Antequerra

Antequerra, Spain was the location for the largest ever British triathlon camp with athletes ranging from the senior world champ to the more talented juniors- I fit in between somewhere. It was an odd warm weather camp with rain everyday, at least one bike crash a day and half the camp being sent home early as they came down with a vomiting bug. In fact just surviving the week became a success in itself. Amongst the carnage though there were some team time trials in the rain, 20k climbs in the rain, and an APR in the rain. The majority of us only brought out warm eather kit so wearing two jerseys at a time was the norm- we made it look cool.

It was good to get away to see exactly where my fitness sits. My swimming is a lot stronger than it was last year and I am running a lot better than I expected. Biking wise the aerobic fitness is there but the harder end stuff just seems to be missing.

So for the next two weeks there will be a lot of hard turbo sessions before I head out to Spain for a 3weeks for a camp where I will once again try and move everything on little by little.

Merry Christmas

David McNamee, International Triathlete