Training has become that little bit more exciting as NZ hits Summer time and the races begin! Training camps have been happening all around the country with one at Tekapo in the South Island being help this week. Last week I attended a NZ Under 23 training camp at Palmerston North with Natalie Siegrest, Martin Hammer and Aaron Osborne coaching. The camp went well and was based on performance, testing our racing skills after our physical block of training, leading up to New Zealand Team Selections. My paddling is going well at the moment, with new techniques coming into play and feeling physically prepared.
This weekend (Sunday) the annual Bill Ross Memorial race takes place on the Slalom section of the Wairoa River. This should be a good test for the up and coming races in January. There's been a fair amount of rain around the Bay of Plenty with the rivers rising meaning it's time to drag the creek boat out of the garage and head up the Kaimai's. Laurence Brown and myself went up the Mangakarangaranga Gorge for a quiet morning paddle. Here's a short video of my run down the Abyss...
This week there is another training camp over at Kawerau on the Tarawera River where I'll coach some of the up and coming junior athletes such as Patrick Washer who I've been coaching, better watch out for him! This course will host the race 1 and 2 for the selections so will be good to do some coaching and get some training done on the course getting a good understanding of the river again.
Life at Okere has been going ok, doing one paper over summer to get a qualification for my years study and then heading to uni in Wellington 2012.
Photo credit goes to Martin Hammer (Czech Republic)
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