results.php?lang=en&page=6&eventid=9022&contest=0&name=ONLINE%7CGTS%20Online%20List%20Overall&CertificateLink=1&format=view

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Great work this week-end for the crew who raced the 1st Gatorade Duathlon  . Yep, swimming got cancelled again and turned into a good training for some of us...

We had some great results today and it was awesome to see 2 ET Girls on the Elite podium. I’m sure this never happened before. Well done to Lynny and Kirsten.

Lyndal, Nate and Leonie showed that the work I have done with them with mental aspect, abilities and attitude lately has paid off.  Remember that the race is mainly in the head.

It is always the person who wants it the most and who can hurt the most who will win.  Leonie actually won as the 1st girl in her AG rode 22min, so she needs to be DQ. Nate only missed out by 9 seconds to new ET member Will Cannon. Lyndal only lost 20seconds on world class and Olympian Erin Densham.  Jake Belsar is taking the performance of the week this week as after 10 weeks of training with us, the kid does 62min - great future in this sport if you ask me!

Great to see Matty B, Chris C, Mark and Denis coming back from injury and racing well. Great work Boys!

Next week-end we will be in Ballarat for the O.D and Nate and I are opening bets to who will be in front of the other after he “just” beat me today...

Mitch and Meg will be racing the sprint. Good to see Meg racing again and let’s hope she behaves on the run!

 Train safe – Coach Stephane

Beginner Squad Group Squad Report

Hi All,

I hope that you are all enjoyed our second week of training. This week we welcomed Kellie Counsel, Stephanie Elsdon, Maryann Seebeck, Kathryn Roberts and James Stanford into out squad. Our focus throughout this week’s training was on technique in swimming, riding and running. Most of the athletes are already seeing improvements.

Today we had 4 of our beginner athlete’s race in the Active Feet triathlon at St Kilda and Mary-Ann race in her first Sprint distance Triathlon. It proved to be a successful day across the squad, despite the decision to turn it into a duathlon. Everyone who raced did awesome and results are shown below. Well done. See you all this week at training.

Results;

F 18-29

19th Rochelle Taylor 31:36

F 40-49

2nd Linda Gasparini 30:22

8th Carol Brown 32:13

F Family & Friends

12th Stephanie Elsdon 39:55

Gatorade

F 40-44

9th Mary-Ann Seebeck 1:21

 Train safe – Coach Lyndal

Hi Team,

Please Note; This week, my wife Renee and I travel to Adelaide, as she having major surgery.  We will be leaving on Wednesday afternoon and returning on Monday morning at this stage.  If there are any complications, HP and Elite Athletes will be notified of training alternatives.  All athletes will be provided with replacement sessions,  that you can complete in your own time or arrange to do together.

Over the weekend, we had a great day at Shepparton and apart from some smashing results, it should be mentioned that Endre Lloyd Johnson completed his first ever 70.3 Half Ironman event.  It was just a great day all round.

Outstanding results, by everyone today at the Shepparton 70.3 Race – details and reports are below.






Over the next few weeks we have the following races, which team members will be racing;

-          Race 1 / Gatorade Series / St Kilda

-          Ballarat Olympic Distance Triathlon

-          Xosize Race 2

-          Canberra 70.3

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – Best of luck to all athletes racing at the first race of the Gatorade Series in St Kilda .  We have individuals as well as teams, and it will be a great weekend.

Also this week – Elite Team Member Jamie Huggett will be competing in his first major race back from his crash, competing in Auckland, New Zealand in the World Cup.  With 75 of the worlds best ITU athletes racing, he has his work cut out for him as he starts his racing process, towards trying to get one of the 3 elusive spots for the London Olympics.  Auckland is a tough and technical course but he is nearing some great shape, and we all wish him the best of luck.

Train Safe - Jarrod

 
Athlete Results

South Australian Triathlon Series Race – Yesterday in South Australia, Casey Gollan continued his progression to become one of the fastest triathletes in the State, with a 3rd Place in 35-39 Age Group, the Gatti Sports Triathlon Series.  The Sprint Race held is hotly contested and this was Casey’s first triathlon back in 15 Years.  Bloody good effort mate.

Shepparton 2XU Swim Series 1500m Race – On Saturday, as part of the triathlon festival that is the 70.3 Shepparton Half Ironman, they conducted a swim race as part of the weekend, and with Lake Kialla open and calm, it was going to be fast.  Myself and Chloe both had ok swims, but the swim of the day, went to Tyson, who after putting himself through a mountain of work in the pool this week, came out and swum a PB for the distance.  Great work Tyson.

Jarrod Evans                18.10mins

Chloe Butt                   19.14mins

Tyson Warnett             22.44mins

Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/LiveLB.aspx?CId=1&RId=603&EId=5 

Shepparton 70.3 – Well yesterday, as a team, we had a great day.  After calm conditions on the Saturday, the wind got up on the Sunday, and with a new bike course, and some long open stretches it made for tough going.  The heat was there, but it wasn’t stifling like it has been in other years, and we were blessed my good cloud cover for most of the day.  The day was certainly slower than other years (about 8-10mins from all reports), with the new course (dead roads) and open windy sections making for some tough going.

To the results, and Ross, had the race of the day, winning the 30-34 Age Group after running a 1.17 to leave the others in his wake.  Next across the line was our team - Coach Evans (Swim and Bike) and Libby (Runner).  Much credit goes to Libby for volunteering for this with late notice – she ran very well after only having her second child and getting back into running.  Next was Rae Quinn, who after attending our Bendigo Training Camp, and going to back to Melbourne, training hard was rewarded with a 2nd Place, and only beaten by the current age group world duathlon champion. We next had Zoe Clark, who has only started with us in the last week, and will be looked after by Coach Stephane, she had a great race, to finish in 4th, after me having her in 3rd in the provisional results.  Great work Zoe.  Fresh off a solid Noosa performance, Jenny Hart showed she is the big improver, winning the 45-49 Age Group as part of our HP Correspondence Team.  Jenny is aiming to get to Kona through Ironman Melbourne next year, and will only be, stronger and faster by then.  Great work Jenny.  Next was Endre, who competed in and completed his first 70.3 Race EVER.  The big guy had a great day out there, and each time I saw him, only had a smile on his face.   Great job Endre, well done mate.

                                                                                Swim               Bike                 Run

Ross Young                             4.08hrs (1st 30-34)       25.54               2.21                 1.17

Team (Jarrod and Libby)         4.29hrs (4th Mixed)         24.26               2.11                 1.48

Raelene Quinn                         4.54hrs (2nd 40-44)      32.34               2.41                 1.36

Zoe Clark                                 5.01hrs (4th 25-29)       34.59               2.42                 1.40

Jenny Hart                               5.07hrs (1st 45-49)       37.25               2.51                 1.34

Endre Lloyd Johnson               5.54hrs  (98th 35-39)     34.00               2.52                  2.20   

Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/LiveLB.aspx?CId=1&RId=603&EId=1 

 
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good work on a good specific week of training.

Today’s set was lots of fun and great to see 12 Athletes fighting it onto fisho’s beach for my “delicious” home made muffins!

That sort of set is of great benefits as well even if it is hard to do 3x600m ocean swim T-T in a row. At the end of the day, it is all about getting used to race conditions to be able to race well!

Next week, it is recovery week for most Athletes. We have 17 ET AG Athletes going to the 1st Gatorade and we’ll have our tent over there. I expect lots of PB’s and a few podium places!

Performance of the week is going to Mary-Anne Seebeck who really showed some guts today by doing the full 3 sets in a brilliant outcome as she won one of the races.

Mary-Anne is now joining Lynny at Try a tri squad to continue her quest to get into to Ozzie sprint team for the Worlds in NZ...

 Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

Great Weather and Great Weekend!!!!!!

Training and Racing in this sort of weather just makes our sport so much more enjoyable.  Over the weekend, we have some fantastic results and many many athletes racing.  It should be noted that when you scroll your eyes down a results page, there are a lot of new faces, and plenty more to come in the next few weeks. 

Today in brief, we had some outstanding results at Port Maq and also in Brighton at Race 1 of the Xosize Series.  Jamie Huggett won the Mens Elite Race and Kirsten finished 3rd in the Female Elite Race.  More Reports down below.

In Port Maq at the 70.3, Deiter McDonald had an outstanding race to finish in 2nd in the 35-39 Mens Age Group, whilst new HP athlete, Tim Beardall, who started this week with my program was unlucky and crashed on the bike leg.  We wish Tim a speedy recovery.  More on Deiter’s race below.

Over the next few weeks we have the following races, which team members will be racing;

-          Shepparton Half Ironman

-          Race 1 / Gatorade Series / St Kilda

-          Ballarat Olympic Distance Triathlon

-          X-Osize Race 2

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – Best of luck to all athletes racing at the Shepparton Half Ironman.  We have individuals as well as teams, and it will be a great weekend.

3 Week - Falls Creek Camp – Deposits of $250 are over-due, with the balance of your camp payments due by the 1st of December. 

Train Safe - Jarrod

 

Athlete Results

Port Mac 70.3 Triathlon - Yesterday in Port Maquarie, NSW, Deiter McDonald, finished 2nd in the 35-39 Age Group and Top 20 Overall, including a highly competitive mens pro field.  Deiter has worked extremely hard off the back of Las Vegas and was at one point in this race in the Top 10 Overall, thanks to a monster bike leg.  We were aiming for the win, but just ran short of it, in the back of the end of the race.  Dieter has become a formidable athlete in the 35-39 Age Group and I look forward to seeing what he is capable of next.  Well done mate.

Results; http://ironmanlive.com/tracking.php?race=portmacquarie70.3&year=2012 

 
XOsize Series Race 1 (Brighton) – Yesterday at Brighton, we had the first major Victorian Race of the Season, and a solid crown turned in what were perfect conditions for a Melbourne morning.  Warm, no wind, and still conditions greeted competitors.  We had some stand-out performances and none more so, than Jamie Huggett who took out the Elite Mens Race, by over a minute, beginning to return to some of the form, that took him to 4th in the world back in 2010.  Jamie is aiming to start his Olympic Games Selection process in 2 weeks time in Auckland, New Zealand so this race was an important stepping stone.  Not to be outdone was a host of our athletes who were looking to lay some hot times down after a hard winters training.  Ross Young, Stephane, Jac all took out their age groups, as well as some brilliant first time performances by Jake and Nic.  James, Kirsten, Matt and Leonie all managed to get themselves on the podium as well.

Photo’s, Updates and More are all available on our Team Facebook Page as well

Jamie Huggett                          55.37               1st Male Elite   

Ross Young                             57.12              1st 30-34 Male (4th Overall)

James Chronis                         57.12.1            3rd Male Elite

Stephane Van Der Bruggen      61.00               1st 35-39 Male

Matt Lemaitre                          64.57               3rd 25-29 Male

Kirsten Norden                        66.13               3rd Female Elite

Chris Little                               66.46               5th 30-34 Male

Jake Belsar                              66.54               9th 20-24 Male

Lyndal Dew                             67.04               4th Female Elite

Leighton Wells                         69.43               10th 30-34 Male

Jac Crofton                              69.51               1st 35-39 Female

Matt Burrell                             70.47               10th 20-24 Male

Leonie Huber                           71.26               3rd 20-24 Female

Ben Webster                            71.39               16th 25-29 Male

Jodie Dunstan                          71.53               2nd ITU Junior

Nolene Byrne                          73.34               4th 30-34 Female

Bonnie Lanham                        77.15               8th 30-34 Female

Nic Brandimarti                        88.56               29th 14-15 Male

Results; http://www.starttofinish.com.au/default.aspx?s=eventdisplay&id=829 

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Well done to the ET AG Squad this week-end.  We had some great results across the board from enduranceteam.net!  Well done to Matt L and Leonie for getting onto the podium. Noles just missed out on the podium due to a navigation mistake.

I have said this many times :”Do not follow a group without looking where they are going” You won’t gain any time, even in the feet, if you swim 100 meters extra like Noles did!

Jake and Nico did a great 1st Triathlon and will have some great future results judging by their potential! Keep it going boys!

Performance of the week goes to Bonnie for doing a 2min20sec PB with only 12 weeks training after giving birth!

Next Sunday, we are doing a transition set at Fisho’s at 10.30am. Stay tuned and train safe!

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

Another great week of training done and dusted and clearly many of you are now sharpening things up for some major races.  Its exciting times in Victoria right now, as we have at least 2-3 races on each weekend right through until April next year.

Great job to our Noosa crew over the weekend in particular to Linda O Connor for her age group win, and James Chronis for finishing 18th in his first major professional race, against a very very good field. 

Over the next few weeks we have the following races, which team members will be racing;

-          Race 1 / Xosize Series / Brighton (Inc Race 1 of the VSSSA Series)

-          Port Maquarie Half Ironman

-          Shepparton Half Ironman

-          Race 1 / Gatorade Series / St Kilda

-          Ballarat Olympic Distance Triathlon

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – Best of luck to all athletes racing at the 1st major local race of the season in Brighton, the Xosize Series also incorporating the first of the VSSSA Schools Series Races.

The Australian Half Ironman (70.3) Championships are also on in Port Maquarie, NSW.  We have Deiter McDonald as our sole representative in that race.  Even though Deiter raced at Las Vegas in the World Champs only about 7 weeks ago, his times in training suggest a personal best result.  The most exciting thing is especially given his riding talent, right now he is the last person I would want to be in a 21km foot race with.  Best of luck to all racing.

3 Week - Falls Creek Camp – Deposits of $250 are now due, with the balance of your camp payments due by the 1st of December.

Train Safe - Jarrod

         

Athlete Results

Noosa Triathlon / Yesterday in the usual Noosa humid sun, we had a few athletes tackle what is one of the best races in Australia.  Conditions started out ok, but got hot quickly.  James Chronis posted the fast time of the day in the Elite Race.  After getting belted in the swim, James struggled a bit in the heat, but ran home quite well to finish in 18th Place, against what would be a World Cup standard field.  At 18years of age, this was James’s first Professional Race.  Glenn Day, who has only recently started with us, showed that the early work we are doing in some re-programming and strength is working with a well controlled 2.16.  Linda O Connor and Jenny Hart both racing in the 45-49 Age Group, both had very good days, with Linda blowing away the competition to win the age group and finish 24th overall, beating most people old enough to be her kids J.  Jenny also had a very good, after struggling in the swim, posted good bike and run splits and showed that we are on track for a very good result in Shepparton and Canberra 70.3’s.   Corey Phillips or ‘Corbo’ had a great race, after a broken build up with heavy work constraints, with the Police Force.  Corbo should e commended for continually giving this race a crack each year.  One of our athletes from the Beginner Squad last season also took on the challenge of Noosa.  Kelly Heard did really well, after having major shoulder issues in the lead up to the race, affecting her prep.  This was only her 2nd or 3rd triathlon, and it was just a fantastic effort to complete it Kelly so, well done.

James Chronis             1.58                 18th Elite male

Glenn Day                   2.16                 7th 45-49 Male

Linda O Connor           2.18                 1st 45-49 Female

Jenny Hart                   2.33                 5th 45-49 Female

Corey Phillips              2.40                 203rd 30-34 Male

Kelly Heard                 3.25                 139th 35-39 Female

Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/Results.aspx?CId=1&RId=593&EId=1 

South Australian Aquathon Champs – Yesterday in South Australia, Casey Golan continued his solid form building into the season with a 2nd Place in the 35-39 Age Group and a 5th overall in the 6km Run / 500m Swim / 3km Run Event.  It was another good progression for Casey and given his strengths are the swim and the bike, things are looking good.  Good job.

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good work this week as usual. Today, we did the Lara Fun Run and we had some great results.  Jeff, Donna and Rob did great over the 10kms and the rest of the crew tackle the 5kms. We had 5 ET Athletes in the top 10 with Nate 2nd, Wayne 3rd, Coach VDB 5th, Matty L 6th and Nick L 8th.  Linda, Noles (PB) and Lynny did a great job all placing in the women’s category. Ben (PB) Chris and Nico (PB) are showing they are on track for a good season as well.

Next week-end, we have the season opening in Brighton. Many of us are going. Please respect your recovery week this week and do not do any extra training.

In Noosa, Corbo did well with a 2h40min in a no wetsuit swim! Hell for him . Performance of the week goes to Lynny for the swim after she did 3 times 5min40sec for 400m with only 200m easy swim recovery on Tuesday and 9min for the 700m open water on Saturday. To Nick L on the bike for killing us on the Crit track Wednesday and to Nico on the run for his great PB at the Lara 5kms Fun Run.

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

Well, over the last 4 Days we had a fantastic training camp at Bendigo and it was another success, with some great weather, great training and some great racing and results to top off a good weekend.  We had over 24 Athletes attend over the 4 Days including a sprint triathlon on Saturday morning, with some great results.  All photo’s and updates are on our team facebook page.  This numbers training camp, number 49 for us.  Welcome to camp new-comers Zoe, Will, Jake, Levi, Adam and Kirsten.  I hope you all enjoyed it.  My personal thanks goes to Steph, as without him, running the camps would be an insurmountable task.

Over the next few weeks we have the following races, which team members will be racing;

-          Noosa Triathlon

-          Race 1 / Xosize Series / Brighton (Inc Race 1 of the VSSSA Series)

-          Shepparton Half Ironman

-          Race 1 / Gatorade Series / StKilda

-          Port Maquarie Half Ironman

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – The 2011 Noosa Triathlon is on, and we have a few athletes heading up to compete including, James Chronis, Linda O Connor, Jenny Hart, Kelly Heard and Glenn Day, and we wish them all the best.  Most of them are using it for training for other events, so it will be great to see how they go.

Lara 5km Fun Run – This Sunday, there will be a 5km Fun Run held in Lara.  Please contact me if you wish to incorporate it into your training programs.

Bright / Falls Creek Training Camp – Final costs will be out this week.

Geelong Cycling Club / Crit Racing – The Geelong Cycling Club has released their cycling calendar for their crit racing for the 2011-2012 Season.  For many of the elite and hp athletes you will have components of these races on your training programs coming up, that will make up the great training of your weekends.  Your performances in these races, is not on trial, but learning and sharpening your skills is.  Do not view these in your training programs as races, but only training.  All information is here; www.geelongcycling.com

Train Safe - Jarrod

        
Athlete Results

Bendigo Triathlon Club – Sprint Triathlon / Yesterday in warm, but rainy conditions, our team athletes took part in the Bendigo Tri Club Sprint Triathlon over a course of 400m Pool Swim / 16km Bike / 4.24km Run, and we had a great day as team.  With a fantastically run race put on by the club we had over 140 competitors to contend (a club record) on the day. 

In the Mens race we almost had a clean sweep of the Top 5 Men, except Adam Cashmore flatted on the 2nd lap, so it was up to Jamie Huggett, Ross Young, James Chronis and Chad Anderson to all battle it out.  In the end, Jamie ran away with the win, from the fast finishing Ross, James in 3rd preparing for Noosa and Chad in 4th.  Well done to all others boys who raced, including Jake Belsar who completed his first triathlon here yesterday.  Great effort Jake after a massive few days.

In the womens race, it was all Kirsten Norden from the front, coming across the line ahead of Leonie Huber in second.  Kirsten is aiming to perform well in the domestic series races this season, and the weekend’s race gave every indication that she is on track. 

This race started a big day, with over 7hours of training completed for the day, and then a good feed at night.  Well done to all, and results will be posted below.

Results; http://bendigotriathlon.com/?latest_results

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Great work Team this week for handling with the intensity better...

The body adjust to it slowly, especially when you look after it  . Nutrition is the key and products like Pure Sport and Hammer gels and bars are the top of the top.

Stay away from commercial product sold in super market like Powerade, Gatorade or Powerbar. The mass production make them loose the affinity and the finishing touch needed to make them a high quality product! Those are available from me and from Beretta’s bike hub (right now only Pure Sport).

The camp was a great success, the weather was good too except on race morning and people got a lot out of this camp.

Thanks to the Lanham’s, Matt L, Nate, Jake, Leonie and Lynny for making the effort to come down. You’ll get the reward from this...

This Sunday, we are doing the Lara 5kms fun run, make sure you enter in advance so that we can focus on a proper warm up. This is to be done at Max and I expect lots of PB’s!

We’ll be riding from Lynny nice and easy 75’ before the race and 2 hours back with some strength pacing.  http://www.larafunrun.com/

Performance of the week goes to:

Noles for swimming 6’28sec for 400m. Noles could not swim 25m without stopping when she started!

Jake for his awesome biking riding during the camp and Nate on the run for nearly catching Coach VDB during the race on Saturday in Bendigo!

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

Good job to all athletes who this week got through another week of training and preparation for the seasons start.   For many athletes it is only 2 weeks away now, but there are many major races that are coming up shortly.  Over the next 3weeks we have the following;

-          Bendigo Training Camp (Including Race)

-          Noosa Triathlon

-          Race 1 / Xosize Series / Bright (Inc Race 1 of the VSSSA Series)

-          Note; Please make sure that you enter for all events that you plan to race with.  Given the craziness that surrounds racing these days, if you don’t enter early you will miss out so plan ahead.

This week – Our 3rd training camp of the year happens this week in Bendigo, as we once again take ourselves up there, to do some technique specific training and off the back of that complete a race with the Bendigo Triathlon Club.  It should be a great 4 Days of training and then finishing off on Sunday with a race.

Bright / Falls Creek Training Camp – In the next 2 weeks all the costings will be forwarded onto athletes, but the initial costings of $100-125 per day look to be about right. 

