In my last post I mentioned that we were about to start a new phase in our training and that I was looking forward to it. Well, it has been great and just the kind of training we have needed. I must say its been the most amount of training I've done, and intense aswell. Over the past two weeks we trained for 13 days and then 1 day off. Within those 13 days we did 32 sessions: over 300km in the boat, over 800km on the bike, over 3600 reps in the gym, all which equates to appromimately 5-6 hours a day. So yep, as I said pretty hard. It was great to have a day off today with the family resting up before we start our next 2 week block which will be similar to the past two weeks, maybe even harder.
Its been great down here in the Salt/Casuarina area. In our small amount of down time that we do have there is the beach about 50m away, nice cafes and restaurants nearby and I must say the couch and bed are both comfortable for my recovery times.
Time is going by pretty quick and with less than 4 weeks until our heat row in Beijing training has been on track for most of our work we have done and we're getting fitter than ever. I get a little nearvous when I think about how fast the games are approaching and at the same time I am comforted by the feeling I'll have at the start line in Beijing. This feeing is a feeling of confidence I'll have in my physical preparation and knowing the work that we have done has prepared us the best way possible for this battle ahead.....Bring it on!!!!!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
South of the Border
GO QUEENSLAND!!!! Although I am temporarily staying south of the 
border...my heart is still in QLD for the Origin tonight. Down here watching the game tonight with my wife and other die hard supporter Marcus, my brother. He made the epic journey to join me here tonight to watch QLD smash NSW. QUEENSLANDER!!! quote Billy Moore.
border...my heart is still in QLD for the Origin tonight. Down here watching the game tonight with my wife and other die hard supporter Marcus, my brother. He made the epic journey to join me here tonight to watch QLD smash NSW. QUEENSLANDER!!! quote Billy Moore. Well, we are now in a new phase of training……and a good phase that is going well and which I’m looking forward to progressing in our performance. After getting back from Europe, Drew and I had about 2 weeks apart in our training. This was actually a good time to reflect where we were at and also reflect on what we had done up until this point, including our performance at the Lucern World Cup. After numerous discussions with Chris and Drew we have come up with some great ideas, concepts, training sessions and mindset changes which will no doubt make us go faster. They say 8% of all ideas are good ones….so the more ideas we come up with, the better off we’ll be!!
After the two weeks apart, Drew spent most of the next two weeks up on the Gold Coast in the pair with yours truly. Training was good, but knowing we have plenty of work ahead of u
s….and looking forward to it. We are now injury free and have put the body through 100km bike rides, 20+km rows, tough gym sessions and PB’s on the ergo. The aging bodies are holding up!! I’ve enjoyed getting back on the bike (thanks to Podium Bike Hub at Williamstown, Melbourne) http://podium.bikehub.com.au/ . Our sessions on the bike are pretty tough but very enjoyable. If the enjoyment factor isn’t there in anything we do, why do it?? Speaking of bikes, isn’t Drew a machine on a bike. When we go for a ride, I often spend most of the ride in behind him out of the wind. They say this is meant to be 30% easier…..well, Drew must be 30% better because when I’m drafting behind him we’re still working at about the same intensity! For the small times that I am out in front and maxing out my heart rate and Drew is behind me, he must be taking it easy!
Currently we are with our families at Casuarina which is a small beachside community about 10 mins south of the QLD/NSW border right on the beach. This is thanks to Tom Ray at Salt Development and Domain Resorts. Thanks guys, its great. www.domainresorts.com .The photo is taken from our balcony with the families enjoying themselves. The beach is about 50 meters away so I’ sure we’ll make good use of that to! We are training at Murwillumbah on the Tweed River which is about a 15min drive away. I
t’s a great stretch of water that is a well kept secret. Its fabulous to be able to spend time with our families in a great location while we are training.
We only have 5 weeks here before we head off to Beijing. 3 weeks here with our families, then 2 weeks at Maroochydore. We leave for Beijing on 1st August. We then have about 1 week over there before our heat row. I must say that I’m looking forward to it…..the competition, the racing, and attempting to put down our best performance to date. It’s the work we do in the next six weeks, or seven weeks until the final, that will allow us to do that.
After the two weeks apart, Drew spent most of the next two weeks up on the Gold Coast in the pair with yours truly. Training was good, but knowing we have plenty of work ahead of u
s….and looking forward to it. We are now injury free and have put the body through 100km bike rides, 20+km rows, tough gym sessions and PB’s on the ergo. The aging bodies are holding up!! I’ve enjoyed getting back on the bike (thanks to Podium Bike Hub at Williamstown, Melbourne) http://podium.bikehub.com.au/ . Our sessions on the bike are pretty tough but very enjoyable. If the enjoyment factor isn’t there in anything we do, why do it?? Speaking of bikes, isn’t Drew a machine on a bike. When we go for a ride, I often spend most of the ride in behind him out of the wind. They say this is meant to be 30% easier…..well, Drew must be 30% better because when I’m drafting behind him we’re still working at about the same intensity! For the small times that I am out in front and maxing out my heart rate and Drew is behind me, he must be taking it easy!Currently we are with our families at Casuarina which is a small beachside community about 10 mins south of the QLD/NSW border right on the beach. This is thanks to Tom Ray at Salt Development and Domain Resorts. Thanks guys, its great. www.domainresorts.com .The photo is taken from our balcony with the families enjoying themselves. The beach is about 50 meters away so I’ sure we’ll make good use of that to! We are training at Murwillumbah on the Tweed River which is about a 15min drive away. I
t’s a great stretch of water that is a well kept secret. Its fabulous to be able to spend time with our families in a great location while we are training.We only have 5 weeks here before we head off to Beijing. 3 weeks here with our families, then 2 weeks at Maroochydore. We leave for Beijing on 1st August. We then have about 1 week over there before our heat row. I must say that I’m looking forward to it…..the competition, the racing, and attempting to put down our best performance to date. It’s the work we do in the next six weeks, or seven weeks until the final, that will allow us to do that.
Photo's from top: Families at the Domain Resort Pool, Chris O'Brien (aka Cobber) our coach, babysitting 5 kids, my family.
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