ECNZ 08 Prologue

We start EC NZ08 in a mater of 2hrs so I thought I better get something down before we get underway. This camp is going to be a bit different for me as I’m getting back on the other side and actually doing the full camp and easing off some of my support duties. It’s not since my first camp in Australia in 2005 that I’ve done a full camp. Why? With a 7 month old baby kicking around the house I’ve decided to try and register a fast Ironman time by going to Roth. After that I’ll kick back for a few years of short course whilst spending more time with Thomas.

What am I looking to get out of this camp? This is where the training for July starts for me. I’m ‘relatively’ unfit which will make it interesting. I’m ok with the distances we’re going but I know if I get carried away with intensity it will be game over pretty quickly. On epic camp the goal for everyone should be ‘camp completion’, that is to hit the daily minimum requirements set by the committee (myself, Scott and Gordo). I didn’t quite understand the significance of this on my first camp but this time round it’s a major objective for me. I might have a shot at the yellow jersey in the first few days but I think my bike TT could let me down (this morning I’m going for a bonus point with a 200 Butterfly and hopefully the 2km swim TT will go OK).

Off to the pool now. I’m committed to doing daily blogs on this camp and you can also catch myself and Bevan with daily podcasts on ironmantalk.com