Geelong Cycling Club / Crit Racing – The Geelong Cycling Club has released their cycling calendar for their crit racing for the 2011-2012 Season.  For many of the elite and hp athletes you will have components of these races on your training programs coming up, that will make up the great training of your weekends.  Your performances in these races, is not on trial, but learning and sharpening your skills is.  Do not view these in your training programs as races, but only training.  All information is here; www.geelongcycling.com

Train Safe - Jarrod

 
Athlete Results

Australian Duathlon Championships / Yesterday in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, Casey Gollan, who not only is one of correspondence athletes and also just happens to be one of my best mates, competed in his first multisport event in 15years.  Casey has been training on a program since mid June and slowly building up his fitness which after starting a highly successful business and also a family has been on the back-burner for many many years.

Following a structured and highly individualized training program, and putting into place a highly effective time management strategy Casey basically started from scratch and at the beginning was running at 6.30min pkm pace to keep his h/r to what was for him an aerobic level.  Prior to the weekend we had managed to get this down to 4.30-4.45’s for his aerobic running.  His aerobic capacity was and still is becoming sound.  His race on the weekend was always going to be a challenge, and we didn’t know what we were going to get. 

So when I got the email sitting at LAX waiting to come home, that he got 3rd in the 35-39 Age Group at the Australian Championships I was blown away.  What a sensational comeback race after 15years of literally non exercise.  This race was particularly encouraging as his strength is his swimming, which like the coach writing this report, we trained under the same swim coach for some time.  It is a great case study in the balance of putting good programs and good systems in place for working / family people to achieve their goals.  Great effort Case.

Results; http://www.triathlonsa.org.au/_admin/userfiles/file/Results%20long%20course.pdf

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good work Team this week.

We have done some great and very specific Triathlon training lately. They really hurt and we can see a bit of damages injury wise through the squad.  Once again, they often are the people not doing their core exercises, not stretching, not getting massages, not soaking their legs in cold water or salty bath, not seeing the chiro, not having the right nutrition...

If you want to stay injury free, then change your ways and do the above! A good trick for recovery as well is to sleep in your compressport compression socks or tights.

This week, from Thursday lunch time, we are in Bendigo for a 4 day camp. The session will be individual while I'm away, but nothing stops you to regroup and do them together.

GAC will go as normal on Friday, and I have tried to put a group together for Saturday's Ocean swim and Sunday Landy Transition set. It is exciting to have our 1st Triathlon of the season on Saturday.  Do not expect too much from it as you are not in top shape yet. The program is designed to get you in top shape by mid-November unless you have a special events planned.

Performance of the week goes to Nicholas B. on the swim for his big 400m PB, Linda S. on the bike for keeping up with the Boys on Wednesday and Matt L for a great track session at Landy.

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

WOW.  Massive weekend!!  We need to start in Kona, Hawaii, where we had some sensational results and another clear indication that our team gets results, because we train hard, we don’t take ‘new super duper training program’ short-cuts and our athletes are willing to put in the work, that is required to get results at Kona. 

Our training programs are hard, and I make no bones about getting athlete results the way we do, because it works, time after time after time.  Training techniques taken from a combination of 17years elite experience, working within the best institute systems in the world, and having access to the best sports science planning on the planet combine to allow me to write these programs, that allow great results.  The athletes – it takes great athletes, and it takes hard working athletes, with fantastic supportive families, and networks to achieve such things, and we have these athletes, and we had them in Kona, on what turned out to be the second hottest day on record.  133 Degree’s Fareinheight on Alii Drive, that’s 56 Degree’s Celcius.  Our guys buried themselves all day for their results and I couldn’t be prouder. 

Results and individual reports are below.

Brett Dunstan   40-44 Male                  9.10hrs (7th 40-44 Male)

Nathan Ashton 35-39 Male                  9.18hrs (16th 35-39 Male)

Pete Breadsell  35-39 Male                  9.51hrs (89th 35-39 Male)

Adrian Little    35-39 Male                  9.54hrs (103rd 35-39 Male)

Carla Lawson   30-34 Female               14.36hrs (Just a great finish)

Jarrod Away – I will be in Kona, Hawaii with our Hawaiian Ironman Athletes from October 4th – October 17th 2011, and during this time will have no access to phone, only email and Skype.  My Skype address is jarrod.evans2 for anyone who wishes to speak with me and get in touch with me.  I will be checking emails periodically, so please allows up to 48hrs for a reply.

Train Safe - Jarrod

 
Athlete Results

 
Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon / As I explained above we had a solid day with some standout performances in Hawaii this year.

Brett – Had the result of the day, scoring PB’s in each of the legs, and knocking off 17mins from last years time.  The problem with his age group, is that they keep shifting the goalposts, and the guys just keep getting faster.  You do a 9.10 and you come 7th, that is unbelievable for that age group.  Great effort, from one of the hardest working, most diligent athletes I know.

Nathan – Smashed a 40min PB, over the last time he was at Kona, in 2009, and with 6 Day a week job in real estate and a family, it was an exceptional effort to finish in 9.18hrs, and get 16th in the very competitive 35-39 Age group.  His swim was just ok, but with a 4.45 ride, and then a 3.15 run, it was a very solid for him and his best result at Hawaii, and again shows what’s possible working full time, and good time management.

Pete – After winning his age group at Ironman UK, in July, it was always going to be a challenge to get Pete up so quickly after recovering from that race.  Pete got belted around at the swim start, which is surprising as he is a big guy, with big arms J.  He tried to move his way through the field on the bike, and with a 4.52 he rode well.  Onto the run, and the searing heat was taking its toll, as it often does with the bigger guys.  He finished off really well with a 3.30 run split, and to finish off a great 2011.  Well done Pete.

Adrian – He last competed here a few years back and finished over 11hrs, but this year after getting a 9.21 in NZ, we came here to improve and see a great race.  He swum ok, out in 1.09, and then probably just didn’t get going on the bike to what he would like, riding a 5.04.  Onto the run, and he was moving ok, but was struggling getting the energy in and maintaining good run speed.  To Adrian’s credit he battled and battled hard for his 9.54, and all in all, I was happy with his performance. 

Carla – This year, Carla’s preparation had been flawless and she was to line up on the start line on the fittest and fastest shape of her life.  Unfortunately the day before the race, she woke up with a virus, with the razor blade sore throat, and the instruction was to spend the day in bed.  On race day, she woke up, not much better, and decided to start.  She actually had quite a good swim, out in 1.09, and then rode a very well controlled 180km to come in off the bike in 14th Place in her age group after posting a 5.27.  But as we know, a virus gets worse as the bodies temperature gets higher, and she started to run, but was pulled into the medical tent, where she spent a few hours, before electing to get back out and finish.  To be honest we all, and even me, thought she had withdrawn from the race, as no one had seen her in about 5hrs, and I was out on the Queen K, chasing around the other athletes.  Carla must be given a pat on the pack for doing what she did.  The amount of athletes and more so Pro’s who just pull the pin, when it gets to tough is amazing, but Carla toughed it out and got her finishers medal.

Inspirational stuff Carla, and im proud of you for doing that, your a better person than me for doing it.

To have all of our men under 10hrs is quite an achievement and there would be too many squads in the world that could boast that.  Kona is a different to any other in the world, and the conditions are like no other that you will experience.  Our athletes all did exceptional results, and they all deserve a big pat on the back.

Results will be here; http://kona.ironmanlive.com/#tracking  

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Well done this week. The intensity and especially the running speed is making us sore and tired. Now, more than ever is when you should look after yourself with right nutrition, massage, chiro, stretching, salt baths, compression...If you do not do this while training at high intensity, you are increasing the risk of niggles and injuries by a lot...Please keep on top of this. If you cannot afford a massage, learn to do it yourself + buy a foam roll or an electric massager. But, nothing beats a professional massage!!!

The performance of the week goes to: Meg for a 6’05” for 400m swim

Michelle on the bike for keeping up with the bunch on Wednesday Velodrome set.

Noles on the run for a great effort on the track on Thursday

Next week, we’ll be at the Crit track on Wednesday and in Torquay both Saturday and Sunday.

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

GO CATS!!!!!!!!!

What a weekend.  The AFL’s best team of the last 6 years, dominated the Grand Final yesterday in what to end up being one of the great games of our era.  It made for a very enjoyable weekend for our crew, with some amazing results yesterday at the Victorian Duathlon Champs.  Results and reports are below.

This week – The Hawaiian Ironman.  5 Team athletes (Penny is no longer going, due to family reasons), will be competing in the World Ironman Championships in Kona, Hawaii.  The athletes are all there now and have been training hard for the race.  Conditions are sure to be heat wave like, and here’s praying the winds don’t get up until there on the run leg, otherwise it can just be 10hrs of hell.  I’m confident of all our athletes having a good day, as all have prepared well and all are fit and healthy.  I am expecting a tough race, but I am also expecting some standout performances from our athletes, and I think all are capable of finishing in the Top 20 in their age group, with maybe a podium or 2 in their as well.  You can keep track of everyone on Ironmanlive.com and I will do my best to keep people up to date with reports on the day.

Carla Lawson   30-34 Female

Brett Dunstan   40-44 Male

Pete Breadsell  35-39 Male

Nathan Ashton 35-39 Male

Adrian Little    35-39 Male

Australian Time Trial Championships (Bunninyong) – This weekend as well, superstar Age Grouper, Linda O’Connor comes to Victoria to full-fill a life long goal and compete in the Womens Australian Time Trial Champs, just outside of Ballarat in Victoria.  Her training post Beijing has been on track and she has followed her program well, so lets see what she comes up with.  Nothing ever appears out of reach with Linda, and I certainly haven’t put a roof over what she might achieve, so anything is possible here.

Jarrod Away – I will be in Kona, Hawaii with our Hawaiian Ironman Athletes from October 4th – October 17th 2011, and during this time will have no access to phone, only email and Skype.  My Skype address is jarrod.evans2 for anyone who wishes to speak with me and get in touch with me.  I will be checking emails periodically, so please allows up to 48hrs for a reply.

Train Safe - Jarrod

Athlete Results

Victorian Duathlon Championships / Yesterday in sunny conditions, athletes from the Advanced Age Group Squad, did our team proud withsome excellent results and podiums.  A small, but quality field was assembled at the start line, and Coach Stephane had himself and his athletes primed for a good day.  There were some fantastic results with Steph taking the 35-39 Title, and a number of his athletes getting podium finishes, in what was a successful day for team.  I congratulate all athletes for their hard work over winter, and of course Stephane for his application and coaching.  Well done.

Stephane Van Der Bruggen      1st 35-39 Male

Nate Walsh                              2nd 20-24 Male

Lyndal Dew                             2nd Female Elite

Leonie Huber                           2nd 20-24 female

Linda Solly                              1st 35-39 Female

Nick Lanham                           2nd 35-39 Male

Matt Lemaitre                          2nd 25-29 Male

Results will be here; www.trivic.org.au 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Great work this week-end. Even with some awesome results, lots of disappointment!!!

It is good to be driven, but my program isn’t designed to be fit right now, but from mid-November + this is your first race. So it is 100% normal if you struggle with your rhythm or with the intensity.

Remember this one “WINTER’S HEROES ARE SUMMER’S ZEROES”. This means that you often do see the Athletes who did well in the winter doing well in the summer.

You need to go through the entire cycle of training to see your fitness + performance improve. This will come after the intensity + the tapper.

Well then to Linda F35-39 and Coach VDB M35-39 for their wins + to the following Athletes for finishing 2nd = Matt L M25-29, Lynny FElite, Leonie F20-24, Nate M20-24, Nick M35-39.  Nick later (unfairly) lost his second spot because he only has a 1 day license. Silly rule if you ask me.

Next Sunday, we have a great set at EB. We’ll be practising transition skills!

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training.  We are well and truly into the change of the seasons now with the September / October winds now roaring through, and Hay Fever sufferers now ruing each the wind gets up as well. 

Last week we had a few final hit outs, for a couple of Race Series, with the Western Suburbs Tri Club and The Geelong Cross Country Club having their last races for the season.  There has been some great racing this year, and results and race reports are below.

This week – This Saturday, we have our first “Lorne Training Day” of the Season, and this session always inspires motivation and greatness.  This Saturday however it falls on Grand Final Day, and with the Cats playing the Pies, it will be a cracking day.  We are still going to set off from the Lorne Surf Club at 7am, but we will only complete a bike and run session, before heading home for the big game.  The Skenes Creek Loop, and the Anaconda Bush run, are on the cards, and hopefully we get a good day.

Victorian Duathlon Champs – On Sunday, many of the Advanced Age Group Squad will be tackling 5km / 20km / 3km Course to see how their winter training has paid off.  There are no doubt going to be some great performances given some of the run form that Coach Stephane has some of his athletes in.  The squad has trained hard over winter, and I look forward to seeing what they come up with.  Best of luck to all.

Jarrod Away – I will be in Kona, Hawaii with our Hawaiian Ironman Athletes from October 4th – October 17th 2011, and during this time will have no access to phone, only email and Skype.  My Skype address is jarrod.evans2 for anyone who wishes to speak with me and get in touch with me.  I will be checking emails periodically, so please allows up to 48hrs for a reply.

Bendigo Training Camp – SOLD OUT / Our Bendigo Training Camp isn’t to far away now, and please remember that money for the camp, can be paid from now.  There is a $25 discount for athletes who pay for the camp before October 1st in cash.  This is going to be a great camp.

Team Gear and Race-suits – Designs for our New Team Kit and Race Suits are nearly finalized.  Please note, that unless you rsvp’d to the email I sent out last week, you wont be able to provide feedback for the gear.  I only received emails from about 15% of the squad, so I hope people are happy with the end result.

Train Safe - Jarrod

         

Athlete Results

Western Suburbs Duathlon / Altona Beach – on Sunday in what was for the second weekend in a row, terribly windy conditions, we had a small group of athletes tackle the Western Suburbs Tri Club – Duathlon Series. 

Myself, Chad, James, Kirsten and Jodie all lined up to face what were tornado like conditions, and it was clear there were to be no fast times today, only a slog fest.  Chad was the clear winner for the day, with James toughing it out on a road bike with no tri bars, but reaping the rewards of a consistent winters running, storming home to mow me down in the last 400m after I managed to gap him on the bike.   James will be racing in Noosa and Chad is aiming for the Draft Legal Racing, and the Canberra 70.3.

In the womens race, Kirsten Norden, also showing the benefits of a consistent off season, was playing a lone hand, showing that she is improving each and every week in her racing, and this season, starting in only 5 weeks time, will see some best ever performances, once we nail our 1%ers leading into the season proper.  Jodie returning from injury (a body that wont stop growing) completed the 1st 5km Run, and the 20km Bike, and then smartly we called it a day.  She is now improving again each week, and with an improved swim leg, we should see some exciting races ahead.

Results will be here; www.wstc.org.au 

Geelong Cross Country Club / Eliminator – Yesterday also in windy conditions, many of the Advanced Age Group Squad competed in the final race with the Geelong Cross Country Club.  There were some outstanding performances and Coach Stephane has reported on it below.  Great job by all who ran, and there are sure to be some much improved performances coming up this seaso.

Results are here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race24.htm 

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good work to the team this week. Our shape is coming up right on time with 6 ET Athletes in the top 14 of the GCCC 4kms yesterday.

This is also showing that we were sticking to under threshold pace and were not racing to our full capacity during the winter.

Great job Rob, Donna, Nick and Wayne for making the run final. Great work as well to Matt Burrell, IM Matt, Endre, Nate and Lynny who just missed out on the final. 20 spots is hard to share when 78 people at the start! Do not get frustrated with the organizer. They do an awesome job, make these great races possible for us at a very low price and mainly they do this for free for the love of sport! The performance of the week goes to Mark on the swim with a 13sec PB for 400m, Ben Webster on the bike for showing some huge improvements on the velodrome and Nate on the run for his 9’57” for 3kms yesterday. Great work Guys.

Keep it going. This Sunday we have our 1st semi goal with the Vic Champs Duathlon. We’ll car pull to go there. The course is awesome and very challenging. Nothing to worry about after a good winter

Train safe – Coach Stephane

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training. 

We had some great weather over the weekend and it certainly makes the training side of things much more enjoyable. 

We had some great racing over the weekend, in windy conditions though, which didn’t make for fast times, just hard slogs.  Apart from some great racing on the Saturday, many athletes backed up a 100km Road Race on the Saturday with either a Half Marathon or a 5km on the Sunday morning.  Some great results, of which we have tried to lost all of below.

Bendigo Training Camp – SOLD OUT / Our Bendigo Training Camp isn’t to far away now, and please remember that money for the camp, can be paid from now.  There is a $25 discount for athletes who pay for the camp before October 1st in cash.  This is going to be a great camp.

Falls Creek Training Camp – SOLD OUT / Final costs for this camp will be out in the next week, so that athletes can budget for the camp, but costs are expected to be between $100-125 Per Day.  This will be an amazing training camp, with much more information to come at a later date.

Team Gear and Race-suits – Designs for our New Team Kit and Race Suits are nearly finalized.  Please note, that unless you rsvp’d to the email I sent out last week, you wont be able to provide feedback for the gear.  I only received emails from about 15% of the squad, so I hope people are happy with the end result.

Racing This Week – The Western Suburbs Triathlon Club holds one of its last Club Duathlons at Altona Beach.  Most athletes, will be attending in some capacity, so make sure you get along, and support the event.  ENTER EARLY!!!

Train Safe

Jarrod

 
Athlete Results

Geelong Cycling Club 100km Road Champs – on Saturday in terribly windy conditions, The Geelong Cycling Club held their annual Club Championship Road Race run over 100km at Meredith.  It was a very windy course that greeted the 50 or so riders, and the attacks started early with the lead riders putting everyone in the gutter, and breaking up the race straight away.  To finish off a great day, Chad finished 4th overall, Jarrod finished 5th overall, and it was also good to see Jamie Huggett out and racing again after nearly 3months of no racing with a broken shoulder, and there was plenty of tough riding from all.  Well done to Lyndal who was one of only 3 girls to finish.  I can honestly that without the triathletes there on this day, it would have been a very slow race for the roadies.

Chad Anderson            2.45.10

Jarrod Evans                2.45.12

Adrian Little                 2.58.00

Jamie Huggett              3.02.30

Stephane VDB             3.09.30                        (Flat Tyre)

Brad Manzak               3.09.40           

Lyndal Dew                 3.09.40

Results are here; www.geelongcycling.com 

 
Geelong Cross Country Club 21km – We had a quite a few athletes tackle theGeelong Half Marathon, in what were quite good conditions.  At this time, results still are not up, so please check out the GCCC for details.

Results are here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/calendar.html 

 
Geelong Cross Country Club 5km– Chad Anderson, off the back of a massive Saturday of placing 4th in the GCC in the 100km Road Champs, swimming, running and more riding, won the 5km event in what was an unusually slow time of 17.15.  Chad is a 15min 5km runner, but off the back of yesterday, was about all his legs could muster after a massive Saturday.  Chris Little was the next home, in 17.30, with Wayne Veitch also coming in home at 18.20.  We did have quite a few others including the girls, but I don’t have their official results just yet either.

Results are here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/calendar.html 

         
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good to be back in Geelong. Thanks again to Lynny for looking after the squad while I was away.

We are now finished with the strength phase of our training and are starting the intensity work.

Be careful and watch your recovery methods as the intensity, with the volume, is high risk of injury!

We are starting the transition set again on Wednesdays at 9am as well as the Saturday Torquay set at 10am.

The ocean swim will start at 1.30pm. Wetty and 2 caps are compulsory and put on a hoddy if you have one.

The performance of the week goes to Wayne Veitch for his slick run of 18’20” for the GCCC 5kms at below threshold.


Train safe – Coach Stephane

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training. 

World Olympic Distance Championships / Beijing – Adam Cashmore gets the Silver Medal and Linda O Connor gets the Bronze in their respective age groups. In one of enduranceteam’s most successful international campaigns, Jo McLaughlan topped the great weekend by being the 1st Australian home in the 40-44 Female Age Group, finishing in 14th Place. 

Adam Cashmore / Silver – Was in great form when he left Australia, and we had been targeting this event.  Coming out of the water in 14th, Adam, a noted rider, moved through the field, to get off the bike in 4th Place.  His running lately had been progressive, and it didn’t take long for him to reel in the leader.  Run shoulder to shoulder with the leader, they both ended up in a sprint finish, with Adam getting the silver.  This was an outstanding effort for a hard working athlete, and another example of how our correspondence programming works.

Linda O’Connor / Bronze – Was also in great shape on this day and was only beaten by the incredible 46 Year Old, who posted the fastest time overall in all Female Racing in Beijing.  Linda had a great swim, exciting in 3rd, and held her spot throughout the ride.  Onto the run, Linda, showing great run form over the last 6 weeks, was running down 2nd Place, but just ran out of road, to catch her and finished with an incredible Bronze Medal, to add to her Gold won in 2009.  Linda’s progress has been great to watch and a medal is great justification for all the hard work.

Jo McLaughlan – Jo is currently training for the Busselton Ironman, so what we got in Beijing was going to be a bit of a lottery.  But sitting here typing this, this coach is very happy with what he got on the day.  Jo got out of the water in 10th, and moved her way up to 8th at the end of the bike leg, her strongest.  To her credit she had an outstanding run leg for where she is in her preparation and managed to hold on to 14th Position and best the 1st Australian home in that Age Group.  Just another great effort from Jo.

World 70.3 Championships / Las Vegas – Report from this race is on the next page.

This Week – The Geelong Cycling Club, has their 100km Club Championship Road Race  This is always hotly contested, and makes for great racing, so get your entries in early if you are looking to take part.

