Gates Pass Hill Repeats.

March 15th.   3 hr ride this morning.  Warm up along Mission Rd, Ajo Valley Rd, Kinney Rd to the turn off for Gates Pass.   Next up was the TT from the Kinney Rd turn off to the summit of Gates Pass.  We followed that up with two more repeats in groups os threes.. then rolled home for some refuelling, a short break then into the U of A pool for 3.2 km of easy/technical swimming.   The day finished off with 30-45' easy run.   Tomorrow we'll have a lighter day as the past three days have been pretty big days!  We look forward to the arrival of Simon, Kyle, Lauren and Kathy tomorrow along with Coach Phlippe and our HP director Kurt.   A few pics of today's Gates Pass work.   

Update from Tucson.

It's day 2 of training in Tucson.    So far a good start to the camp.  We all arrived Thursday evening except for A-Russ, AP and Austin who arrived on Wednesday.   

Friday the camp started with a 5000yd swim in the outdoor U o Arizona pool. Russ (Aquatic director) has been fantastic in setting us up with some sweet pool time.   Friday afternoon we did a 2 + hour shakedown ride up Gates Pass and into cactus land.    Saturday morning we get rolling at 9 a.m. with another ride up Gates Pass but ventured much further into the land of sun, coyotes and more cactus.   We did the Avra Valley loop and back into town (about a 4 + hour ride in some warm sun).   Regeneration then onto the late afternoon run.   The guys did a 3 x 10' effort run, juniors and Kerry got together at the Tucson High School track (killer track with bondo surface and artificial field).  Workout was slightly different than the boys  5 x 5:00-5:30 with two grass loops on the outside field and two loops on the track.    Took a few pics for ya.   Next update in a few days!!  p.s. should note that Kerry was pacing the girls in the pics above.. on the last interval.  She was chasing the guys in the previous efforts..    Checking out for now. PK

Hatley Castle 8km (click here for results)

Hatley Castle 8 km.  Many of the junior /U23 squad have been down with the flu and other ailments, however nice efforts by those of you that competed.   I should add - welcome back to the running world 'rookie'.. Happy to see you out there!!  

Arizona here we come!

time to revisit the Arizona Training Camp blog: http://www.arizonatrainingcamp.blogspot.com

pics from Cobble Hill

Here are some pics from the "fast, flat, cold, and tiny bit of snow"... Cobble Hill 10 km

Cobble Hill 10km results.

Cobble Hill  10km results:  Very fast early season running with most achieving PB's and some course records.   Barb will post pics shortly (right Barb!)

Jeff Phillips - 32:03 personal best, 2nd overall

Andrew Russell - 32:49, 4th overall

Matt Sharpe - 33:08, 1st junior - huge PB

Austin Horn - 33:19, nice tempo effort

Nicholas Bocherens - 34:23 nice run Nick. 

Aaron Thomas - 34:58 - personal best, 2nd junior

Kirill Solovyev - 36:38 - nice run Kirill

Kyla Coates - 38:06 - personal best, 1st junior

Alex Coates - 38:09 - personal best, 2nd junior

Alison Hooper - 38:54 - personal best, 3rd junior

Christine Ridenour - 39:29 - personal best

NTC boys take bronze

Here are some pics of our Junior Boys getting their medals for the relay at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

Back from Aussie.

Juniors and coach are home!  Great experience in Aussie.   Fast racing, very good results and a fun day at Manly Beach with Julien.   Here are some pics.   

Team Race Update from Australia

G'Day.

Quick update from Aussie.

Team relay results (300m swim, 10k bike, 3k run).

Boys: Bronze Medal - Matt led off with a strong getting Canada into the front pack of 5 handing off to Aaron who had a brilliant leg getting Canada up to the front Aussie/Kiwi team. Front pack was down to four - Canada, New Zealand, Team ITU and Australia. The New Zealand and Aussie team charged out on the run and Aaron keep in close contact keeping Canada in third and gapping the Team ITU. On the change over for the third leg the New Zealanders and Aussies had a 50m lead on the swim leg however Cole Stewart powered up to them to form a pack of three guaranteeing Canada of a medal. The front running Kiwis' and Aussies' showed their run speed to take Gold and Silver respectively with Cole bringing Canada home close behind for the Bronze. Very good performances by the Canadians considering that in 4 days the Aussies will be selecting their world junior team from the Canberra race and the Kiwi's used the race as a world junior team selection event.. so needless to say they are all in top racing form.

Girls: Sixth Place - Christine took Canada out strong on the first leg of the relay with a front pack swim and bike keeping Canada in close on the run. Kyla took over the next leg and kept the team in the top five but the gaps started on the bike leg with two Australian teams getting away. Alex raced the anchor leg and keep Canada close finishing about 30-40 seconds back from the bronze medal.

We should proud of our juniors for competing so well against some southern hemisphere national teams that are in top racing form.

Thanks for cheering for us. We could feel it all the way here in Aussie.

We're just packing up the bikes then off for an afternoon of sightseeing and shopping with the other triathlon nations.

Tomorrow we'll take the local train down to Sydney and meet a former NTC athlete Julien Periard, who is doing is PhD at Sydney University, for some more sightseeing and beach time - Manley Beach.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday in Vic.

Thanks NTC team mates and parents.

PK

Australia update - Team Canada men earn a bronze

Story here about the team race. Results will be posted on the AYOF site as they become available. Boys got bronze !! Way to go Canada.

http://www.olympics.com.au/index.cfm?objectid=011AE5CA-E441-11DD-9A52971BB6015CFA&HASHKEY=&SPORTID=E07B2C14%2DD601%2D9A7E%2D4DC613E12FE0195A