Well with Challenge Wanaka getting closer at around 87 days
to go, I am starting to get some feelings of excitement along with a few nerves
as well, the thought of the 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and 42,2km run is definitely
going to put on a challenge!
I have a good base of
fitness and experience from many endurance, multisport, triathlon and adventure
based races over the years so this puts me in a good position knowing how my
body responds and copes with challenges like the full course Challenge Wanaka. I
have sorted myself out a good schedule of training to build up and be ready to
go for the Challenge on January 19th – The toughest challenges so
far of lately have been getting out of bad super early to transform my swimming
style from sluggish to slick, I work as a teacher and have a couple of students
in my class who are up and at the pool at 5am 6 days a week – I am not sure how
they manage this so well – I find it tough 3-4 mornings a week ( A young family
of a 3 year old and a 9 month old sons may affect this sleep monster and have some
impacts on training, but of anything make me tougher!)
Anyway things are going good so far in training and prep for
Challenge Wanaka. I raced in a local running event the other weekend “Kellys
Canter” a blast to the monument at the top of a hill and return – more of a lug
and leg burner but a good we blast – retaining my trophy of 1st in the ‘Local category’ for the 3rd
year and 6th overall. A few weeks earlier in September I ran in the Dunedin Marathon clocking in at just over 3 and a half hours so my running is feeling good. All this mixed into some good training over the recent weeks including some good cycling should see me on track fine, one focus over the next 2 months is to get really strong on the bike!
Coming up on the 3rd of November I will race in
the Dunedin City Mazda 12 Hour Adventure Challenge ( www.adventurechallenge.co.nz ),
this will be a good day out with 12 hours of MTBing, running and Kayaking to
give the body a good blast of racing over a similar timeframe to what I expect
to be on my feet for in the Challenge Wanaka Race.
Anyway once again many thanks must go to lake Wanaka Tourism
www.lakewanaka.co.nz for the entry
into the Challenge Wanaka for 2013! More updates again soon!
Andrew
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