Train Safe

Jarrod

        

Athlete Results

World 70.3 Championships / Las Vegas – Overnight, early Monday morning, our time, Deiter McDonald and Levi Maxwell, both lined to represent their country in the 70.3 World Championships.  Dieter in the 35-39 Age Group, and Levi in his first major international race, in the 18-24 Age Group.  Deiter had a great swim, exciting in 14th Place, and was riding with leaders until dropping his chain at 60km point of the race.  The chain had wedged itself in b/w the SCR and the frame, so stopping to fix it, was the only option and by then the group was gone.  Deiter rode hard for the last 30km, to make up ground, but the effort took its toll and he finished with a slower run leg, than he was capable of, but fought hard to finish in 21st position out of about 175 Athletes in his Age Group. 

Levi, never having raced outside Australia, and only arriving to the heat 6 days prior was always going to find the going tough.  Even I may have slightly under-estimated Levi, as he surprised me with what is obviously talent, tenacity and probably the early effects of adapting onto my style of coaching.  Levi, excited the water in about 16th Place, he led position on the bike, moving up a couple of spots, before having a solid run to end the day in 11th Place in his first go at it.  An impressive result. 

Well done to both lads who toughed this race out.

Results are here; http://ironmanlive.com/tracking.php?race=worldchampionship70.3&year=2011 

28km TT / Geelong Cycling Club – On Saturday in very windy conditions, we had a few riders compete in the Geelong Cycling Club 28km TT.  Riders were confronted with a howling gale and headwind going out for the first 14km.  Lyndal, Nolene and Matt Burrell, were our only racers on this day, and both did very well.   

Results are here; http://www.geelongcycling.com/race-results/geelong-cycling-club-news/53-club-announcements/586-results-irtt-championships-10-september-2011 

Geelong Cross Country Club 10km / Queenscliff – On Sunday, in very ordinary conditions, we had a few runners compete in the 10km event.  Nick Lanham was our highest place finisher, in what was a great race for him.  All results and times can be seen below.

Results are here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race22.htm 

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Well done on another great week of training and racing.

This weekend we had the Geelong Cycling Club 28km Club Championship. Despite the lack of numbers, those who competed (Matt B, Noles & myself) raced very well. Nolene came away with a speedy race, winning the handicap in a great time! Nice jobJ. On Sunday we had the Geelong Cross Country Club- Queenscliff 10km. Those who did compete did great. Nick had a SUPER run, coming third overall in a time of 38’37’’. Again Donna Dew and Rob Woodall both clocked PB’s. They both continue to show that their consistency to their training is the key to success. This weekend we have the 100km Meredith Club Championships. Good luck to all that are racing.


Train safe – Lyndal

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training.  Over the weekend we had some great weather which made training so much more enjoyable and certainly more productive. 

Well done to all athletes who raced over the weekend in some trying conditions with the wind, and then on Sunday, the rain.

Welcome – To Chad Anderson, one of our Professional Athletes from Darwin.  Chad has relocated to live in Torquay with partner Brook to have the opportunity to train with our hp/elite program, and is very much looking forward to integrating himself into our group environment.

World 70.3 Championships / Las Vegas – This week within about 12 hours of each other, 2 of the Triathlon’s biggest sporting events take place on opposite sides of the world.  Las Vegas, Nevada, in 40 Degree temperatures and at 2000m altitude will host the Half Ironman World Championships and we have Deiter McDonald (35-39) and Levi Maxwell (20-24) racing.  I’m expecting brutal conditions for this event, and certainly not conditions that favour Victorians, coming out of a cold winter.  But the boys are there and will give it their best on the day.  Deiter is certainly in good form, probably his best ever shape and Levi, has only just started in our program, so I’m not sure what were going to get from him at this point.  It will be live on Ironman.com, so make sure you get on and see how they’re going.

World Olympic Distance Championships / Beijing – This week also in Beijing, China, Linda O Connor, Adam Cashmore and Jo McLaughlan all line up for the World Olympic Distance also held in oppressive conditions.  This event also double as the last round of the WCS Events, so it will be massive.  Linda is probably our best chance for a medal, and she has been in sensation form, training the house down, and we are certainly aiming for a podium finish.  She is a former AG Long Course World Champion, so she knows what it takes at this level.  Adam Cashmore is racing his first World Champs and I’m expecting a strong showing from our man from Warrnambool.  Again the weather and heat may not suit him, but he is fit and he is fast, so anything could happen.  Jo has recovered from a nasty dog bite infection that ruined her prep for Yeppoon, and now we are in the middle of preparing for Busselton, so I know she’s strong, and I’m just hoping that we can find some speed to carry her through the final parts of the run leg.  Jo is an awesome rider, and I have no doubt that she will be somewhere near the pointy end at the end of the ride.  Best of luck to all athletes, and you can again keep an eye on them all racing on the ITU Website. 

Train Safe

Jarrod

        

This Week – The Geelong Cycling Club, has their 28km Individual Cycling TT, as part of the Club Championship that runs over 2 weeks, followed by a 100km Road Race next Saturday.  This is always hotly contested, and makes for great racing, so get your entries in early if you are looking to take part.

Athlete Results

 
Ross Bush Memorial / Geelong Cycling Club – On Saturday, in terribly windy conditions, a couple of our athletes took on the famous Ross Bush Memorial 80km Road Race.  The wind was howling out at Sutherlands Creek, and over 100 riders took part in a great day.  Nick Lanham, Nate Walsh and Adrian Little all rode well, with Adrian taking the chocolates from our squads finishing 10th across the line.  Adrian also had a 2.5hr ride that morning, as a warm up, so it was a long day for him.  Great day done and had by all.

Results are here; http://www.geelongcycling.com/race-results/geelong-cycling-club-news/53-club-announcements/583-results-ross-bush-memorial-3-september-2011 

 
Geelong Cross Country Club 5km – Yesterday in wet and windy conditions, some of our athletes raced as part of great training sessions in the Geelong Cross Country 5km.  Times were slow across the board, with athletes being as much as 1mins off their best times, which probably more shows that it was a tough course and not conducive to fast times.  Good training none the less.

Results are here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race21.htm  

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Another great week of training completed. It’s great to have the weather now heating up and making the early mornings a bit warmer and enjoyable. Well done to Nate (C grade) and Nick (B grade) who competed in the Ross Bush 80k memorial ride on Saturday. Sunday saw the dedicated turn up and compete in warm but very wet and rainy weather at Fynsford 5km GCCC. Everyone who competed raced well and showing that their hard work over the winter is coming together as the season comes closer. This week we have the GCC time trial on Saturday and Queenscliff 10km on Sunday. Have a great week guys!

Train safe – Lyndal

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training.  Over the weekend we had some great weather which made training so much more enjoyable and certainly more productive. 

Ross Bush Memorial Cycling Race – Entries close on Wednesday night at Midnight. 

DO NOT FORGET TO ENTER, THERE IS NO LATE ENTRY

Ironman Melbourne – Yesterday Ironman Melbourne went on sale and sold out within 6mins, amazing.  This is unprecedented interest, and there are a whole lot of people, that have missed out, and are victims of the removal of the qualification component of the ironman event.  Many people wouldn’t realise that you initially to had to qualify for Ironman in Australia.  Such is life and such are the corporations out to make a buck as well.  Its no secret why the WTC open event rego 6-12months out – imagine the compound interest of $775 x 2000 sitting in your bank account for 12month before the day of the race???

Colds and Flu’s – We are now smack in the middle of flu season, and this coach has certainly felt the full brunt of it, and have a whopping dose of just about everything.  If any athlete gets symptoms of the cold or flu, you need to contact your coach immediately please, so that training can be adjusted for you and recovery h/r’s can be put in place for a return to training.  DO NOT, under any circumstances try and train through a flu.

Club Night at Geelong College is finished – Please remember that, there is no longer training at Geelong College as we have finished our period of training there.  Any athlete who has mistakenly had this written into their training program with no alternative, please contact me for a replacement session.

This week – We have the famous, Ross Bush Memorial Road Race for the Geelong Cycling Club.  This is one of the most prestigious local cycling events, named after the hard working local triathlete, Ross Bush.  This is a great local event that should be supported by as many people as possible.  As above, entries close on Wednesday at Midnight and you need to get these in, as it is a very popular event.

Train Safe

Jarrod

         
Athlete Results

Western Suburbs Tri Club – Yesterday in reasonable conditions, we had a few athletes run around testing out there fitness in WSTC Duathlon.

Adam Cashmore showing, some red hot form pre, Beijing World Champs, finished 2nd overall to with some great bike and run splits.  If Adam swims well, in 2 weeks time, he will be a real contender for a Top 10 Spot at Worlds.

James Chronis, off a massive bike week (nearly 500km), smoked the first 5km run, to come in, in 15.56mins, from there some tired legs took over and he battled hard to hold a spot on the bike, before cruising home in the final 5km.  James is aiming for Noosa, and is in his first year as an Under 23 Athlete, so let the baptism of fire begin J

Levi Maxwell, prepping for 70.3 Vegas Worlds, had a solid race, with consistently good runs.  Levi himself is trying to get his pro Card, next year, so we are building to that.

Nick Lanham, also had a great day out, having a solid first run and bike combo, before finding the going tough in the final 5km.  This was a good solid result for Nick, well done.

Results are here; http://www.wstc.org.au/images/uploads/WSTC_2011_Duathlon_Race5_LongCourse_PrelimResults.pdf 

Geelong Cross Country Club 10km – Yesterday at the Geelong Cross Country Club, many of the Advanced Age Group Squad raced, and had some solid performances.  Lyndal has outlined this in her report below.  Great Job all.

Results are here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race20.htm

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

As you are all aware Steph is away until the 16th of September. I will be taking over as supervisor of running and bike sessions while he’s away, so if you have any questions feel free to give me a text or call (0424 336 520 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            0424 336 520      end_of_the_skype_highlighting). This weekend was the GCCC 10km Balyang run. With all great efforts coming from all that competed, it goes to show the effort that you put in you get out. A special mention must go out to Rob Woodall and Donna Dew (mummy) who both ran PB’s for the 2nd time this week. Good work guys!

Train safe – Lyndal

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training.  Over the weekend we had some great weather which made training so much more enjoyable and certainly more productive. 

There were some serious kms logged by our athletes over the weekend in preparation for various things and this coach also managed to clock up a few, after some decision making during the week, and is more than looking forward to shaking things up a little.  There is nothing in the world like riding the Great Ocean Road, on a day like we had on Saturday. 

There are some major announcements coming in the next few weeks, that will only add to what endurance.net is and will produce in terms of quality of athletes with some new initiatives and also some training camp announcements and details.  Exciting times across so many levels.

With good weather predicted for the remainder of the week, this week will be one out of the box for this time of the year, and I for one will be making the most of it.

This week - our Las Vegas 70.3 World Championship athletes leave to prepare for the event.  It is currently hovering around the high 30’s to low 40’s in Las Vegas, Nevada, so its not ideal for them.  Deiter McDonald (35-39), after smoking through 15km (X-Country) over the weekend in 55mins is ready to go, after setting PB’s in the pool and on the bike over the last few weeks  Dieter is getting faster with age and is reaping the rewards of a some of new theories in training.  Levi Maxwell (20-24) is slowly regaining some form after a few health battles and not long coming onto my style of work and adaptation.  I expect him to have a solid performance, before returning to Victoria, to begin some serious work for the December and January.

This week – Coach Stephane heads off overseas for his sisters wedding overseas and he will be away for 3 weeks, so there be plenty of fill in sessions, and all athletes are asked to read the below training template for the HP Squad, that outlines there sessions for the week, as the Advanced Age Group Squad has some of these sessions planned.

Jarrod

         
Athlete Results

Geelong Cross Country Club 5km & 15km – Yesterday in cracking conditions, we had a few runners run over the 5km and 15km courses.  In the 5km, Adam Cashmore off basically no road running, only pool based running, in the last few weeks due to some niggling foot problems, shows no signs of slowing, running a great 17.16mins, and his prep for Beijing is still on track.  Adam is another athlete who has benefited from a more specific program of running, and the results are showing.  Great work. 

Kirsten Norden, was the 1st Female across the line, and almost ran a PB finishing in 20.30, and we are still in August!!!!  Kirsten at this point has done no hard running, and we start building in the next few weeks, and I look forward to smashing through a new PB, and some great results coming up shortly. 

Results are here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race19.htm

Geelong Cycling Club – “Geelong/Footscray Cup” – On Saturday in more fine conditions, we had a few riders tackle the Geelong Cycling Race Cup, which is held over a fast course, with the finish of the race at the top of the You Yangs.  The only rider to show up in the results was Levi Maxwell, who finished 4th in C-Grade.  Well done to all who raced.

Results are here; http://www.geelongcycling.com/race-results/geelong-cycling-club-news/53-club-announcements/577-race-results-2011-geelongfootscray-cup-saturday-august-8

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

I hope you enjoyed recovery week. It was good to see happy and fresh people racing the BRT this Sunday.

That’s what recovery week is good for The performance of the week is going to Brad this week with a top 10 at BRT 34kms and breaking 2h20min.

We are welcoming back Endre into our squad. Endre went to the Beginners squad and then, had a break. He is now back with a vengeance to do Shepparton and Geelong 1/2.

Do not forget that I need as much info as possible before I leave for Europe this Saturday. Train safe


Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training. 

A small group of us (myself, Deiter, Linda, John, and James) headed to Darwin this last week, to experience what the place had to offer and also to work with both Chad and Jaqui, who are both part of enduranceteam.net.  It must be said, that it was a nicer place than I expected it to be, but the heat for “winter” is something to be seen.  Even coaching in it was hot, but enjoyable.  Over the 5.5Days we covered 3-4per sessions a day all with a technical focus, from refining technique, to new skill acquisition, and I think all athletes will agree, they all took something from it, if at least to get further clarity that what they are doing in their home environment is correct.   The mileage wasn’t high, but their was plenty of quality. 

As tourists we took in the Darwin City, the ‘night markets’ and it all just made for a good time, and a great break from our winter.  I must say a personal thank you to Chad and Jaq for being more than accommodating in helping us get around.

Yeppoon Half Ironman – Yesterday in far north Queensland, we had a good size group head north to race in the newly named Yeppoon 70.3.   Laney had been quietly building up her training again, in prep for a long build into Busso, and she finished a 3rd in the Elite Female Section.  She is far from the top of her game and it probably showed a bit yesterday, albeit having good swim and run combo’s.  Brett and Carla strong off long periods of altitude and strength training in the US, both raced solid, amidst preparations for Hawaii.  Both were solid and strong, but just not fast yet.  At this point, they don’t need to be, and yesterday was only a gauge, but they were still good enough to come away with 4th (Brett) and 2nd (Carla) respectively in their age groups.  Adrian arrived under the weather after copping the flu earlier in the week, and raced the swim and bike only to h/r.  Swimming 30mins, and riding 2.33hrs with an average h/r of 134bpm was still a very impressive effort and a clear indication that were going to get something special out of him in Kona.  This is a great example of an athlete exercising control and restraint for the ‘bigger prize’.  Jo, from Mackay, who is a Vet, by trade was unlucky enough to be scratched by one of her animals at the clinic earlier in the week, and spent much of time holed up in her room, on strong antibiotics, and made the smart decision not to race, with the Bejing World OD Champs coming up next month.

This week; With no particular events on this week, the focus goes onto getting in some solid training at the back end of the week, and for final parts of winter staying warm.

Jarrod

        
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Great work this week.  We have had some outstanding performances this week. There is a new chapter in the NL called performance of the week.

This week, I could not give to only 1 person, so I’ll give one for each sport. Nate for swimming 5min39sec for 400m on Thursday, Lynny for keeping up with the lead C grade bunch on Saturday and riding 75min for 47kms and Ben for running 9min05sec for 2400m at Landy Vets on Wednesday. Great work Guys, this is the reward of your hard work...Keep it going!

Now, we are on recovery week. Enjoy and do not stress if you feel terrible! Then, we’ll have the next Barwon Heads camp this week-end. Everyone is welcome, even for 1 night.

Train safe.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training. 

Well, undoubtedly this week, the biggest news in Triathlon is the announcement of Ironman Melbourne.  The biggest triathlon brand on the planet unveiled the world worst kept secret, and even I was a surprised it got through the red tape and are going to run it in 2012.  So what does it mean?  Plenty.  It means that after the debacle of having both Busselton and Port Maq water down to support events, we now have a bona-fide major event in, in the city of Melbourne that offers over 75 slots to Kona, the most of any race on the Oceania rim.  In terms of qualification for Hawaii, think Port Maq 5 years ago.  Major.  It will be great for business and great for athletes alike.  Look out for supporting events as well.  Good times ahead.

Yeppoon Half Ironman – Best of luck this week to all athletes racing this weekend at Yeppoon.  Every year, it is a great race in a great part of the world and this year will be no different.  We have athletes racing in the elite field as well as the age group and historically, as a team, we have always been very successful.   I wish all athletes the best of luck and please make you SMS your coaches once your race is done and dusted.

Please note; This Wednesday – Monday, I will be in Darwin with our Darwin crew and some of our other athletes training and racing.  I will have both phone and email, but as it will be a training camp, my time will be limited to return them.  Please leave a message if I don’t answer the phone.

This week – Again see’s many of the local squads take on the Geelong Cycling Clubs last Club Combine with the Geelong Cycling Club.  These are great and well attended events as 3 Cycling Clubs (Colac, Geelong and Ballarat) all come together, to race off in a series.  Racing kicks off in the afternoon on Saturday and should be great.  Details www.geelongcycling.com

Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod

 

Race Reports

Victorian Cross Country Relays – Over the weekend at Sandown, James Chronis took another step towards racing his first year in Under 23 Triathlon, with a solid run over a tough course in windy conditions.  James covered the 6.2km course in 19.58 and showed that now the adaptation and aerobic period of training is done we are ready for some good results.  James is improving every time he steps out on the park and things are looking good for his first International Race in October.

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Good work on a busy week. We have had the best week of winter weather ever I reckon! It makes training so much nicer. The Vic Champs duathlon are only 2 months away now. They are not a goal, but a good motivation. We are fully into the strength phase now, which is very taxing on your body. Please think recovery and follow A to Z to recovery to avoid injuries.

Meg is a very dedicated, driven and talented Athlete, BUT, she took recovery methods for granted thinking that at 17, she did not need to stretch, get a massage, soak leg, have baths, put compression gears on. Join that with sport like Hockey and Footy through school, and the result is a major calf tear and probably at least 6 weeks of no running. We can all learn from this. I have said many times that there are no excuses not to get a weekly massage. If you can’t afford it, learn to do it yourself. You can also buy an electric massager and a foam roll. This week is another big week before recovery week. We have seen a few Athletes coming up lately in their performances.

Even if this is not expected for this time of the year, well done to you for putting the efforts in and getting the well deserved reward from it.


Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

I hope all is well, and you had a great weekends training. 

Before I on, this week, triathlon in Geelong lost a well respected member.  Paul Rigby, who was also an employee at Degrandi Cycle and Sport, and before that a restaurant manager at Mexican Graffiti in Geelong, lost his battle with cancer on Friday afternoon.  Many people involved with our squads will have known Paul through Degrandi, but to me, he was one of the people who when I was 15 years old, starting out in the sport, helped me out, and for over 20years has been a friend to me, and more so one of those people, that you class as ‘one of the nicest people’ you will ever come into contact with.  Paul will be remembered this week at his funeral on Thursday at 1.30pm in Torquay, and I encourage all people who knew Paul, to get along and pay your respects to a great man.  RIP Paul.

Please note; This Friday – Sunday, I will be in Adelaide with wife for medical procedures, so I will be unavailable for much of the weekend.  I will be checking email periodically.

Ironman UK – Yesterday in a fantastic race, Peter Breadsell nailed Ironman UK, and became our latest athlete to join our crew in Kona.  Details and story below.

This week – See’s many of the local squads take on the Geelong Cycling Clubs first Club Combine with the Ballarat Cycling Club.  These are great and well attended events as 3 Cycling Clubs (Colac, Geelong and Ballarat) all come together, to race off in a series.  Racing kicks off in the afternoon on Saturday and should be great.  Details www.geelongcycling.com

Sunday morning the Geelong Cross Country Club hold a 10.5km Race out at the You Yangs which is always popular, as the running out there is fantastic.  Details at www.gccc.asn.au

Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod

 
Race Reports

Ironman UK – Yesterday in near perfect conditions for racing at Ironman UK, one of our correspondence athletes Pete Breadsell, was trying to get himself a Kona spot.  He had a great swim, coming in out of the water in 61st position improving on his first Ironman at Busso last year by 5mins.  Pete mowed his way through the field on the bike, and by the 60km mark of the bike was already in the Top 3.  By this point there was rain and light wind, and Pete, a noted rider, and now through some good training a good runner, continued to make his way through the field to get off the bike leading his age group, and posting the 3rd fastest bike split of the day (including the Pro’s). 

IMUK, is regarded as one of the few honest courses, due to its tough bike course.  The current bike course record is 4.57hours, so that gives you an idea of how hard it is, and how good Pete’s ride was.  Pete rode a 5.04.  Onto the run and the pressure was on, to hold his spot.  2nd place was only about 5mins back, but he had 23mins back to 3rd place at the start of the run, such was the dominance of his bike. 

We have been working very hard on his run leg, and in particular the back end of his run, so it was pleasing to see him hang in there right to the end, and not only dominate his age group, but finish 13th overall.

His previous best split was just over 4hrs for the IM marathon run but today he smashed that out of the park, and had the fastest AG run split in a 3.05, to cross the line 9hrs and 19mins, only 2mins shy of the course record for his age group.  Pete, now joins our massive Kona crew heading to Hawaii in October.  Outstanding effort by Pete.

Pete works full time, and is another great example, of how our programming by correspondence is one of the most successful systems in world triathlon. 

Geelong Cycling Club / Club Combine at Rokewood – Over the weekend at Rokewood, the Geelong Cycling Club riders joined Ballarat and Colac Cycling Clubs at Race 1 of the Club Combine Series.  It was great to see so many riders out there, but also to see so many of our team members there as well.  Leaving Geelong, there was no wind, but out at Rokewood it was blowing a gale, and made for tough going, on a solid course.

