It's a wrap

It’s a wrap….

The dust is settling after a great Epic Camp. At the start of every camp athletes and support crew have visions of being able to provide daily insights into the camp. As you have probably read KP was the only one that managed to stay on top of this. The camp is a complete drain on all time, energy and will to do anything that will not assist you in meeting your daily targets. God know what is going to happen in France where locating internet access is like finding a needle in a haystack..

It was a new insight for me watching from the outside as athletes ventured into un-chartered territory after the first few days of training. The challenge we set was to meet the daily targets for 10 of the 11 official days of training (day 12 is just for fun). If you look through the points table the athletes with the bonus 20 points are the one’s that really deserve a lot of credit. Having been a camper myself I know how incredibly hard this is to achieve. There were some quiet achievers who never complained and just did the business day in and day out. You might not have seen there names in lights but guys like Matt Erbele, Ciaran Cassidy, Randy Weintraub, Monica Byrn and Jason Rivas were like the energizer bunnies (they just kept going and going and going). It was just like watching an Ironman unfold. I couldn’t believe the carnage on day one to Akaroa and back. There were bodies splattered everywhere. But as we know an Ironman doesn’t really start until halfway on the marathon. Epic Camp doesn’t really start until week 2.

I’ve got some more thought that I want to put down but it’s going to take a few more days to get on top of things.

Epic France is now open for registration. It will be another amazing chapter in Epic history.

Thanks for reading

John