“The harder you work the luckier you become”   GHPTP FOCUS of the month: Halls Gap Training camp.   In the last week of October around 50 athletes headed to the quiet town of Halls Gap. This week was fully catered for by a talented chef, coached by GHPTP head coach Jarrod Evans. 

October Review 2007

It was a fantastic experience to spend a week with like minded people, all

highly motivated and determined to reaching their respective goals.

To all the sponsors who supplied their product for the camp, a

massive thankyou. Your support for the camp was invaluable. This

training camp started out a little sluggish for me, but by the end of

the week my body had begun to accommodate to the three tough

sessions each day, my legs were never going to give way to my

heart and lungs. Each day was as productive as the next but

Saturday was the toughest day for me. However by the end of the

eight hours of exercise I still felt like I should be giving more. And

this is the feeling that I hope to have everyday after training as to

be the best you must leave no stone unturned and complete

everything I do to perfection. Thankyou again to everyone for their

support of the program and their involvement in the camp as it was

the best week of triathlon training I have ever done!

“An eye on the swim”

This month of swim sessions has seen the

inclusion of open water swim work included on

the program. My swimming is slowly growing in

confidence again, as my first race of the season

is only weeks away. I am beginning to feel great

strength in my arms and shoulders. I have felt

that open water swimming has been of great

benefit as my background is pool swimming,

direction aided by the black line on the bottom

of the pool. Therefore I find open water

swimming in a wetsuit very important and the

specificity gained towards race conditions invaluable.

Halls Gap training camp swim sessions involved a lot of strength

endurance work, covering around six km each session.

“It’s not just about the bike”

Over the past month, bike mileage has been

reduced as training begins to focus on other

aspects of racing. Riding has begun to include

efforts in heart rate zones specific to race

intensity, signaling even more that race season is

only round the corner. My next block of training

focuses on speed endurance, very specific to my

preferred Olympic distance style of racing. Riding

over the Halls Gap camp included some great

kilometers. I was able to ride in a bunch again,

climb ten km to the top of Mount William and

practice rolling turns which is extremely specific to race

situations. Riding throughout the training camp was fantastic

for me as I was able to ride in a bunch and thrive on

competition of others around me to push me further.

“To do run run, to do run run”

The month of October has seen my love of running grow!

Running work over the Halls Gap training camp included

long flat runs, moderate intensity mountain runs and shorter

higher intensity work. I found throughout the first few days

and the early morning runs that my heart rate jumped high

possibly from the cold air I have not been acclimatized to. I

have been trying to complete some of my run sessions when

the weather is warmer to help adapt to the warmer weather

as summer approaches. However a lot of the running was

set amongst the picturesque parts of Halls Gap which

included the beautiful mountains, friendly kangaroos and

deer, as well as the illuminous damn.