We only had 1 representative in A Grade, Nathan Ashton, who in a few months time, will be on the start line in Kona, Hawaii.  In B Grade we had myself, Stephane, Nick, Adrian and Deiter, who were all at various stages of fitness.  In C Grade, Lyndal and Cassandra both lined up with Lyndal doing very well and Cass succumbing to a previous foot injury.

Triathletes invariably aren’t 100% fit at this time of the year, and that was certainly the case yesterday, finding the going tough in some tough wind.  It was great to have a hit out.  Next week is Colac’s turn at Beeac.

Results here; http://www.geelongcycling.com/

Geelong Cross Country Club – Yesterday, we had a few runners race at the re-scheduled venue at Deakin University.  Over a tough 10.6km course taking in the Ceres Lookout, we had a few runners show some good form off easy aerobic volume training.  James Chronis and Deiter McDonald have completed significant aerobic run blocks and yesterday they both showed the benefits of no intensity, but high volume work. 

Results here; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race16.htm

Brisbane TT – Over the weekend, Linda O Connor, raised the bar again, dominating the Brisbane Cycling Club TT’s with an average speed of 38.6kmpher over a 33.3km course.  That is some fast riding, and another clear indication that Linda is on track for a World Championship Medal.  Great work Linda.

10km Fun Run (Princess Park) – Yesterday at Princess Park, Kirsten Norden ran a solid 10km in a running event, in another progress run for an athlete, completing some large aerobic volume.  Kirsten ran a well controlled 43.18mins.  This shows significant progress for an athlete completing high volume with no intensity.  Great work.

San Fransisco Half Marathon – Over the weekend, Brett Dunstan and Carla Lawson, off some serious hard training and at altitude raced the Half Marathon and completed the event, but at the time of writing this am not sure how they got on, but will update the website with results as they come to hand.

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Due to the numbers decreasing over the months of August and September, the AG Beginner Squad or ‘Team Awesome’ will be taking a break from their Monday and weekend group sessions.  Thursday nights will still be available for all athletes to come to at Geelong College and then Landy Field in September, but due to the decrease in numbers it is no longer viable to run for the other two sessions each week.  Athletes can still request to have individual training programs completed for them during this interim period.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  Jarrod

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

We took part of the 1st race of the cycling interclub between Geelong, Ballarat and Colac.  The course was over 55.5kms of undulated and windy country roads. ET did very well with Jarrod and Dieter creating a break away.

Adrian got dropped on the second lap and Nick, Daniel and Coach VDB were chasing, but were losing ground on the lead pack.

Lynny and Cass took part in C grade. Cass pulled out as her injured ankle was flaring up and Lynny did her best cycling race ever. Great work Lynny!

This is fantastic training and great fun. Do not let anyone tell you that this won’t help you T-T better. This teaches you about getting out of your comfort zone, riding hard for a long period with strong rolling turns and pushing over your limits to keep up with the pace sometimes. This has to be beneficial to T-T better! Next week, we’ll be back in Beeac for an undulated and windy course around lake Beeac. The next day, we’ll be doing the 8kms GCCC in Waurn Ponds. This Wednesday, not MTB, but road bike from Landy has the weather is going to be awesome! Train safe

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

Everything this week pretty much moves back to normal, back to some ordinary weather and temps a bit chilly as well.  Before I go on further, I must make mention of the death of cyclist and triathlete – John Cornish.  Last week he was killed whilst riding along Beach Road, in Melbourne.  John was an employee of one of our partner companies, Tri-alliance, and although having a rough trot with some controversy over the past months, he was a good bloke and a keen athlete, and by many people he will be sorely missed.  It was only in June, that I did 3 days of coaching and training with John, down at the Lorne Training Camp with everyone else and we sat and 10 coffees and chatted about all things cycling and triathlon. 

Cycling is a dangerous sport, and you always have to be vigilant about riding on the roads, no matter what the road or what the size of the group or what the time of the day it is.  Take care out there people, this one was a little too close to home.

Coaching Change – Until November this year, Renee Lane, who has just moved jobs to a new school will be settling herself into her new position, and as such myself, Stephane and at a later date Lyndal Dew will be filling in, in the short term.  Our base squads are a very very important part of what we do, so I ask all of you involved to provide me with feedback as to whether we are on track holding the fort. 

Ironman UK – This week, Peter Breadsell one of our athletes from Brisbane, competes at Ironman UK.  This course is renowned for its tough bike and run terrain, but Peter has been training well, so im expecting a solid result from him.  His strength is his bike, but we have been working the back end of his race hard, and he is trying for a Kona spot, so fingers crossed we nail it on the day.  Anyone interested can keep up with him on Ironmanlive.com.

This week – See’s many of the local squads take on the Geelong Cycling Clubs first Club Combine with the Ballarat Cycling Club.  These are great and well attended events as 3 Cycling Clubs (Colac, Geelong and Ballarat) all come together, to race off in a series.  Racing kicks off in the afternoon on Saturday and should be great.  Details www.geelongcycling.com

Sunday morning the Geelong Cross Country Club hold a 10.5km Race out at the You Yangs which is always popular, as the running out there is fantastic.  Details at www.gccc.asn.au

Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod

 
Race Reports

Geneva Age Group International Race (Report from Linda O Connor)

Phew what a trip!!  I'm sitting at Heathrow waiting for our flight home and ready to get back to reality.

It's been sooooooo cold up in the Alps.  After seeing your photos and it is the height of summer here, I never expected temps of 2 degrees, torrential rain for days upon days and distressing levels of hypothermia.  I'm coming home to warm up and appreciate sunshine.

So many alps climbed and definitely the benefits of altitude training and living at over 3300m high paid off today. We entered the Triathlon International De Geneve sprint race, which is a part of the ITU European Cup.....a few Aussies - Seer and I think I saw Sexton were there and maybe Hugget if he wasn't broken.

Well, my news is that I won out right....1st female.  I really gave it to myself......freshly inspired by Cadel. The trump card for me, was a surprise climb that we did 3 times on the bike, reaching nearly 300m elevation for the 21km ride.  I hung in there for the run and won by 50sec. 

The water was bloody freezing in lake Geneva 15-16 degrees and as I was the only female without a wettie I swam as fast as I could before bits fell off.  I rode on my road bike with road shoes and as no one seems to speak English there.....it was a real challenge.  I'm just so glad that men went off 5mins ahead, so that I could follow the leader.

The best part - the prizes.  OMG I want to move OS to race.  14 long stem roses - that I gave to a sweet granny, one of the new age glass trophies, a $70 on line sports voucher and as 1st female a new road bike valued at $1200 AUD and it's perfect for our son.

The bike was a bit of a challenge to get it back home, but it has worked out, with only $50 excess luggage.

Home sweet home again.....soon.

Linda

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

After a lovely recovery week, we are now entering the next build phase in to the lead up to the Melbourne half marathon. We are now within 10 weeks of the big day! So, the count down is on!!! Days are starting to get slightly longer... The weather still sucks, but at least we have more daylight to now train in! And hopefully, things will only get better...

On a slightly sadder note from my point of view. I am taking a small step back from coaching. After venturing into new employment at the Bio Science Lab, a brand new 4.5million dollar facility at Belmont High School, in which I will be developing and delivering sport science programs to Grade 5-8 students, I have had to re-assess my commitments outside of work. I am hoping this move is only temporary. In saying this, it has been an absolute pleasure to have worked and been involved with athletes who simply love the sport and enjoy being active. You have taught me to make sure I enjoy everything I do – so that, I thank you for!

Keep working hard, keep smiling and keep being consistent... With this formula, each and everyone of you will achieve your desired goals!

Take care and see you soon,

Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

I hope you enjoyed recovery week. It is 100% normal to feel worst, sore and lethargic during recovery week. This means that your body is actually recovering. Give it a day or day to get back into a routine, and you’ll feel like dynamite! We are now taking part of the club championship road race between Ballarat, Geelong and Colac. We’ll be racing 3 Saturday in a row for this. Let me know if you want to do this. No pressure as it has to be fun for you, otherwise, do not do it. I’ll give you a substitute set to do on your own. Make sure you eat lots of fruits and vegies as lately, the colds are nasty. Take a bit of vit.C daily as a precautions when you train lots or hard. I have been sick myself and could not take the set on Sunday. My apologies for this. Well done to Linda, Donna, Kate who did not complain about the weather and did a good run. Kate is now getting close to a win. Great work Kate

Train safe – Stephane

Hi All,

Another brief report this week, only this time it is my own stpuid fault as I lost my Telstra Internet card, somewhere in Canada, so someone is getting free crap internet at my expense, so please bare with me, as im typing this from an internet cafe.  Well it back to the cold and wet of Victoria, but only for a few weeks, as Deiter, Linda, James and myself are going up to Darwin to join Chad, Michelle and Jac for 5 days of training and good coaching in the nice 30 degree weather :). 

Best of luck to one of our Brisbane athletes, Peter Breadsell who is next week going to Ironman UK to try and get himself a Kona spot.  Peter has been working off one of our correspondence programs, and we have him in career best shape, so with as little bit of luck, i think he can do it, and join our already large group going to Kona.  Best of luck Pete.

Well done to Adrian Little and Levi Maxwell who finished Top 3 Overall at the Western Suburbs Duathlon over the weekend as well.  In cold conditions both athletes showed they are starting to get some form in the lead up to some important races. 

This week we have more clubb racing on offer and it will be great again to see the improvement of the athletes, even in our harsh winter.  Remember winter is the time for improving, so work on your weaknesses, and your strengths will still be there, when you need them.

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe

Jarrod

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi Team,

Well done on a good week of training. Now recovery :-) Make sure you stick to it and give your body a chance to recharge physically and mentally!  Saturday was an awesome day for a T-T. The 28kms Paraparap T-T went really well and our squad posted some good times for this time of the year.

Well done to Lou, Lynny, Meg, Denis and Brad for the great day.

The next day, we had a big squad racing the GCCC Belmont Park 10kms. Nate was 1st across the lane from our squad in the mass start race, closely followed by Brad, Louis and Nick. (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th).  Nick had the win of the day and was a proud Dad who did it for his little girl Ruby. Coach VDB was next, closely followed by Stephen, Mark and Donna.  (21st, 23rd, 27th 30th)

Ben and Meg followed within 5 minutes and both posted great times with a PB for Meg! Great work. (45th and 52nd). Rob (68th) had a great race after coming back from the US. It was close from his PB. DNS was Chris, Cass and Kate but they did the set on their own. Kate was sick and DNS.

Age Group Squad Report

With the school holidays now over and everyone being back in Geelong after most of us escaped North for at least a week or two, we should now see some more consistency in number’s at group sessions from now on.
Massive well done to Katie & Mark who braved the -.5 conditions on Saturday morning & jumped on with the Grovedale bunch, making it the entire way around!

Also congratulations to Mark as he has been the ONLY athlete to make it to all group sessions this week :) Great commitment and dedication Mark!

This week see’s the re-introduction of the Wind Trainer Session again at Sam’s Place and it is also a recovery week – so please make the most of this down time. Lots of sleep ins, enjoy some extra time with family and friends and make sure you get plenty or rest and have plenty of down time. This is the opportunity for your body & mind to recover from the past 3 weeks of solid training and a small reprieve from those cold winter morning training sessions! This is the time when you get stronger, as your body will recover and adapt to the training load.

No extra sessions during this time please, regardless of whether you have been sick or injured! Now is not the time to make sessions up!

Take care and will see you all soon

Renee

Hi All,

I hope everyone is 'liking' our facebook page and also keeping up to date with all the team going on's when they do.  It is an exiting time of the year.  The shortest day has passed and there migth be a glimer of hope that we are on the back-side of winter.  Over the weekend i was in Edmonton, Canada where i was lucky enough to be the Head Coach of the Australian Triathlon Team, and Ashleigh Gentle, one of the Australian Girl;s won her first ever World Cup and it was great to be a part of.  In the Mens race, Aaron Royle from NSWIS was our best athlete finishing 10th in the Mens race. 

The weekend was signed with some dissapointment with Jamie Huggett crashing in a French Grand Prix Race in Paris and fracturing his shoulder.  Its never good when an athlete has an injury like, but worse when your our best Under 23, and looking to confirm your World Champs spot.  Jamie was due to be in Aix until September racing, but will now fly home to start his rehab.  We wish him the best of luck.

In Brief

- James Chronis returns to racing at Brimbank Park with Atch Vic, along with Kirsten Norden
- Brett, Carla and Chloe race at the San Fransisco Triathlon.  Brett wins his AG, Carla finishes 4th Overall and Chloe does the swim leg for a team.  Great work all.
- Renee Lane nails a 1.24 Half Marathon PB at the Gold Coast Half Marathon.  Great job laney.

We of course have athletes right around Australia and the world that race for enduranceteam.net so please make sure if you have any news that you email it through when you do.  There is nothing better than getting reports in from athletes wheather it be a local club race or an international event, so keep them coming.

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi Team,

Great work with your training this week. We finish off the week with a great
camp in 13th beach. The place is idyllic, and cold...When you get over the
freezing winds, you look around and get to appreciate the place.

The huge rolling waves, the white dunes, the tap water like lake, the
lushing green golf course, the waving gravel coastal running tracks... It
was great and I can't wait for the second camp!

Well done to Louis, Cass and Meg for covering the entire camp. It will pay
off for sure. Thanks to Leighton, Denis and Brad for joining us on the way.
We have two upcoming Male Athletes in our squad, Louis Green and Brad
Manczak. They finished 1st and 2nd at the Drysdale GCCC, beating Coach VDB
by 30 seconds!!!

Meg and Cass are coming up nicely as well. They are both an example of
regularity, hard work ethic and positive attitude. This takes you a long way
in our sport!

This week-end, we'll do the GCCC Paraparap T-T. Please confirm for this as
I'm doing the handicaps. Train safe

Stephane

Hi All,

Unfortunately another short report from this week, as im in transit between Aix and Edmonton Canada for the World Cup.  Make sure everyone keeps sending feedback through to thier respective coaches, as good feedback is the key to good coaching. 

There has been plenty going on, so make sure you keep abreast of it all and keep checking our facebook page for all our updates please.
Train Safe out there
Jarrod

Hi All,

This is only a very short report from me this week, as I still away overseas, and will be until the 18th of July.  Everything is going along as planned across most programmes, and i think we have been able to maintain a good level of communication and contact for athletes whilst i have been away.  There are more than a few athletes though, who i have not heard from since i have been away from the group and or in Australia, so please get cracking on your training reports and keeping your Garmin Pages and emails to me up to date.  I am still available everyday on skype, so if you have any questions please get on there or drop me an email.

We have many athletes doing many different things at the moment, so please, if any athletes has immediate race results or photo's please send them through, as most times, I just get dribbles of information.

Keep up the great work all, and for the Vic athletes, the worst and longest day of winter is behind you.  Onwards and updwards from here.

Age Group Squad Report

Hi Guys,

Just a quick little update...

Firstly, Happy birthday’s to Josh and Nat who both celebrated their special day of the year on Wednesday 22nd and Saturday 25th respectively... Hope you both had great days/nights!

With some nice weather over the weekend, it was a pleasure to be out riding the bike as support for the crew completing their long run this morning. Well done to everyone who got through it. From all reports, you have all pulled up really well, which is terrific!

Congratulations to Joshy who threw himself in the deep end this morning & completed the Western Suburbs Duathlon. True to previous form and experiences on the triathlon front – he again finished with a spew... Josh claims it was food poisoning! He must suffer from this every race :)

This week see’s the introduction of a wind trainer session on Monday night. A huge thank you to Sam & Paul Breguet for opening up their shed for us all to bombard it with our bikes and wind trainers...

Happy training this week & remember to keep me posted on your progress and health :)

Take care - Renee 

         
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Great work to the AG squad yesterday with a great hit out in great weather.
42kms bike ride, then 20kms run inc. a 12.5kms T-T and then 37kms bike ride
on hilly course.  Nine people came and help make this day very successful. I'm a
proud coach of a great squad.

Technique were looking much better out there today, even running at
threshold. This is why those races are important to do during the winter,
they allow you to slowly step up from learning to run technically well slow,
to run technically well steady.  Well, the next step is to do that when you
run max, and like swimming, this is the hard part. It is indeed very easy to
be technically good while the pace is slow.

Next week, we have a busy week-end with a lovely bike race around Beeac Lake
(Colac) followed by a long and easy MTB the day after at the back of Aires
Inlet.

We had Stewy and Stephen training with us this week-end. Hopefully, they
will join the squad soon so that we can help them prepare for their Ironman.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

Well I’d love to have an Australian report for you this week, but I have an Austrian Report instead.  On Wednesday, I arrived in Munich, Germany and was then driven along the fabulous “auto-barn” for a rollicking 90mins.  WOW, going 120km an hour and being overtaken like your standing still, is something everyone should see once.   One of the other things I have learned so far, is that BMW is the equivalent of our Ford or Holden.  If you don’t own one, you must be on welfare.   Also un-be known’s to me, Kitzhubel, Austria is one of the Big 6 Ski destinations in the world, and I would liken it to the winter version of Monaco.  If I haven’t seen 15, $500,000 Maserati’s since ive been here, you’ve all got a 100km TT first thing Tuesday morning.

For those of you who have also been following my reports on Facebook, you will also realize that I have has the privelage (I think), of being with the ‘travelling Macca show’, first hand, whilst in Kitzbuhel.  Besides our other AIS and Australian athletes, like Brad Kahlefelt, Courtney Atkinson, Emma Moffatt, Erin Densham to name a few, Macca was also here with us to try his hand at his first ITU Race since 2004, and he certainly leaves no one wondering at exactly what he intends on doing in the race.  Of course history will show, he got a pasting, and maybe a new found respect for the current breed.   I had the privelage (and I say this because like him or lump him) he is a legend of our sport, to spend a bit of time with him over the past 4 days, and also outside the circus that he seems to carry with him.  His manager never leaves his side, nor did it seem that ‘the specialized man’ in the last 2 days did either.  What I didn’t know is that he will be training with the AIS for the next 3 weeks, with us every day, so that should be interesting.  BTW – he flew out of Kitzbuel about 30mins ago on a private jet to Aix, and I will be driving the 8hr stretch back.  Its another life, and that probably from what I know so far of him, best describes Macca.

I have included a report on Jamie’s race below for you to read.

The Coach Overseas - My main mode of contact for athletes with questions, will be over skype and my skype name is jarrod.evans2. 

Please do not send me SMS’s as this costs me 3 x the cost just to receive your SMS.  Just create a skype account (it costs nothing), and you can communicate for free on there.

This week – we have athletes across a few things, so make sure you do a race, let me know the results, so I can post them on Facebook and also the website.  The more info the better.

Website Update – is still being completed, but starting to take a bit of a shape.

Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod

EZYPAY Transaction Fee reduction – Given how expensive our sport is, and the external costs involved, in coaching fee’s, equipment, race entries, camps, travel etc etc – I approached Ezypay to see if they would be accommodating in reducing the some of the fee costs for using their service and to my pleasant surprise they were very obliging.  So from July 2011, below are some of the outlined changes from Ezypay, which for all athletes is a good thing.  Just another way, were trying to make our service better.

$3.30 Start Up Fee, instead of $9.60

$1.12 Transaction Fee instead of the %3.3 Transaction Fee per month

$VISA and MCard at 2.2%, instead of 4.4% Transaction Fee per month

 UP-COMING EVENTS AND DATES

NEW TEAM CYCLING GEAR – Over the weekend, our new (undersigned) team gear was displayed by Chris from Champion Systems (thanks for coming down), and I think that all who saw it, would agree, that this stuff is spot on in terms of range and quality.  Our design is currently being tabled and I will get back to you shortly with an update.

Race Reports

ITU World Championship Race / Kitzbuhel – / Yesterday in Kitzbuhel, Austria, AIS Triathlete took another step forward in his quest to become the best Under 23 Athlete, by finishing a close 22nd Place in a very very good field.  Jamie had a great swim, to be out with the leaders, and rode smart and strong to put himself at the front of the bunch.  Conditions were torrential, and were very cold (think the coldest Geelong day with rain), and there was snowing falling on the caps around us.  Coming into T2, he made an error with his bike shoes and this cost him time, and no doubt 6-8 placing’s overall, that’s how significant time gaps are at this level.  He ran a very good and controlled tough 10km and finished in 22nd place, which was an exceptional effort. 

Jamie is aiming for selection for the Under 23 Selection for the World Championships and yesterday he secured crucial points for this process.

Results; http://www.triathlon.org/results/event/2011_dextro_energy_triathlon_-_itu_world_championship_series_kitzbuhel/1642 

 
Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Recovery week this week, so everything will be nice & cruisy!


Please make the most of this down time. Sleep in as much as possible, catch up with your friends :), watch some tv & just simply take some time out. There are plenty of colds / flu’s flying about at the minute, so please keep the following in mind:

1. If you have a sore throat / cold. You need to have a complete rest day. If you wake up the next day & have not improved, please take another full day off training.
2. Once you are starting to feel better, you can resume training – but at 50% of the prescribed volume... Ie if you have a 50mins run – you are to do 25mins only @ a HR below 135-140bpm.
3. When you are back to 100%, the next 3 days must still be at reduced intensity (below 140bpm) – however, the volume can remain as per programmed.
4. Up the vitamin C & B & spirulina is great for your immunity also :)

Take care - Renee

        

 

 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

A good week of training done before recovery week. Enjoy your rest and let
your body heal this week before a big week-end.

Will be riding to Wurdibuloc on the road on Sunday + riding back. This is a
lovely ride through Paraparap. Make sure you dress well and have the proper
nutrition.

