13 Days

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!!!!!