The run itself is great too. It is a long 12.5kms lap around a lake on
gravel track, so no light running flats or you'll hurt your feet.
Belinda can't drive yet, so you'll have to carry your own running shoes and
spare clothes in your back pocket.

Well done on the people who raced this week-end + for the few PB's. Keep up
the good work and train safe.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

The Lorne Training Camp is done and dusted for another weekend, and another year, as this year was a pretty good camp.  With over 75 athletes attending the camp over the 3.5Days we got plenty of good training in and plenty of good times and a few laughs to boot – just what this camp should be.   Reports and more news on this will be out shortly.

EZYPAY Transaction Fee reduction – Given how expensive our sport is, and the external costs involved, in coaching fee’s, equipment, race entries, camps, travel etc etc – I approached Ezypay to see if they would be accommodating in reducing the some of the fee costs for using their service and to my pleasant surprise they were very obliging.  So from July 2011, you there will be a significant reduction in all sign on fees and monthly transaction fee’s from Ezypay, which for all athletes is a good thing.  Just another way, were trying to make our service better.

The Coach Overseas – Pending I can still get overseas, with all these flight delays due to the volcano ash, from the 15th of June, I will be based overseas with the AIS Triathlon Program, and during this time I will have limited or no phone contact, and will only have a phone if I get an overseas number.

My main mode of contact for athletes with questions, will be over skype and my skype name is jarrod.evans2.  To reach me on skype, please be aware of the time difference also, and it is best to send me a message on skype first.  I will only have limited access to email as well, so please be patient with me returning emails.  Of course this doesn’t mean, that you still cant provide me daily updates of your training, that I will make sure I read.  Above all, just allow a bit of time for contact.  I will return on the 17th of July.

This week – AIS Athlete, Jamie Huggett races in his first major race of the year at Kitzbuhel, Austria.  This race is the 3rd race in the World Championship Series Events which feature the best 75 Men in the world.   Our goal in this event is to finish in the Top 20, and being one of the youngest athletes in the field, this will be a fantastic achievement if he can get the job done.

Website Update – Still be completed.

Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod

 
UP-COMING EVENTS AND DATES

NEW TEAM CYCLING GEAR – Over the weekend, our new (undersigned) team gear was displayed by Chris from Champion Systems (thanks for coming down), and I think that all who saw it, would agree, that this stuff is spot on in terms of range and quality.  Our design is currently being tabled and I will get back to you shortly with an update.

Race Reports

ITU European Cup, Cremona, Italy – / Yesterday in Italy, Jamie Huggett who is preparing to race in Kitzbuhel this week, recorded his best result so far this season, with a 4th Place in a great field of 78 starters.  Jamie was the 1st Australian home and showed that we are on track with our preparations for his charge at the 2011 Triathlon World Champs in Beijing. 

He had a great swim, to be out with the leaders, and then rode smart and hard on the 20km tight technical course, including the cobble stones of the Italian streets.  He got off to a great start in the run leg, and was leading the race until about 400m to go, when he was outsprinted.  As you will see from the results, only 7seconds b/w 1st and 4th!!!!

Jamie will win one of these races very shortly.

Results; http://www.triathlon.org/results/results/2011_cremona_itu_sprint_triathlon__european_cup/6717/
Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

It has been great to see everyone progressing really well. Over the weekend, we had Steve spend the weekend in Lorne and from all accounts had a great time! He had his longest ride ever on the Saturday, riding 50km’s & and then surpassed this with a whopping ride to Apollo Bay & back (90km’s) the next day! Terrific effort!!!
If you get the opportunity, make sure this camp is the one that you put on your calendars. Lorne is a fantastic place to ride & run. It is challenging, the scenery is spectacular and it offers variety from your usual training routines.  Important for breaking up the winter blues! On top of this, the camp caters for all abilities every day, as well as providing educational seminars which provide the opportunity to learn an enormous amount about nutrition / hydration / training tips / footwear etc. Beneficial knowledge, especially when starting out in the sport!

Most of the group are now attempting to tackle the Saturday Grovedale bunch ride as well. This is great to see & I can’t wait to join you all this Saturday to see how you go with it!
Keep working hard & being consistent with your training.


Take care - Renee 

         
Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

It's a boy. After 33 hours of labor, Jake Alexander VDB came into the world via a C section. His big head (36cm) was in the wrong spot :-(

It is a wonderful feeling to have this little thing looking up to see you for the first time and finally putting a face to the voice.

As much as it was hard to miss my favorite camp, and sorry again if this caused any inconveniences, this was the right thing to do after Belinda's major surgery as she needed some well deserved looking after. To talk about training, this is our last week before recovery week. It will be an extremley easy week to make sure you can recharge the batteries.

I recommend to stick to it 100%. If you do more, this is your own decision, a decision that you will end up regretting. SO, don't even ask me if you can do more.
There will be a change of plan as the Ceres GCC bike race got cancelled. I'll e-mail the new training spot schedule with the NL later on today.
All the best and train safe.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

MICHELLE MITCHELL GETS 2ND AT IRONMAN CAIRNS!!!!

WOW – What a bunch of results from our girls in Cairns. 

Michelle Mitchell in only her 3rd Ironman, swims 53.00mins to improve her Ironman time by 30seconds, to be 5th out of the water in the Pro Females, then does 5hrs 17mins for the 183km tough bike course, and then she got off and ran the first 16km in 1hr 12mins (3.16hr run split), to be in 3rd place after the 16km mark of the run leg, and making up ground.  By the 35km point of the race she had run herself into 2nd place, only 2minutes behind Ironman Champion, Rebecca Keat.  Finishing in 2nd place she not only won herself a big pay day, she also earned the respect of some hardened ironman athlete pro’s and former Ironman winners, and showed the form, and tenacity, that will produce an Ironman win very for her shortly.  Michelle is one of our athletes, that trains by correspondence, and this again shows, that with application, good tools and most important of all good communication, our training program’s work.  Great work Michelle, and most important of all – you should be very proud of yourself.


Jaqui Crofton in her first Ironman event, swims 1.11hrs, which was a great result, smokes the ride to be in 7th place in her age group at the end of the bike, which she covered in 5hrs 55mins, then knowing what she can run like (FAST – she had the 5th fastest female run split of the day overall), she ran her way through the 30-34 Female field, home very well to finish her first Ironman in 10hrs 42mins and get a 3rd Place in her 30-34 Age group.  What an outstanding effort from a first timer.

Linda O’Connor - Big Congrats to Linda who after having quite a long break to repair some overuse issues, she has come back to win her age group and finish 7th overall.  A bit more of a write up on Linda below.

More reports and results links below

Do our training programs work – ABSOLUTLEY!

Website Update – The updates to the team website are still being completed.  Please be understanding that it is very much a work in progress, and it will be updated as we go along.

Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod

UP-COMING EVENTS AND DATES

The Lorne Training Camp – IS THIS WEEK!!!!  Please, if you have any questions prior to this weekend, they must be in to me by Thursday PM at the latest. 

The Coach Overseas – From the 15th of June, I will be based overseas, and during this time I will have limited or no phone contact, and will only have a phone if I get an overseas number.

My main mode of contact for athletes with questions, will be over skype and my skype name is jarrod.evans2.  To reach me on skype, please be aware of the time difference also.  I will only have limited access to email as well, so please be patient with me returning emails.  Of course this doesn’t mean, that you still cant provide me daily updates of your training, that I will make sure I read.  Above all, just allow a bit of time for contact.  I will return on the 17th of July.

NEW TEAM CYCLING GEAR – This season (and shortly), we will be re-ordering our team cycling uniform.  Unfortunately due to a threatening of legal action from our old supplier due to some design clashes (not our fault), we will be altering our team kit from what is out now.  This was not preferable at all, but we can’t do anything about it, otherwise it will end up in the courts. So at this point our new cycling gear provider will be ‘Champion Systems’ and you can view their website here;

www.champ-sys.com.au

Champion Systems will be coming down to the Lorne Training Camp on the Friday Night at 7.30pm, for any athlete to try on the new gear.  This is your chance to get your sizing’s right, so it is important that even if your not attending the camp, you make an effort to get down.

Race Reports

Challenge Cairns Ironman – / Yesterday in temps over 30 degree’s, 2 of our team members had the race of their lives, and gave me a coach, my first ever.............Cairns is a beautiful part of the world, but can get windy and can get hot, and that’s exactly what happened.  The swim was 2 loops in the ocean and from all reports, conditions were ocean like.  Onto the bike, and the Cairns course has dead roads, plenty of undulations and on the way back in from Port Douglas the riders would have had a head wind.  The run is quite exposed as well, and its tough with the heat, but it certainly both Michelle and Jaq who are from Darwin. 

Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/Default.aspx?CId=1&RId=569&EId=1

Challenge Cairns Half Ironman / - Yesterday as well, Linda O’Connor coming back off a break, had a great swim/bike combo and a solid run to win her age group in the 45-49 Female and finish in 7th Place Overall including the Pro Women.  This was a very good result for Linda, who will now follow her training program in the lead up to the World Age Group Olympic Distance Champs in Beijing in September, where she is aiming to win Gold!!!  Great work Linda.

Results; http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecResults/Results.aspx?CId=1&RId=569&EId=3 

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

The Age Group Squad is continuing to make some good in roads towards the Melbourne 1/2 marathon & marathon events.
Some of our athletes, for the first time ran over 60mins yesterday, which is a terrific starting point as we build to our longer runs.
There are quite a few colds / flu’s flying around at the minute, so it is extremely important that you communicate with me in regards to your health, so your program can be adjusted if you are not 100%. Most of you have been excellent in providing me with the appropriate feedback, so be sure to keep it up!
We have the Lorne Training camp this weekend, therefore, the group sessions back in Geelong will be non-coached over the long weekend. Athletes on individual programs – please complete your training as programmed.

Take care - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Another good week of training has come and gone.  We’ll focus on the Lorne camp now. I can’t wait as this is by far my favourite camp of the year.  I just struggle a bit with the cold and wet weather. Make sure you bring warm water proof clothing and very important, lights for your bike. NO LIGHTS, NO EARLY AM BIKE RIDES

Hopefully VDB Junior will get out of its comfort zone this week and will come and say hello. I won’t take any time off as we are off to Europe for my sister’s wedding from 26-08 and back 15-09.

Be a bit more patient with me with my replies this week as I might be in total chock

Please let me know ASAP if you can’t do Saturday’s T-T as I’m now in charge of the handicaps for the GCC T-T’s.

Welcome to our squad to Rob Woodall and Kate Hammond, two runners taking part in GCCC and willing to achieve PB’s this year.

See the GCCC results and analysis in the NL later on today. Train safe.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

Well done to all on another solid training week.  We have many different athletes, doing many different things at the moment, and the one thing that is probably common now given our colder weather settling in, is your ability to stay away from colds and flu’s.  It is almost a motza, that you will get one over the next 3months, especially in Victoria, so the most important thing you can do if you feel something coming on is ring your coach straight away and let them know, so they can best help adjust and or re-perscribe your training to make sure you get back into it healthy and happy.

The Lorne Training Camp - is only a week away now, and it is certain to be one of the best we have had.  We have unprecedented numbers, sponsors products and 5 confirmed guest speakers lined up over the 4 Days, that will make this camp one of the best.  

The Coach Overseas – From the 15th of June, I will be based overseas, and during this time I will have limited or no phone contact, and will only have a phone if I get an overseas number.

My main mode of contact for athletes with questions, will be over skype and my skype name is jarrod.evans2.  To reach me on skype, please be aware of the time difference also.  I will only have limited access to email as well, so please be patient with me returning emails.  Of course this doesn’t mean, that you still cant provide me daily updates of your training, that I will make sure I read.  Above all, just allow a bit of time for contact.  I will return on the 16th of July.

Website Update – The updates to the team website should be finalized late this week, with plenty of new options and up to date information.

Any important updates will be placed on our Facebook Page, so please continue to view that as required.

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Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod


Race Reports

Ironman Brazil – / Yesterday, perennial life motivator, Richard Sekesan completed his 8th Ironman, racing at Ironman Brazil.  As many of you might know, by keeping tabs on his Facebook Page, this Ironman Warrior races using planetary alignment to carry him around in cracking times, and on the tough course on the Island of Florionapolis, he raced very hard to record his second fastest time ever (only behind the super fast course of Busselton) in 10hrs and 12mins.   For those in the know, this is probably equivilient to 9.40-45 at Busso, so his improvement has been sensational again.  Despite muscular cramping starting early on in the bike, and continuing for the first part of the run, he surged home with a hard fought run leg.  At the time of writing this, times and places still aren’t up on the official website, but needless to say, Richard will be coming out with a comprehensive ‘stone by stone’ analysis of his race, probably after a few days sampling the local wildlife, and planting a few seeds in the island gardensJ  Great work again Rich, your an inspiration. 

Results; http://ironman.com/#axzz1NjKZv5yx

Braschaat ITU European Cup / - Yesterday as part of his racing to be selected in the Australian Under 23 Team, Jamie Huggett gained valuable ITU Ranking Points in one of the most important races on the European Calendar in Braschaat, Belgium.  Jamie had a good result finishing in 10th Place, with a 30.49mins, 10km run split.  After missing the lead group, Jamie and a larger group rode hard to catch the leaders in the breakaway, but despite himself and another VIS athlete, Pete Kerr having sizzling run legs, they were unable to bridge the gap.  As is the case these days, the racing is so competitive, that there was only 27 seconds between 3rd Place and Jamie in 10th.  Hot Stuff.

Results; http://www.triathlon.org/results/results/2011_brasschaat_itu_triathlon_premium_european_cup/5724/
Geelong Cross Country Club / Yesterday in cool and near perfect conditions, many of the Age group took part in the Cross Country Club 4km Team Race.  Coach – Stephane has listed all in his post race report and newsletter below.

Results; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race06.htm 

 
Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Everyone is doing a fantastic job in getting through their respective training programs – both individual and group sessions!

We had a terrific day yesterday out on the trails in Anglesea. It was wet, muddy & heaps of fun! Steve was like a big kid riding through every puddle he came across.  Shaz did an amazing job – with no brakes & no suspension, she was like a little demon out there on the trails, not being perturbed by any log, ditch, rock or jump that got in her way!  We all had an absolute blast!  A huge thank you to Belinda Harrison & Johnny Crocket who were our mountain biking experts in leading us through the trails.  Had it been left up to me, we surely would have gotten lost & probably still been riding today...

This week see’s our group move in to a more specialised run block, as we begin our preparations for the Melbourne half and full marathons!

Remember to get on line and enter ASAP, you don’t want to miss out!

Take care - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

We are now back into training after recovery week.  The easy week was finished by a test done through GCCC.  

We indeed had a 4kms T-T to do along the Barwon River as part as a team relay. We did 3kms at threshold and 1km at max effort.  The team did very well with 6 people under 15min for the 4kms.  Rob's team got 2nd, Ben's team got 3rd and Nick's team got 6th in an exciting finale for a podium spot.  We put a bad week of weather behind now for a beautiful week ahead. We'll have 19 degrees for our MTB ride on Wednesday :-)

This week, we'll keep the focus on specializing and strength-endurance. Some of us will do a bike race Saturday PM in Creswick followed by the challenging GCCC 8kms Deakin-Ceres course to be done at Threshold - 5 beats as an average over the full distance.  

It does not matter then if your HR is higher up the hill as it will be lower down hill.  Please stick to this or you will be in full fitness far too early in the season and most likely won't last in top shape until April.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

Ok, there have been quite a few rumblings around the traps of late, but I can tell you, that “Ironman Melbourne” is pretty much a done deal.  To say this announcement is massive for our state and our sport is an understatement.  Apparently there has been quite a bit of a battle to get it off the ground, and I can’t even say you heard it here first, as most of you probably didn’t, but my mail, says we are going to get an Ironman Event in Victoria in 2012.  This great news for everyone.

Website Update – Currently I am re-doing the team website with more options, more information, and just some general cleaning of house. As of next week, some things may not be where they were before, but they will all still be there.  So if it is not working as you would hope this week, it will only be a little difficult to view for maybe 10 Days, then hopefully we will be back to normal.  Please be patient, as it is long process for me to change and alter things.

Any important updates will be placed on our Facebook Page, so please continue to view that as required.

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This week will see the announcement of our NEW Enduranceteam.net Race Team.  This new program will offer 3 Levels of Team Based Sponsorship Support not only from all our existing sponsors, but also ones, that have offered support ongoing.  The level of support across each level varies, with Gold being the highest. 

Athletes from across our 4 Squads (totalling nearly 80 athletes) have had their races, race frequency, race results, training and their potential all reviewed by myself and Stephane, and we have come up with a 15 Athletes who will all be offered this exciting opportunity, based on the above criteria.  There will be 4 Gold Athletes, 5 Silver Athletes and 6 Bronze Athletes. 

All selected athletes will receive an email within the next week outlining their group selection, and the benefits that come with it.  There will be “Race Team” Meeting on the 2nd of June in Geelong, that all athletes will be asked to come along to.  Stay Tuned.

Have a great a week of training people and stay safe on the roads.

Train Safe

Jarrod

 
Race Reports

 European French Grand Prix Series – / Yesterday, Jamie Huggett had a solid result in the 1st of the French Grand Prix Series Races.  For those who don’t know the Club System in Europe is akin to our Elite National Series here + 20%, and often attracts the best 60-70 ITU athletes in the world for big prize money, and big incentives.  These Division 1 Races are mainly sprint races and are hotly contested, as the results show.  Jamie had a very good result after a hard Olympic Distance race last week to finish in 21st place.  He is racing in Belgium this weekend in the ITU Premium Cup in Braschaat.  Stay Tuned.

Results; http://www.ipitos.com/de-resultats/course-181-epreuve-563

Geelong Cycling Results / - On Saturdayat Paraparap, we had a quite a few people tackle the 77km Handicap Race with the Geelong Cycling Club.  There are quite a few first timers racing from our squads this year, and all are learning something each time they go out.  Its not easy when your starting, but the Geelong Cycling Club to their credit take care with all that they do, to look after the newer athletes, so well done to the GCC and well done to all our athletes that raced.  Well done to Coach Steph, who gutsed it out to finish 4th and collect a few dollars for this work.

Results; http://www.geelongcycling.com/race-results/geelong-cycling-club-news/53-club-announcements/545-results-hodges-sponsored-handicap-21-may-2011

Geelong Cross Country Club / Yesterday in cool conditions and very windy conditions, we had runners complete the 10km race at Geelong Grammer.  The course normally makes for some fast times, but the wind blew up early and probably added on a few seconds here and there for our runners.  Deiter McDonald showed that his training was on track with a controlled run to finish 38.26mins.  Results overall can be viewed below.

Results; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race06.htm 

 Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Hoping you all had a terrific & productive weekend, making the most of Saturday’s weather!
I’d just like to say a huge well done to you all for your efforts in training last week. We have had some great numbers at our sessions and I’m sure this trend will continue over the winter months. Your positive attitudes and ability to participate to your personal best for every activity makes you all a pleasure to coach!

Massive congratulations to Christina Crowe, who last week completed the Great Ocean Road Half Marathon in a smoking time of 1.43 for the 21.1km, and 1.53 for the 23km’s over what is undoubtedly a difficult course. A sensational effort! I know Christina is certainly looking forward to being a part of the Melbourne marathon crew later in the year after a small stint overseas.

A reminder that entries open, tomorrow 23rd May for any event over the Melbourne Marathon weekend. Please jump online ASAP to enter. We will then also look at other x-country events in Geelong over the winter months.

Take care - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Well done on finishing a hard week-end of training.

Saturday was a long day as we clocked 150kms on the bike before our 30min jog off the bike.
GCC organized a great race in Paraparap, and it was hard, but a lot of fun out there. The race got upgraded to 73kms because of the new safer finish line on Forrest road.

The wind made the race hard on an undulated course. Well done to Matty, Carl, Nick, Lynny, Chloe, Noles, Kate, Louis and Dennis for contributing to a great race in a prefect sunny day. Trust me, me that this will pay off.  Think that you already have an advantage on those who stayed home :-)

The next day, we went to Aires Inlet to do a challenging MTB course at the back of Anglesea. Jodie joined us and did very well to get up to 9kms hill without losing too much ground on the squad.

Next week is recovery week. Please stick to it and do not do any extra even if you feel good. If you do not recover, you won't make it through a hard winter of training.

We are now finishing phase 1 out of 6, so plenty of hard work to be done. If you lose motivation in the cold weather, think about how well you'll be going in November when all your hard work comes through, because indeed, the hard work is done now, not in the summer.  Now is the time to build a strong base, improve, work on your technique + strength and not the summer.

Summer is made to sharpen up & recover from a big winter, work on transition, speed and lots of a active recovery...

Forgive me if I have to leave training in a rush one day, Belinda is due next Thursday. I won't take time off for the birth, but will get Lyndal to take over a run or bike group if I'm really struggling. Train safe :-)

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

To kick things right off the bat, entries open today for the Shepparton Half Ironman, so don’t miss the boat here.  

SHEPPARTON HALF IRONMAN DATE – November 13th 2011

ENTRIES OPEN – TODAY

We are getting back into the swing of things this week, and consistent training is now back on the menu.  With the flu season coming into full swing all athletes should be looking after themselves each week with supplementation, extra water (fluids), sleep, stretching and massage.  Athletes should also be more aware, at this time of the year of taking supplements each week to keep your immune system healthy and begin to build and store up your mineral sources.  So it is recommended you take the following;

-          Fish Oil

-          Magnesium

-          Zinc

-          Iron

-          Glucosamine

-          Vitamin C

RACING THIS WEEK – This week we have quite a few team members either racing in Cycling Events with the Geelong Cycling Club or we have athletes racing over the 10km, with the Geelong Cross Country Club.  Can I remind all these athletes, that you must have contacted the respective club by Wednesday at the latest and submitted your entry.  If you enter late you will NOT be allowed to enter on the, as events like the Cross Country Club are handicapped. 

Train Safe

Jarrod


UP-COMING EVENTS AND DATES

NEW TEAM CYCLING GEAR – This season (and shortly), we will be re-ordering our team cycling uniform.  Unfortunately due to a threatening of legal action from our old supplier due to some design clashes (not our fault), we will be altering our team kit from what is out now.  This was not preferable at all, but we can’t do anything about it, otherwise it will end up in the courts. So at this point our new cycling gear provider will be ‘Champion Systems’ and you can view their website here;

www.champ-sys.com.au

Champion Systems will be coming down to the Lorne Training Camp to allow all athletes to handle and try on their gear, so this is your chance to provide feedback and ask questions.  If you are not attending the Lorne Camp you can still come down to this info session, if you are looking to purchase team gear.  Details will follow on this.

Race Reports

ITU Conti Cup, Seoul, Korea – / Yesterday, Jamie Huggett had a solid result and showed his training is back on track with a 13th place in the Continental Cup in Seoul, Korea.  Jamie was out with the leaders in the swim, held his position over a tough bike course, and then ran a solid 33.30 for the 10km.  Jamie is building to run low 31mins for 10km off the bike over the next 10 weeks in order for him to qualify for the 2011 Triathlon World Champs.

Results; http://www.triathlon.org/results/results/2011_seoul_itu_triathlon_asian_cup/6439/

Great Ocean Road Marathon and Events / Yesterday, we had quite a few athletes tackle the Great Ocean Road Running Series, and amidst some tough and windy conditions there were some great results.  At the time of writing this, I have any results for this as yet, but stay tuned.

Geelong Cross Country Club / Yesterday in cool conditions, most of our AG Advanced Squad Team raced over the 8000m course at Portarlington.  Meg Gubbins had the best race of the day, winning the race after a return to training, with Rob Solly also getting in the Top 5.  Head Coach – Stephane has his athletes usually racing to h/r at this time of the year, so it was a great job by all.

Results; http://www.gccc.asn.au/races/current_year/race05.htm

Warrnambool 6km / Yesterday in the ocean hub of ‘Warny’ we had Deiter McDonald and son, Kurt race over the tough 6km course in windy conditions.  Like our Geelong Cross Country Club, the events are handicapped and being invitational runners both of them got marked back.  To their credit, and both showing good signs of consistent aerobic training, Kurt was able to get 4th across the line, to pip the old man who finish in 6th.  

Results; http://www.warrnamboolathletics.com/

 
Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Terrific turnout on Sunday for the mountain bike ride... It was a nice little social outing & I enjoyed taking you to parts of the Barwon River that some of you had never seen before!!!
Well done on your efforts last week. It is not easy to swim / ride / run in the colder months of the year, but everyone is doing a terrific job, which is made much easier when you share the effort with other people! Keep up the great work & remember consistency is the key to success :)

Take care - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

I hope you had a good week of training.  Just a reminder that at this time of the year, being regular to training should be the priority number one for you.  

If you can't fit a 90min session in, then even do 30min will make an impact in long term. If you only have 90min to fit 2 sessions, do go the gym and run on the treadmill before fitting a bit of core X and a little DPS swim in.

If you have a bad attitude and can't be bothered going for 90min as you don't think it is worth it, then, you will go into a bad habit and lose your fitness + slow your improvements down in the longer term. Remember that this time of the year, we are after technique, endurance, strength and steady paced work.  No max effort to be done, apart from your specialization of the month or you will cook yourself. The other 2 sport should be done at L1!

This week, we have our 1st bike race. Please read the info sent on Friday night. We'll meet Friday PM on the crit track to practise bike safety + to do some turns as a group. We have a big week-end ahead, so think recovery and proper nutrition. I still see some people not drinking or eating enough during those long sets...well, those persons will last the winter in 1 piece. Be smart about your nutrition and do not try and loose weight during training, but outside of training by eating a clean, healthy and balanced diet, but do not deprive yourself of carbs outside of training either. Carbs is what gets our bodies going!

Great work to Ben Webster and Wayne Vietch who completed the GOR 23kms yesterday and to Donna and Matt L. who finished the 45kms with flying colours.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

To kick things right off the bat, well done to Brett Dunstan who is our latest addition to our Kona Team for Hawaii 2011, and you can read all about his result below.  

IRONMAN AUSTRALIA DATE – MAY 6TH 2012

ENTRIES OPEN – THIS WEDNESDAY!!!

Best of luck to Jamie Huggett, who leaves for Europe this week as part of his racing and training commitments, for the AIS Triathlon Program.  Jamie will be based in Aix le Bain, which is in the south of France, which is the altitude European training base for all AIS Triathletes.  Jamie will be overseas for about 16 weeks, returning intermittently to Australia to continue training and preparing where he will hopefully gets a spot on the Under 23 World Championship Team.  If you want to keep up with Jamie and his racing he will be doing the following events up-coming shortly;

-          May 15th          Seoul, Korea                Continental Cup

-          May 28th          Brasschaat, Belguim    European Cup

-          June 19th          Kitzbuhel, Austria        World Championship Series

-          July 10th           Edmonton, Canada      World Cup Series

-          Remainder TBC

I will be working with the Jamie overseas between June 15th and July 13th at which point I will return home to continue working with our Geelong based athletes.  For all correspondence athletes, I will still be available basically as normal, although some types of communication will change over that period of time.

As a continual reminder as well, this year, there will again be 3-4 Training Camps run for all levels of athletes to participate in.  The ones that are confirmed are as follows;

-          Lorne Training Camp / June Long Weekend / 75 Spots and SOLD OUT

-          Bendigo Training Camp / October 2011

-          Bright / Falls Creek Altitude Camp / December 27th – January 6th 2012

Train Safe

Jarrod

 

 

       

 

UP-COMING EVENTS AND DATES

Race Reports

Ironman Utah – / Yesterday in the American desert, in Utah, Brett Dunstan was our latest athlete to get his Kona slot.  To give you an idea of how difficult this race was, Brett post race, left a message on my phone was his first word was F&*K!  Brett is one of our very hard men, and for him to describe the race the way he did, provides testament to how difficult it was.  The terrain, the heat, all combined to make it one very difficult day out.  Ironman Utah, has the reputation as the “athlete slayer”.  Enough said.

The event is regarded as one of the hardest races on the planet as it starts at altitude (over 2000m), climbs to 3000m during the race, and then finishes again at 2000m.  Combine this with temperatures in the mid 30’s, and you’d be crazy to race there.  And that’s why Brett did.  It takes a hardened individual to put up with those conditions for over 9hrs, and those who know Brett, would also know that he is suited to a course that is noted for its hills, heat and hard terrain.

Brett didn’t have the race we had planned for, but over this type of race, to execute a plan to 100% is a very difficult thing to get right – but he did very very well, to execute the 1%ers that we were focussing on and in the end, it was the 1%ers that got him his Kona spot for the 3rd time.  Great work Bretto.

Brett Dunstan               Swim               Bike                 Run                  Total

                                    1.07                 5.27                 3.37                 10.16

Results; http://ironmanlive.com/tracking.php?race=st.george&year=2011 

Arafura Multisport Games / Triathlon – Over the weekend, the Northern Territory’s biggest international sporting event kicked off with the Triathlon, with the unusual distances over a 500m Swim / 40km Bike and 10km Run.  The shortened swim was due to the local lake being closed, and there was talk of making it a duathlon, but the decision was made to make it at least some sort of swim.  Chad Anderson, Michelle Mitchell and Jac Crofton were to represent our squads in the event.  Michelle, preparing for Ironman China in a few weeks back up a massive week of work to claim a silver medal, and Jac Crofton who also completed a massive week of training had an excellent result to finish 3rd behind Michelle.  Chad who had been preparing for this event for nearly 6 weeks, fell ill with the flu about 5 days out, was unable to shake it, and made the smart decision not to start.

Results; http://www.arafuragames.nt.gov.au/sports/triathlon/results/

Byron Bay Triathlon / Over the weekend, Peter Breadsell, one of our correspondence athletes from Brisbane raced the Byron Bay Tri in prep for Ironman UK coming up in July this year.  Peter had the fastest bike split of the day in his age group, to finish in 2.08hrs, showing improvement across all 3 legs, well done Pete.

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Great to see quite a few of you out on the mountain bikes yesterday! It was pretty chilly, so make sure you all start to rug up & look at getting some wet-weather and winter riding gear for your own comfort levels over the coming months.


Congratulations to Steve Schoffellen who last week participated in the Geelong 1/2 Marathon. After almost a month off, he decided that it seemed like a good idea to make this his comeback run! True ‘Team Awesome’ spirit!
Congratulations also to Sam Breguet who nailed a PB yesterday in the Mother’s Day run at Eastern Gardens. This proves that we are on the right track for Sam to make the Age Group Worlds team in 2012.

We wish Christina Crowe all the best for her upcoming Great Ocean Road 1/2 Marathon. Christina has been training super hard and I know that is capable of a terrific performance come race day.

I’d like to officially welcome a few new comers to the group; Jess Kelly, Yvonne Van Der Ploeg, Katie Fagan, Natalie Garcia & her partner Brendan.

I’ve floated the idea of the group participating in the Melbourne Marathon OR the 1/2 Marathon. Most of you seem super keen & I think it would be a terrific ‘Team Awesome’ experience! We will start to build our group structure around this major goal... Very exciting!

Take care - Renee 

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

I hope you had a lovely week-end. The winter weather is back now, so please cover yourself and especially your extremities (hands and toes when cycling).  It is not acceptable to come to a MTB ride in BIB and tee-shirt when the weather is rainy and 10 degrees...


Make sure you get your snorkel, proper MTB pedals and a heart rate monitor. What is also very important as well when you are training more than 90min is to replenish your glycogen level straight after training for best recovery. This should be a habit if you want to get through our big winter of training.  Protein is recommended as well to help repair muscles damages via amino acids it provides.
On Saturday, Matty L. and myself did the GCC Paraparap 55kms races.  It was great fun and highly beneficial, but please do not take risk sprinting at the end. We are triathletes and not cyclists and are there for some good training, so leave them the risk of crashing to grab a spot in the top 10...4 cyclists had an horrific fall and were sent to the hospital.

This week-end, we have our first race of the winter.  Make sure you do it at 85% of your max HR unless you are on a running block, then try and stay around threshold.

All the best this week with the training.

Train safe – Stephane

Hi Team,

WELCOME BACK – We are all back into it this week, after what I hope was a good break for all.  There will be some exciting new innovations with our training this year and our groups and programs will only expand and get more and more successful. 

We now have over 90athletes in enduranceteam.net and it is growing at rapid rate, with the focus always on creating a good friendly environment, whilst always improving the lives and successes of our athletes.  Our Age Group Squad, headed up by Renee Lane is the fastest growing of our squads and it is great to see so many beginners coming into our sport.

Between May and September each year is known as our off-season, however, in reality there is racing that goes all year round, and this is one of the exciting thing’s of our sport.   We not only have a great bunch of beginners in our programs, but we also have a successful bunch of up-and coming age groupers and pro athletes, who we hope that the 2011-2012 Season will be a very successful one. 

This year, there will again be 3-4 Training Camps run for all levels of athletes to participate in.  The ones that are confirmed are as follows;

-          Lorne Training Camp / June Long Weekend / SOLD OUT

-          Bendigo Training Camp / October 2011

-          Bright / Falls Creek Altitude Camp / December 27th – January 6th 2012

As always athlete feedback on every level is the key.  The coaches encourage it each week from all athletes, and we also would like constructive feedback in how we can improve our service.

This season (and shortly), we will be re-ordering our team cycling uniform.  Unfortunately due to a threatening of legal action from our old supplier due to some design clashes (not our fault), we will be altering our team kit from what is out now.  This was not preferable at all, but we cant do anything about it, otherwise it will end up in the courts. So at this point our new cycling gear provider will be ‘Champion Systems’ and you can view their website here;

www.champ-sys.com.au

Champion Systems will be coming down to the Lorne Training Camp to allow all athletes to handle and try on their gear, so this is your chance to provide feedback and ask questions.  If you are not attending the Lorne Camp you can still come down to this info session, if you are looking to purchase team gear.  Details will follow on this.

Again – Welcome Back and here’s to a great year.

Train Safe

Jarrod

UP-COMING DATES

THURSDAY NIGHTS – Club Night / Like last year, Thursday night is our team night at Geelong College, and it involves a light run session, gym session and light swim session.  It is one of the few nights that our whole team can train at the one venue, so make sure you get along to it each week.  This sessions run from May – September.

JUNE – Our Lorne Training Camp is sold out.  There is now a wait list to come to the camp, so please send me an email if you would like to be on this list. 

Please Note; All payments are being paid to tri-alliance, and you all should have received an email outlining the payment details.

Race Reports

Australian Ironman Triathlon – Port Maquarie / Yesterday at the centre of Australian Ironman.  In what was predicted to be an ordinary day for weather, started out ok, and as reported by Ironmanlive it was still pretty good by about 10am, then it started to get a little or lot windy depending on weather you like it or not.  The road surface apparently left a lot to be desired as well, and the words “atrocious” were bandied around a little.  It sounded like a very tough and dead course, not really for fast times.  Our crew all had solid swims.  The port swim leg can be very tidal but today seemed to just be spot on with not to fast or to slow.   Ian Roduner (part of our correspondence crew from Brisbane), was our fastest swimmer for the day with Jo Taylor being the final one out. 

The bike was a bit up and down for the group on the whole and as we all know, it is the run leg that dominates an Ironman.   Brad Manzcak part of our Advanced Age Group Squad and coached well by Stephane, showing great improvement rode the fastest time of the day for our lot in 5.26hrs to move his way through the field.  Jenny Hart in her first Ironman, after having swum a time to put her on track for a good race found the going tough on the bike to ride a 6.34 and if you know Jenny she weighs 50kg ringing and found the bike leg tough with the wind and road surface, waiting for her best leg the run.  Julie Hamilton had a solid swim, before having a great ride to come home off the bike in 6.57hrs, setting up a great time overall.  Ian Roduner, aiming to be off the bike in 6.45hrs smoked that time, coming in with a 12min buffer to start his marathon run leg.  Ian has been training the house down in Brisbane after only doing 1 Ironman before in 12hrs 14mins was on track for a massive PB.  Joanne battled hard on the bike leg, to finish it in 7hrs and 58mins. 

Brad finished off his day with a sizzling run leg to finish with a 3.20hr run split and slot home 10th place in the 30-34 Age group.  The run of the day however went to Jenny hart who not only had the fastest run in her age group, but also had the 6th fastest run OVERALL, out of the whole womens field, including the Pro’s, an outstanding effort.  Julie Hamilton battled home hard to get a 3rd spot in her Age Group (a podium) which was a great result for this hard worker.  Ian battled hard home in the run leg to knock over 80mins of his previous best Ironman time, and showed their is plenty in the tank to follow.  Jenny in Ironman debut, finished an amazing 4th place in the 45-49 Female, by only 90seconds, and showed she is a future podium placegetter and maybe even age group winner – great effort.  Joanne battled hard, right to the very end to come home with a 6.02 run leg and showed real guts and determination in finishing 15.48.  

Results below are in time based order;

                                  Swim   Bike     Run      Total    Place

Brad Manzcack           1.04     5.26     3.20     9.57     10th Plc            30-34 Male     

Ian Roduner                 1.01     5.34     4.10     10.53   45th Plc            40-44 Male     

Julie Hamilton             1.10     5.47     4.01     11.04   3rd Plc              35-39 Female

Jenny Hart                   1.16     6.38     3.34     11.48   4th Plc              45-49 Female  

Joanne Taylor              1.29     7.58     6.02     15.48   145th Plc          45-49 Female

Results; http://ironmanlive.com/tracking.php?race=australia&year=2011

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

We had our first group session back this morning (Sunday), with a nice leisurely ride around the river on our Mountain bikes! It was a small group this morning, but none the less, great company! It was lovely to get back in to it & see some familiar smiling faces again!
Congratulations to Steve Schoffellen who completed the Geelong Half Marathon this morning... A great effort!

I will be away in the wilderness this week on school camp, paddling & camping along the Glenelg River. I will not have access to the internet or mobile phone service from Tuesday 3rd-Friday 6th May. As a result there are a few ‘non-coached’ optional sessions occurring this week:

Monday 2nd May (non-coached session) – Mountain Bike Ride, 5.30pm-6.30pm (Meet at the Shannon ave carpark). Please ride 60mins EASY around the river.

Thursday 5th May (non-coached session) – Run, 6.30am (Meet at the Shannon Ave Carpark). Please run for 30-40mins EASY (maximum).

Sunday 8th May – Mountain Bike Ride, 11am (Meet in front of Growlers, TORQUAY). This will be an easy 75min Ride. You may like to have coffee / lunch with your mum’s for mother’s day in Torquay :). You may also like to head down to Torquay a little earlier and go for a run along the coast!

Look forward to seeing you all next weekend,

Take care - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

Our 4 weeks of active and passive recovery is now over.

From Monday, we'll get into a 6 months training plan. Take this serioulsy and stay positive in any cases as this is the time where you can improve lots.

It won't always be easy, especially when Mother nature is against us, but being regular is the best thing you can do for your body to adapt, become efficient and improve in strength/endurance. The reason why we are doing a race every week-end from Mid-May is mainly for the motivation factor as well as strength, safety, endurance, sub threshold work, social network and variety. if you cannot stay at a restricted HR during the race, let me know, and I will give you a set to do on your own.

Everyone will be specializing in different area. There will be different blocks of training to be done. Some groups will be formed so that you don't train on your own.
No races are compulsory, but you learn something from each of them. The only 3 races that are compulsory are the three 28kms Paraparap T-T from GCC. You can purchase a license on the day for those 3 bike races. If you really like the cycling races, then you can upgrade to a full license and the $40 that you paid for the 3 races license will be deducted from the annual license. From next week, I will expect everyone to have the following:
 
SWIMMING: Buy a snorkel ASAP please
MTB: I will send you home if you come to training with a toe clip & strap on your MTB pedals. STD Shimano system is still my favourite option to work on your pedalling technique.
I also expect everyone to have at least 1 drink bottle + 1 bar or gel + 1 spare tyre with them at all times. If you don't have these, you can go back home.
RUN: No running with elastique shoe laces or I'll send you back home.
RECOVERY: Get changed, hydrate + eat carbs & protein straight after training or you won't make it through a hard winter. 30min window is where your body absorbes the most nutrient to help recovery and muscle damage. Waiting to get home, have a shower, wash the bike before you eat will do your body great damages!
HEART RATE MONITOR: Compulsory during bike + run training. NO HR monitor, no training.

Train safe - Stephane

Hi All,

We are currently on a break due to the Victorian Season having finished up, so we are using this time to re-boot and re-load for what we have coming up next.  Over the weekend we had athletes compete the final round of the Australian Olympic Distance Triathlon Series in Sydney and our squad had the following results;

Deiter McDonald    2.07hrs    5th 35-39 Male
Linda O'Connor      2.19hrs    1st 45-49 Female
Rob Solly              2.19hrs    53rd 35-39 Male
Linda Solly            2.28hrs    4th 35-39 Female
Jenny Hart             2.37hrs   18th 40-44 Female (Time Penalty)
Jo McLaughlan      2.38hrs    20th 40-44 Female (Time Penalty)

Next up we have athletes racing at Port Maq, for the Australian Ironman and Ironman Brazil coming up shortly as well.  Keep checking back here for the latest information.

Hi Team,

Well one of the last weeks of our domestic racing, has been done and dusted with the Torquay Triman and the Geelong Corporate Triathlon being held, with some great results from our squad.  Results and reports are below.

This week we have athletes taking on the Sydney Olympic Distance Triathlon, amongst the hustle and bustle of the first round of the ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series.  It is sure to be a cracking weekend with many athletes racing across a few age groups.  The only downside is, they will miss out on the end of season party!!

Please note; This is the last weekly newsletter for a few weeks, whilst, everything winds down for a bit.  The “weekly newsletter” will be taking a break for a few weeks as of today, with a return the week before May 1st.  There will be weekly face-book updates in between that time, from all coaches so keep an eye on it.

Please note (2); Between April 21st and April 30th I will be in Cairns for some time away with Renee.  This will be the last chance we get to have a break, before we kick things into gear again for a massive off season.   Over this time, I will only have limited phone and email, and will only be checking emails and messages every 2 days, so please be patient in expecting a reply.  If it is an emergency, I will endeavour to reply straight away. 

Train Safe

Jarrod

 
UP-COMING DATES

THIS SATURDAY – We have our End of Season Function.  If you haven’t read your email and replied to it, do it this week.  A good time to be had by all, and a fantastic auction with some great items is ready to roll.

NEXT SATURDAY – We will be having an “unofficial drinks” session at a venue and time to be confirmed for all the people who cant make it this Saturday, and the ones who did make it, but want another go J.  Keep an eye on your email for it.

MAY – The return of all our group training - If you want to make serious in roads into the 2011/2012 Season then you need to start with the squad in May and allow your coaches to put you through proper programming to facilitate good change - Exciting times ahead for those who put in the hard yards over the winter periods.

JUNE – Our Lorne Training Camp is nearly sold out.  This week will more than likely be your last chance to get your name down, so don’t wait.

Race Reports

Torquay Half Ironman (Tri-man) Triathlon / On Sunday in Torquay the Tri-man was run in cool and windy conditions at Torquay Front Beach.  The organization and atmosphere of the event wasn’t great, but hopefully a few teething problems, will be ironed out prior to running the event next year.  We had a few from our squad tearing around and some very good results as well.  

Results below are in time based order;

Stephane VDB             4.09hrs                        6th Male Open

Team Ross Young        4.11hrs                        2nd Team

Brett Dunstan               4.22hrs                        2nd Male 40-44

Brad Manczack            4.29hrs                        6th Male 25-29

Matt Lemaitre              4.39hrs                        10th Male 25-29

Paul Breguet                4.50hrs                        16th 35-39 Male

Richard Sekesan          4.54hrs                       17th 40-44 Male

Nate Walsh                  5.47hrs                        16th 20-24 Male

Results; http://results.racetectiming.com/Results.aspx?CId=16&RId=176&EId=1

Geelong Corporate Triathlon / Over the weekend as well, the Geelong Corporate Triathlon was run to aid United Way.  It is a great local event, that many business support.  We had a few age groupers running around, but I have been unable to get hold of any results as yet.  Reports from those who competed are below.

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

It was another terrific week of training from the Age Group Squad and we enjoyed some shorter / sharper sessions.  Congratulations to the following athletes on their recent results;

Emergency Services GamesMark Keily – 2nd in his Age Group (Awesome!)

Harwood / Andrews Triathlon (Results are yet to be published)Sam Breguet – 1st Female Teams event
Christina Crow – Had a great swim / run
Steve Schoffellen – Loved it!
Josh Forster – Got through it in a really hectic week!
Sharon Hall – Crook & could not compete.

Western Suburbs Triathlon
Michelle Boyd – 3rd Female overall in Enticer Triathlon (Ace work!)

Enjoy the break from the official group structure everyone and will look forward to seeing you all again in May.


Take care - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

The season is officially over now. We had the squad split into 3 races. I do not have any official results yet.

-WSTC Altona where Carl was leading into the last run by a long way before he pulled his calf muscle and had to DNF.

-Harwood Andrews: Wayne and Dan finishing 2nd and 4th + Lynny and Meg finishing 1st and 2nd. Great work

-Torquay Triman - We had 3 PB’s out of 4. Coach did a 4h09’, Brad a 4h29’. Matty L did a 4h39’ and Nate was on track to smash his PB until he blew up. I believe Nate swum and rode too fast.

He was actually near the overall AG lead after 45kms. Every race a bit better Nate. Keep on trying, but learn to pace yourself J

Let’s have a break, rest up, go out, socialize…live a bit J.  Triathletes can be very full on, and during the recovery it is important to think about and get into other aspect of life.

See the friends you have neglected during the year because you were racing every week-end, go out, have a few drinks and the food you could not eat during the year.

April = recovery. Check your weight and do not put on more than 5 % of your body weight or this will compromise your winter training. I’ll be keeping an eye on you JJJ

Train safe - Stephane

Hi Team,

Firstly – Apologies.  During my time in Mooloolabah, I was in meeting after meeting, after meeting, so I apologize to all those people who I had arranged to catch up with, I just ran out of time.  To those I did manage to see, im sorry I couldn’t be more available.

Well the domestic Victorian Season is now only one week away from winding down, and the weekend just gone was another big one.  I spent the weekend in Mooloolabah with our ITU Crew and some of our interstate athletes.  With great weather, and good conditions, it was a welcome change from our crap Victorian summer.  More great results from our crew, at Brighton as well, and reports are below.

Please note; The “weekly newsletter” will be taking a break for a few weeks as of next Monday, with a return the week before May 1st.  There will be facebook updates in between that time.

Please note (2); Between April 21st and April 30th I will be in Cairns for some time away with Renee.  This will be the last chance we get to have a break, before we kick things into gear again for a massive off season.   Over this time, I will only have limited phone and email, and will only be checking emails and messages every 2 days, so please be patient in expecting a reply.  If it is an emergency, I will endeavour to reply straight away. 

This week – The Torquay Half Ironman is on, and we have a large crew taking part.  The Team Tent will be set up down there from the Saturday afternoon, so all team members and supporters can get down there to race and support the crew.  We also have some teams taking part as well, so there will be plenty of numbers.

Train Safe

Jarrod

 

UP-COMING DATES

End of Season Party – WILL INCLUDE AN AUCTION WITH SOME GREAT ITEMS!!!!! MORE DETAILS ARE OUT SHORTLY - The date for our biggest night of the year has been confirmed.  Saturday 9th of April, starting at 4.00pm from Coach Jarrod’s Place at 2 Lascelles Place, Highton, 3216 and this will be the day to lock in your diaries.  The day/night has been planned to coincide with the last race of the Victorian Season – The Torquay Half Ironman, which is the week before.  Details will be available shortly regarding the night of nights, but athletes can expect a FREE BBQ, a raffle including a few quite lucrative prizes, and plenty of good times.

Race Reports

ITU World Cup - Mooloolabah Triathlon / On Saturday, Jamie Huggett lined up for his first World Cup of the year.  Against arguably one of the best fields ever seen for a world cup in Australia, Jamie had a great swim to exit with the leaders.  In T1, he was red-carded for not placing his cap and goggles in the designated box, and was penalised 15secs, that he had to take in T2.  He rode the 40km smartly, and then had a good T2, and was out about 15th onto the run.  He looked out of sorts early on the tough 10km, which include the Mooloolabah hill 8 times (out and back).  He faded in the end to finish in 47th position, out of field of 76 starters.  Plenty to work on for Jamie, but plenty to look forward to.

ITU Oceania Cup - Mooloolabah Triathlon / Yesterday, we had James Chronis in his final race of the season, and Chad Anderson in his second Pro Race line up against a crack field.  James had a great swim, exiting with the leaders, and then riding in the main group for 39km, before a rider came down in front of him, causing a pile up and James was one of the riders to come down as well.  He tried to fix his bike, but it wasn’t fixable.  This was very disappointing for James, as he was feeling good and looking forward to finishing off a good season.  Chad’s day didn’t start well, and he exited the water about 3mins behind.  He rode on his own for the best part of 30km, and caught up 4 other riders to ride in a group for the last few kms.  He got off ran ok, but by then the damage was done.  The only way is up for Chad.

Mooloolabah Age Group Olympic Distance Triathlon / Yesterday we had 5 athletes racing at the 2011 Australian Olympic Distance Champs, Linda O Connor, Ian Roduner, Julie Hamilton, Jo Mclaughlan and Jac Crofton.  I must apologize firstly to Jac Crofton, as I had no idea what she looked like, so I am going by results only here.  In windy conditions, all our athletes did quite well.  Mooloolabah isn’t the easiest course going around, and it is quite hilly in parts.  The race of the day has to go to Linda who has come back from a major leg injury to win another Australian Title.  Linda smoked around the course to win her age group by a whopping 7minutes.  Any Australian Championship is always competitive, so well done to all athletes who competed.

Linda O Connor           2.18.33                        1st 45-49 Female

Ian Roduner                 2.20.37                        29th 40-44 Male

Jac Crofton                  2.27.58                        10th 30-34 Female

Julie Hamilton             2.33.58                        28th 30-34 Female

Jo McLaughlan            2.34.31                        13th 40-44 Female

Results are here:

http://www.usmevents.com.au/Triathlon___Multi_Sport/Mooloolaba_Triathlon_Festival/Participant_Info/Results.htm 

Xosize Race 5 at Brighton / Yesterday in near perfect conditions at Brighton, we had a large group of athletes tackle the final race of the Xosize Series.  It was to be a very successful day for our squad in general with many athletes taking advantage of a leaner field, to record some season best results.  Well done to Kirsten Norden and Lyndal Dew who finished in 2nd and 3rd Place in the Female Elite.

Stephane VDB             61.37mins        1st 30-34 Male

Wayne Veitch              63.57mins        2nd 25-29 Male

Carl Fannon                 64.00mins        2nd 35-39 Male

Nick Lanham               69.40mins        7th 35-39 Male

Kirsten Norden             69.56mins        2nd Elite Female

Chris Little                   70.38mins        7th 30-34 Male

Lyndal Dew                 70.49mins        3rd Elite Female

Meg Gubbins               76.39mins        2nd 15-19 Female

Ben Webster                79.05mins        19th 25-29 Male

Series Winners of the Xosize Series / I know there were a few athletes who tacked ‘plenty’ of races this season, and in terms of winning series prizes consistency and more persistency is the key.  I am not aware of all of them, but congratulations to Lyndal, Stephane, Wayne and Daniel Standen who all picked up series awards.

Victorian Off Road Triathlon Champs – Anglesea / Yesterday, Adam Cashmore tacked the Victorian Off Road Tri Champs, in near perfect conditions.  This was Adam’s first off road race and he managed to come away with a State Title by winning the 30-34 Age Group, and finish 4th overall.  This was a great result for a hard working athlete, well done Adam.

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

It has been a pretty quiet week in regards to training / racing.

We had Endre tackle the Otway Classic along the great Ocean Road, completing the 140km’s in 5hours and has pulled up really well from the ride today!

Up coming this weekend, we have our last remaining competitions for the season. Some athletes will be competing in the Harwood Andrews Corporate Tri and others are heading to Altona to participate in the last Western Suburbs race. Everyone at ET wishes these athletes the very best of luck & remember to enjoy the experience!

Training this week will be short & sharp!

Train Safe - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

The end of the season is approaching and the squad is still racing well which shows that we have taken to right amount of rest period during the year.

Today, the team did very well, with Lyndal doing a great job in her 1st Elite race.  She got dropped on the swim, but we knew this would happen as the goal out of this was only experience.

She still placed 3rd after a great run. The outstanding race of the day has to go to Wayne, finishing 2nd in his AG and 14th overall.  Meg finished 2nd after getting lost during the swim and Carl is learning to run hard off a hard bike and finished 2nd in his AG and 15th overall.

Other great result is Nick finishing 7th in 35-39. Cassandra and Nolene did not start due to injuries.

Train safe for your last week of serious training before the break and think recovery.

We have an exciting week-end ahead with a big crew going to Harwood Andrews Corperate Triathlon in Geelong, Carl going to Altona for the final race their and Matty, Brad, Nate and myself doing the Tri-man in Torquay.

I’m a bit nervous as this will be my 1st Elite race in 6 years…pressure!

Train safe - Stephane

Hi Team,

“PLEASE READ BELOW”

First off – you need to read the below if you are interested in coming to the Lorne Training Camp.  Each year we run this training camp in conjunction with sister company Tri-alliance Online Coaching.  We have run this camp with Tri-alliance each June Long Weekend for the last 14 years, and it is our most popular camp.  This camp is limited to 70 athletes only, and I can tell all enduranceteam.net athletes, that Tri-alliance has a

Wait list of 91 athletes already willing to pay their deposit to this camp, that is just below 50% of their program athletes.  Enduranceteam.net athletes will be given 3 Days Only priority to enter the Lorne Camp, before it is opened to Tri-alliance members, after that point, you will not be allowed to participate. 

You can place your name down now to avoid missing out.  The camp will be all inclusive (all except for 3 dinner meals) and will cost $450.00 for the 4 Days, including a camp sports pack worth $125.00 each. 

Final Details OUT THIS WEEK!!!!!

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Another week down, and another week closer to the end of the domestic season.  This week we had our Advanced Age Group training down in Lorne for the weekend, in some great weather, and many of the HP and Elites enjoyed some good weather around the Geelong area. 

New Team Gear Order – Very shortly, we will be placing a new order for our cycling kit.  I am yet to confirm who we will be going through, but at this stage, we will be going through Champion System’s as the minimum orders are a lot more accessible than any other company, including who we originally went through, which was Cannibal.  We are looking at ordering the following;

-          Summer Cycling Jersey, Long Sleeve Winter Jersey, Bib and Brace Knicks, Normal Knicks, Winter Thermal Jacket.

Athletes will not have to order minimums for each, and you will be able to order what you wish.  More information on the order to be out shortly.

This week – The MOOLOOLABAH Triathlon is on in sunny Queensland, and we have a large number of athletes going up, including most of Queensland Crew, and our elites, Jamie, James and Chad.  FYI – I will be arriving late on Friday afternoon and then departing on Sunday afternoon, so it will be a bit of a fly in and fly out for me.  It will be great to see some of our age group athletes running around representing the squad.  

Train Safe

Jarrod

UP-COMING DATES

End of Season Party – DETAILS ARE OUT SHORTLY - The date for our biggest night of the year has been confirmed.  Saturday 9th of April, starting at 4.00pm from Coach Jarrod’s Place at 2 Lascelles Place, Highton, 3216 and this will be the day to lock in your diaries.  The day/night has been planned to coincide with the last race of the Victorian Season – The Torquay Half Ironman, which is the week before.  Details will be available shortly regarding the night of nights, but athletes can expect a FREE BBQ, a raffle including a few quite lucrative prizes, and plenty of good times.

Race Reports

Gatorade Race 6 – St Kilda / Yesterday in perfect conditions at St Kilda the final major short-course race of the season was held

Can I just say what an exceptional result by the athletes who did their first EVER TRITHLON, at this race today.  I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you come back for more.  Great work by all and well done to all.

Results are below in time based order;

Jamie Huggett              56.33mins        4th Elite Male

James Chronis             57.43mins        3rd ITU Junior

Stephane VDB             60.22mins        2nd 30-34 Male

Adam Cashmore          61.00mins        3rd 30-34 Male

Carl Fannon                 63.19mins        6th 30-34 Male

Wayne Vietch              65.03mins        6th 25-29 Male

Nate Walsh                 65.33mins        5th 20-24 Male

Daniel Lamb                65.55mins        7th 20-24 Male

Richard Sekesan          66.03mins        5th 40-44 Male

Matt Lemaitre              66.34mins        8th 25-29 Male

Rob Solly                    67.07mins        20th 30-34 Male

Nick Lanham               67.29mins        22nd 35-39 Male

Louis Green                 67.45mins        10th 20-24 Male

Lyndal Dew                 67.52mins        1st 20-24 Female

Chris Little                   68.13mins        18th 30-34 Male

Kirsten Norden             69.07mins        5th Elite Female

Chloe Butt                   69.16mins        6th Elite Female

Mark Nave                   70.24mins        36th 35-39 Male

Leonie Huber               71.00mins        2nd 20-24 Female

Linda Solly                  71.46mins        4th 35-39 Female

Sam Breguet                72.33mins        6th 35-39 Female

Josh Forster                 74.18mins        21st 20-24 Male

Matt Burrell                 74.29mins        22nd 20-24 Male

Nolene Byrne              74.33mins        7th 30-34 Female

Meg Gubbins               75.34mins        1st 15-19 Female

Endre Lloyd Johnson   78.33mins        89th 30-34 Male

Christina Crowe           82.18mins        6th 1st Timers Female

Kate Wiffen                 83.21mins        30th 25-29 Female

Sharon Hall                  92.00mins        37th 35-39 Female

Steve Schoffelan         Could not find results

Michelle Boyd             Could not find results

Congratulations to our Series Winners and Place getters as well;

James Chronis            1st Place Male ITU Junior

Lyndal Dew                 1st Place 20-24 Female

Linda Solly                  1st Place 35-39 Female

Stephane VDB              2nd Place 30-34 Male

Chloe Butt                   3rd Place 20-24 Female

Aviva Singapore 70.3 – Singapore / Yesterday in hot and steamy conditions we had Deiter McDonald race in one of the first qualifying races for the 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas.  Deiter was showing some very good form in training over the past weeks, and the race was going to be interesting, and the conditions in Singapore are oppressive.  He had a solid swim, in tough conditions and currents, to exit the water in 4th place in his age group.  He then rode really well over a tough but fast course, in a slick time of 2hrs 13mins, to put him in 3rd spot.  Onto the run, and showing the good form he has in training he had moved up 1 spot by the 10km mark.  At the 14km point he was still in 2nd spot, with 6km to go he started to fade in the heat, he was only 3mins behind the winner to finish in 2nd spot in the 35-39 Age Group in brutal conditions for a Victorian athlete.  Diet qualifies for the World 70.3 Champs in Las Vegas, later in the year – and that will be EPIC!

Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

How different it was to stand on the sidelines and spectate... I must say it was rather difficult seeing everyone out there on the course, so it is something that I will endeavour to get better at as a coach :)
A huge congratulations must go to the crew who participated in the Gatorade / Enticer triathlons.  The group continues to nail personal best times, but most importantly, they thoroughly enjoy the racing and the atmosphere.

Some results & memorable moments below;
- Sam Breguet – 1.12, 6th Place 35-39 (Smoking bike split!)

- Josh Forster – 1.14, 21st Place 20-24 (3 spews at the end, this boy gives it his all)

- Endre Lloyd-Johnsen – 1.18 89th Place 30-34 (Mr consistent across the board)

- Christina Crowe – 1.21, 6th Place First Timer - female overall (Can run & has stacks of potential)

- Sharon Hall – 1.32, 37th Place female 35-39 (Included a ‘belly whacker’ on another athlete during the swim... Don’t mess with this lady in the water people)

- Steve Schoffolen – Not sure of place / time... (Making phenomenal improvements in swim / bike / run / transitions)

- Michelle Boyd – Not sure of place / time – there was a “mix up” with her registration... May have raced under an alias :)

Well done to everyone. I was so proud seeing you all out there competing yesterday.

Train Safe - Renee

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi All,

A great week of training finished a great race. St-Kilda was a mixed bag of success. Great weather, crowd, competition, atmosphere and results!  We’ll focus on recovery from now to make sure we complete the last 2 races at 100% before a well earned break.

The stand out result this week was from Meg Gubbins winning in 15-19 and showing that with a good squad, great attitude and regular training, you can improve very quickly.

Meg is great to be around. A fantastic drive to succeed + always smiling, positive, ready to go and happy! Great work Meg. It shows once again that attitude is everything in sport!

The other great success stories are Louis, Matt L, Nate, Ben and Kate who are all improving lots lately. A special note to Wayne as well who had a flat on the bike, and did not give up, lost 2 minutes and still placed.  This behavior is an example for all of us Wayne. Great work.

Great work to Lyndal and Linda for winning to series and to Dan L. for his second spot. Well done to Jodie who finished 2nd in the Active feet

Train safe - Stephane

Hi Team,

“PLEASE READ BELOW”

First off – you need to read the below if you are interested in coming to the Lorne Training Camp.  Each year we run this training camp in conjunction with sister company Tri-alliance Online Coaching.  We have run this camp with Tri-alliance each June Long Weekend for the last 14 years, and it is our most popular camp.  This camp is limited to 70 athletes only, and I can tell all enduranceteam.net athletes, that Tri-alliance has a

Wait list of 91 athletes already willing to pay their deposit to this camp, that is just below 50% of their program athletes.  Enduranceteam.net athletes will be given 3 Days Only priority to enter the Lorne Camp, before it is opened to Tri-alliance members, after that point, you will not be allowed to participate. 

You can place your name down now to avoid missing out.  The camp will be all inclusive (all except for 3 dinner meals) and will cost $450.00 for the 4 Days, including a camp sports pack worth $125.00 each. 

Final Details and entry close point will be out in about 2 weeks.

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Another week down, and another week closer to the end of the domestic season.  This week we had our Advanced Age Group training down in Lorne for the weekend, in some great weather, and many of the HP and Elites enjoyed some good weather around the Geelong area. 

New Team Gear Order – Very shortly, we will be placing a new order for our cycling kit.  I am yet to confirm who we will be going through, but at this stage, we will be going through Champion System’s as the minimum orders are a lot more accessible than any other company, including who we originally went through, which was Cannibal.  We are looking at ordering the following;

-          Summer Cycling Jersey, Long Sleeve Winter Jersey, Bib and Brace Knicks, Normal Knicks, Winter Thermal Jacket.

Athletes will not have to order minimums for each, and you will be able to order what you wish.  More information on the order to be out shortly.

This week – We wish Deiter McDonald good luck in the Singapore 70.3 and also all our athletes in the last Gatorade for the year.  Not long to go before the end of the domestic season. 

Train Safe

Jarrod

UP-COMING DATES

End of Season Party – The date for our biggest night of the year has been confirmed.  Saturday 9th of April will be the day to lock in your diaries.  The day/night has been planned to coincide with the last race of the Victorian Season – The Torquay Half Ironman, which is the week before.  Details will be available shortly regarding the night of nights, but athletes can expect a FREE BBQ, a raffle including a few quite lucrative prizes, and plenty of good times.

Race Reports

 Kingscliff Olympic Distance Triathlon / Last week, I missed out on placing a small report on the Kingscliff Triathlon, that we had Julie Hamilton doing as part of her prep for Ironman Australia.  Julie did very well finishing in 5th Place in her age group after completing a massive day of training the day, and with no taper.  This was a very god result for Julie, as it does show, that we are on track for a very good result at Port.  Well done Julie.

ITU Oceania Cup – Wellington / Over the weekend, the final selection race for the ITU Junior Elite Team for James, was on in Wellington as well as the ITU Oceania Cup, which was the 1st of the Under 23 Races for Jamie Huggett.  Our weekend, didn’t pan out the way we would have liked, but such is this level of racing, there are many many factors that influence results, other than being the fastest swim, biker and runner.  It was a day where not a whole lot went right.  The weather was just about perfect.  James was first off, and had a great swim, onto the bike, and there were 3 early breakaways.  James rode smart and solid, and came into T2 in the 2nd pack of 8.  He ran ok, holding off some noted runners, to finish in 10th position.  10th on this day was ok, and an improvement, and has given us plenty to work on for the future.  Jamie Huggett hadn’t the best preparation, arriving late last night on a delayed flight, and the whole weekend, felt a little rushed.  He had a solid swim, exiting just off the back of the lead group.  He didn’t have a great T1, and found himself at the front of the 2nd pack, which was not ideal for us.  Probably doing too much work on the bike, as the others riders in the group, weren’t assisting at all.  Into T2, a slow T2, and onto the run, he looked tired early, and struggled from there.  Jamie has to look to Mooloolabah and Ishigaki as races to perform well in to make the Under 23 National Team.  There is plenty of work to do before then.

Australian Long-course Triathlon Champs – Huskisson / Yesterday as part of her preparation for Ironman Australia, similar to Julie last week, Jenny raced the Australian Long-course triathlon at Jervis Bay.  Run over the long course distance of 2km Swim / 80km Bike / 20km Run, Jenny smashed through a great time in the 45-49 Age Group to finish in 5th Place, in a time of 4.44.33hrs.  This shows that we are on track for a very good result at Port Maq in about 6 weeks time.  Given that she also had no taper, and quite a solid build into the race, this was even more impressive.  Well done Jenny.

Darwin Sprint Triathlon – Yesterday we had two athletes compete in one of the race Darwin Triathlon Series events, that was changed to a Duathlon after the water quality was deemed not clean enough.  Chad Anderson won the event outright in 67mins, and new athlete Jac Crofton, also raced well to finish in 79mins, but I haven’t been able to dig up the actual result as yet.  Michelle Mitchell didn’t race as she is still recovering from Ironman New Zealand.  Well done to Chad and Jac.

Note; Please remember how many athletes we have racing each weekend, at so many different venue’s.  It is hard for me to remember and more so recognize each of you, so make sure you sms me your race result on the Sunday, so I write up a little report on the Monday.  Or better still, submit an athlete report for me, and I will publish it, in the newsletter.

Age Group Squad Report

There was no report submitted this week for this squad.

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Well done to all for completing a great camp. We had great weather for it and the atmosphere was just awesome.
This is showing that it is possible to mix fun and hard work :-)
We are now focussing on the last 3 races of the year before our winter break. 3 dates to remember:
1) Pub crawl on the 3th of April, End of the season party on the 9th of April and biggest winner competition at the Sheraton on the 10th of April.
Please book your spot for the June Lorne camp ASAP as the 60 spots are nearly taken because of Tri-Alliance. No payments needed until June.
Contact Jarrod about it. Train safe and enjoy the end of the season pressure free. Latest news with Carl as he had a fantastic race today in Altona as after getting lost in the swim and loosing 3min, he still won the overall. Well done!

Hi Team,

“PLEASE READ BELOW”

First off – you need to read the below if you are interested in coming to the Lorne Training Camp.  Each year we run this training camp in conjunction with sister company Tri-alliance Online Coaching.  We have run this camp with Tri-alliance each June Long Weekend for the last 14 years, and it is our most popular camp.  This camp is limited to 70 athletes only, and I can tell all enduranceteam.net athletes, that Tri-alliance has a wait list of 91 athletes already willing to pay their deposit to this camp, that is just below 50% of their program athletes.  Enduranceteam.net athletes will be given 3 Days Only priority to enter the Lorne Camp, before it is opened to Tri-alliance members, after that point, you will not be allowed to participate. 

You can place your name down now to avoid missing out.  The camp will be all inclusive (all except for 3 dinner meals) and will cost $450.00 for the 4 Days, including a camp sports pack worth $125.00 each. 

Final Details and entry close point will be out in about 3 weeks.

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MASSIVE WEEK, this week within our squad, with Ironman New Zealand and Race 5 of the Gatorade Series both over the weekend, and we had people a plenty competing.   A full report of the Ironman New Zealand race can be read below.  The Gatorade Race unlike New Zealand had great weather, and we had plenty of athletes racing here as well.

Results can be viewed below and in the ‘Race Report’ section below;

http://ironman.com/events/ironman/newzealand#axzz1F8Ilrzsp

At the Gatorade Race in Elwood, we had plenty of people racing in great conditions, and thanks also to Stephane and Nick for putting the tent up at the race as well.  The standouts for the day were Kirsten Norden, finishing 3rd in the Elite Female and Lyndal Dew, 1st in 20-24.

Full results and reports are in the ‘race reports’ section below.

This week – James Chronis, Jamie Huggett and myself fly out to Wellington New Zealand for ITU Oceania Cup, which doubles as the 1st selection race for Jamie to get an Under 23 spot on the World Championship Team, and the last chance for James to get a spot on the Junior Elite Team for the World Championships.  We wish these boys all the best of luck, against some very hot competition.   Special mention – congratulations to James and Chad Anderson who were both granted starts in the ITU Mooloolabah Continental Cup on the Gold Coast later this month.  The race is run in conjunction with the ITU World Cup, that Jamie Huggett is racing and the Mooloolabah triathlon, that we have plenty of athletes racing.  Stay Tuned.

Train Safe

Jarrod

UP-COMING DATES

End of Season Party – The date for our biggest night of the year has been confirmed.  Saturday 9th of April will be the day to lock in your diaries.  The day/night has been planned to coincide with the last race of the Victorian Season – The Torquay Half Ironman, which is the week before.  Details will be available shortly regarding the night of nights, but athletes can expect a FREE BBQ, a raffle including a few quite lucrative prizes, and plenty of good times.

Race Reports

2011 New Zealand Ironman in Taupo / I have probably watched over 40 Ironman’s in my time coaching so far, but never in my life have I watched an Ironman in conditions like that.  It belted rain for 12hours, and even when I was back in my hotel room later that evening it was still belting.  Not only unpleasant for watching all day, but even worse for competing.  Taupo is a hard dead course at the best of times, but the rain we experienced on race day was like nothing I have seen.  NZ isn’t a fast course, and today’s rain pretty much put paid to super slick times.  So to the race itself, we had a mixed bag today as Ironman racing usually is, and we experienced everything that Ironman has to offer.  The one thing I will say, it the drafting was some of the worst I have seen in a long time, and a small group of us, covered plenty of the course to get a good view of it.  Unfortunately, the Pro Women and the ones who had the quicker swims were disadvantaged in that they had to ride the majority of the course alone or in small groups, where as the swimmers who came out later (like Bevilaqua) were picked up early on, by big packs of age group men & sat nicely for the entirety of the ride. Sam Warriner rode the whole way on her own, and she was the only athlete in the Top 5 that deserved her bike dollars for the day.  Unusually I don’t blame the Pro Women, as there isn’t a lot they can do against much strong riders, but they need to start at least 30mins ahead of the AG Males to avoid the issue.  Some of the AG men were no better, riding in groups of 30 at a time, but the draft busters seemed to be fairly onto them at there plenty in the penalty box.  I will try and compile a short profile on each athlete from our team who completed;

Adrian Little (5th in 9.20hrs in 35-39 Male) – Adrian approached me for coaching over 12months ago now, and he had a goal of qualifying for Kona.  His PB was 9.59 on the NZ course, and we worked out he needed 9.25 to make one of the 10 spots on offer.  He had plenty of work to do.  This was until they decreased his age group to 5 slots, a few months before the race.  Not ideal for us at all.  But his training had been spot on, and I was confident for him going in, that he could nail 9.20.  He swum well and exited the water in about 1.01hrs.  A quick T1, and he was off, but stopped minutes later to stretch, as he was having leg issues.  The main bunches now gone, he had to make up time, and he did that by riding a 4.59, a great ride split.  In 10th place off the bike, he still had plenty of work to do.  But on this day he had the run of his life and ran a 3.13, to get 5th in his age group, and nail a 40min PB!  Just what we needed.  My personal congratulations go to Adrian.  He did every single thing I asked him to do over the last 5months, and that’s why he is my 6th athlete so far (still got Port and China to come) going to Kona 2011.  Well done mate.

Todd Brown (13th in 9.30hrs in 30-34 Male) – Todd was the outside smoky for getting his spot to Kona.  He has been working very hard with Stephane, balancing his work, pregnant wife Renee, and trying to fit in monster training loads.  Todd had an outstanding swim here, coming out in about 58mins.  He then looked to hold that spot and was having an outstanding bike leg, staying with the lead groups for much of the ride.  Onto the run and I was communicating to Steph, that he looked shabby.  To Todd’s credit though, he gutsed it out and had what I would class as an outstanding 2nd 21km run leg.  Todd finished with a massive PB of just under 30mins, and more proof that with hard work, you can get results.  Great work Todd.

Michelle Mitchell (7th in 9.50 in Pro Female) – Michelle arguably had the race of the day.  In her first ever Pro race, she had a blistering swim of 53mins to put her out with the leaders.  Onto the bike, and she hung with the lead girls for much of the 180km bike leg riding a 5.25 in torrential conditions.  This ride alone was an exceptional effort, as Michelle who lives in Darwin, doesn’t 90% of her bike training on her own, so performance and more so judging fitness can be hard.  Off the bike, she was in 8th position, and even with 2 toilet stops, still ran a 3.24 for her marathon, and finishing less than.  This was an outstanding result for Michelle, as the conditions were not condusive to athlete from the type of heat that her home town of Darwin provides.  Funnily enough, Michelle, pushed so hard, that I waited over an hour for  - her to come out of the recovery tent, only to see her get wheeled past me on a medical car, and taken into the medical tent, where she was placed on a drip, so I waited for her home stay people to get there, made sure she was ok, and then left her to recover.  Un-beknown to me (thanks Michelle), she spent the night in the local hospital and it was only when I rang her at 10am the next morning after she didn’t come to the brekky, that I found out she got a bit worse after I left.  All in all, she was spent, and two drips and plenty of care later, she’s recovering ok.  My congrats go to Michelle.

Renee Lane (8th in 10.01 in Pro Female) – Today Laney, took part in her first ever Ironman, against a crack Pro field.  She had a great swim exciting the water in 53.30mins, and then had the 2nd quickest T1 for the day, and she was out on the bike with the leaders.  Riding very well, she was with the leaders, for much of the 180km only losing time to Warriner (the eventual winner) and serial drafter Kate Bevilaqua (and what a disgrace she was).    Laney rode a 5.25 to get off the bike in a good position, but made the crucial mistake of not taking enough fluid in the bike leg, more likely due to how wet and cold it was and started to pay for it on the run.  Laney without having a standout run, still ran a very good 3.36, to hold onto 8th spot, and a Top 10 finish in her first Pro Ironman.   Anytime you race your ‘first of anything’ you always hope for a good result, and today we got it.  A great effort laney, well done.

Leighton Wells (71st in 10.50 in 30-34) – Leighton, looked good early after the swim, and each time we saw him on the bike course, he was looking really good.  I must say in the driving rain, no one looked exceptional, but Leighton looked in control.  He copped a 4min penalty for blocking I think, which didn’t help his day either.  Onto the run, and we saw him at the start of the run, and I said to Brett he looked a little shabby, but after looking at his splits on the bike, he had obviously ridden very well, to put himself in contention for a good time.  After about 20km he seemed to get into a rythym, and from what we saw, he finished off the race really to record a whopping PB, by about an hour, and finish in the slick time of 10.50 on a very ordinary Taupo day.  Well done Leighton.

Jeremy Ryan (80th in 10.58 in 35-39) – Jeremy raced gutsy today and he deserved a good result, after a not so great result at Busso last year.  He didn’t quite have the swim he was after exiting the water in 1.10.   Onto the bike and each time we saw him, he looked solid, but the rain and course seemed to be taking its toll.  Finishing the bike, in around 6hrs, he was onto the run, and looked really, really good for the 30km of the race.  Posture was good, stride rate was good.  It was about the 35km he said he started to get some knee pain, so ran conservatively for the remainder of the race, whilst still trying to break 11hrs.  Jeremy recorded a 35min PB from Busso last year, and was suitably happy with the end result.  My congrats go to Jeremy.

Gina McVicar (3rd in 12.01 in 50-54) – Firstly I must say sorry to Gina, as I don’t actually know what she looks like, so it was very difficult to try and spot her out, especially on the swim and bike.  Onto the run and I think we figured out by the last lap who she was.  She had flashes off pink on her race suit (let me know if I was correct), but with names tags looked scrunched and torn, and on back to front etc etc, it was really hard to tell.  The end result was a 12.01 and a podium finish for Gina, which in itself was a fantastic result, but im not sure whether that will be good enough to get her a Kona roll down, as from memory there was only one spot here.  At the time of writing this, I wasn’t sure.  Well done on getting to the finish line on a very tough day.

Gatorade Triathlon Series at Elwood – Race 5 / Yesterday in perfect conditions Race 5 of the Gatorade Series was held, and we had some great performances as we have had right throughout the season.   Wayne Veitch was our fastest finisher for the day, and got 3rd in Age group to boot, and showed what a hard winter’s prep can do – Great jog Wayne.  Leonie Huber also nailed her first podium finish in the Gatorade Series as well, great job.

Results are below and Stephane has provided a little more detail in his report below;

Wayne Veitch              60.13mins        3rd in 25-29 Male

Carl Fannon                 61.20mins        9th in 35-39 Male

Adam Cashmore          61.40mins        6th in 30-34 Male

Daniel Lamb                62.55mins        7th in 20-25 Male

Nick Lanham               63.49mins        13th in 35-39 Male

Lyndal Dew                 64.31mins        1st in 20-24 Female

Rob Solly                     64.34mins        14th in 35-39 Male

Kirsten Norden             65.13mins        3rd in Elite Female

Leonie Huber               67.17mins        3rd in 20-24 Female

Mark Nave                   67.39mins        22nd in 35-39 Male

Linda Solly                  67.37mins        3rd in 35-39 Female

Chloe Butt                   68.39mins        4th in Elite Female

Sam Breguet                69.44mins        6th in 35-39 Female

Matt Burrell                 71.59mins        26th in 20-24 Male

Nolene Byrne              72.10mins        6th in 30-34 Female

Meg Gubbins               76.18mins        4th in 15-19 Female

Corey Phillips              78.45mins        101st in 30-34 Male

Steph VDB                  80.03mins        Had a flat tire

Cass Phillips                82.32mins        15th in 20-24 Female

Age Group Squad Report

Please Note; I do not have a Race Report from Renee, but all Age Group Squad reports and results will be uploaded onto the website when I receive them.

P.T.O

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi Team,

This week, we are building up the miles up a bit including the Lorne Camp.
During the Labour day long week-end, we still have 1 night available Saturday night and 2 nights available Sunday night at $67.50 or $85 with Nutrition.  Feel free to join us during the week-end. Lorne is a great environment for training. I'll e-mail the camp schedule later on today.  We only have 3 weeks left to the season now, so your body might start feeling tired and a bit lethargic.  Make sure you give me proper feedback so that I can make your program easier when needed.  No need to push and burn out so close to the end of the season :-)

Well done to Todd, Leighton and Gina in NZ IM.  Todd did a 25min PB with a 9h31', Leighton did 1 hour PB with a 10h50' and Gina finsihed 3rd in a great time of 12h. Gina could not run at all when she started with ET, so she can only get better from now on.

Train safe

Stephane – Head Coach / Advanced Age Group Squad

Hi Team,

Please note; this week I will be in New Zealand, with our team athletes from Friday 4th – Monday 7th and will have very limited phone and internet availability.  I will respond to email and phone calls when I can, otherwise will fully respond to emails when I return.

Well what a difference a week makes.  Last week, was a week of learning, where as this week turned out to be a week of taking opportunities.  As a team we had a great day yesterday at the rain drenched Vic Sprint Champs.  I complained all winter, about winter, and our summer has turned out to be just as poor.  Race report of this event as well as the results is below and also appears in the sections of the Age Group reports as well.

This week we have a hard working bunch of athletes tackling the New Zealand on the magnificent coastline of Lake Taupo.  For those who have never been, it is a majestic place, and a great place for an Ironman.  It probably suits those of us from Victoria, as the weather is on the cool side and the roads are course, just like what we train on each day.  Our 2011 crew is as follow’s;

Renee Lane                Female Professional

Michelle Mitchell         Female Professional

Todd Brown                Male 25-29

Adrian Little                Male 35-39

Jeremy Ryan               Male 35-39

Gina Mc Vicar             Female 45-49

Leighton Wells            Male 30-34

Todd, Adrian and Gina are all going for Kona 2011 spots, whilst Renee and Michelle are lining up for not only their first Ironman events, but their jumping in head on and competing as Professionals against a crack field.  The best thing about an athlete doing their first Ironman is that there is no real expectation, your out there to enjoy the day and have fun.  It will be the same for the girls, the only bonus being, they get to do it from the head of the race. 

Each ET Team member wishes them luck and you can follow their progress on the below link on race day.  Remember, Taupo is about 3hrs ahead time wise as well.  

http://ironman.com/events/ironman/newzealand#axzz1F8Ilrzsp

Train Safe

Jarrod

UP-COMING DATES

End of Season Party – The date for our biggest night of the year has been confirmed.  Saturday 9th of April will be the day to lock in your diaries.  The day/night has been planned to coincide with the last race of the Victorian Season – The Torquay Half Ironman, which is the week before.  Details will be available shortly regarding the night of nights, but athletes can expect a FREE BBQ, a raffle including a few quite lucrative prizes, and plenty of good times.

NEXT TRAINING CAMP – THIS CAMP WILL BE RUN FOR BEGINNERS RIGHT THROUGH TO ELITE.  Will be in Lorne, Victoria on the June Long Weekend 2011 / We run this camp each for about 70 athletes and it is the only camp we run, that is open to our sister team / Tri-alliance.  This camp sells out FAST each year, as Tri-alliance has over 200members.   It is a fun based training camp, with swim-bike-run work, but is balanced by the chance to surf each day at Lorne, and have a great meal and drink at the Lorne Hotel each night.  Social camps don’t come any better than Lorne.

Details will be out in about 4 weeks.

Race Reports

Victorian Sprint Distance Championships / Yesterday, in ordinary conditions at Sandringham, it was Race 4 of the Xosize Series and it doubled as the Victorian Sprint Championships.  Overall numbers were slightly down, as the race site was wet when we arrived and it was still raining when we left, so conditions weren’t that enjoyable.  Our performances of the day, went to our 4 New Vic Sprint Champs, Jamie Huggett begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, James Chronis begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Lyndal Dew and Super Coach – Stephane Van Der Bruggen.  Athletes who also deserve a special mention were Kirsten Norden, Nolene Byrne, and Linda Solly who also managed to fill podium spots.  The day didn’t fare so well for a couple of athletes.  Daniel Lamb, flatted on the bike, and Chad Anderson got a nasty kick in the sternum at the swim start and put an end to his day.  Look out for Chad, to possibly be spending a lot more time in Geelong in the near future.

Jamie Huggett begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting              59.49mins        1st Male Elite

James Chronis begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting             60.11mins        1st Male Junior Elite

Stephane VDB             63.44mins        1st Male 30-34

Daniel Standen            63.50mins        5th Male Elite

Carl Fannon                 66.13mins        3rd Male 35-39

Wayne Veitch              68.08mins        7th Male 25-29

Nick Lanham               70.30mins        7th Male 35-39

Lyndal Dew                 70.39mins        1st Female 20-24

Kirsten Norden             73.13mins        3rd Female Elite                       

Louis Green                 73.34mins        8th Male 25-29

Chloe Butt                   73.57mins        4th Female Elite

Leonie Huber               75.13mins        5th Female 20-24

Linda Solly                  76.58mins        2nd Female 35-39

Matt Burrell                 78.52mins        13th Male 20-24

Jodie Dunstan              78.55mins        5th Female 14-15

Nolene Byrne              81.44mins        3rd Female 30-34

Kate Wiffen                 91.48mins        9th Female 25-29

Cass Phillips                93.55mins        14th Female 20-24

Daniel Lamb                Flat Tire

Chad Anderson            Injured

Results are below;

http://www3.your-sports.com/details/results0.php?lang=en&page=6&eventid=6487&contest=0&name=Check%20Reports%7CSprint%20Results&CertificateLink=1&format=view

Warrnambool Triathlon / Yesterday, one of our correspondence athletes, Adam Cashmore raced in his local event, and below is his race report. 

‘Today we had our Warrnambool triathlon, and it's distances consisted of 400-18-4.8. We had 215 enter today which was a great turnout for the club.   Being a committee member it was a succuesful day.  I had a pretty good race I think.  In the swim I was about 45 sec off the leaders, once i hit the bike, i was more comfortable and when I hit the 5km mark I was in second place leaving Kris McCartney in front of me, once I hit 16km I passed Kris and headed into transition in first place, once we headed out of transition it didn't take long for Kris to pass me.  Going by our watches at the end of the run he put about 50sec on me and i ended up finishing second, and i was very happy with that.  I’m looking forward to next week at Elwood’

Advanced Age Group Squad Report

Hi Team,

We finished the week with our main goal of the year...the Vic Champs Sprint Distance.  The AG Team did a great job once again with 2 wins, 1 second, 2 third, 2 fifth, 2 seventh, 1 eighth, 1 ninth, 1 x 13th and 1 x 14th.   In the Elite Senior and Elite Junior, Jamie and James took out the title with great fashion as well...Great work Jarrod!

The performance of the day has to go to Nolene who finished 3rd in W30-34. Nolene just proved that through hard work, regularity and perseverance, you can get to top level in your AG in 15 months.  As usual, Lyndal, Linda and Carl performed very well and finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd.  Well done.  On my side, I took out a big lesson from this race as even if I won in M30-34, I probably lost the $1100 voucher with Urban Hotel group for fastest AG across the line, by sliding at the bike turning point and taking the wrong turn on the run.  Lesson from this: Don't go around a wet turning point too fast and know the course before the race start. Lyndal won best Female AG...Donna will stay at Urban Hotel lots from now on :-)
A special mention must go to Nick, Louis, Kate, Matty and Cass for their great races. They proved by finishing 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th and 14th that they will be up there next year after a good winter of training.

Special thanks to Nick as I would have been DQ if he didn't witness and report that I did not take a short cut on the run, but a longer turn after the 2nd in M30-34 put a complaint against me.

Train safe and get ready for some pain on Sunday with the 5th race of the Gatorade series in Elwood.  It should be a great day.

Stephane – Head Coach / Advanced Age Group Squad