Luke Gillmer

With Shep 70.3 now looming large on the nearing horizon I find myself feeling the nerves of excitement that come with racing.  I am up against some of the top boys from Aus and NZ and I am looking forward to the challenge.  My prep this time around has been a good one.  Despite some shoulder issues that has limited my swimming the last few weeks I have been able to hit some quality on the bike and run.  Clint has been starting to further refine my training schedule.  The balance of progressing my fitness, managing time and balancing work is a tricky job.  Some of the sessions I do have been evolving to give me greater speed and strength when I need.  This is still a work in progress and I am enjoying the challenges I face.  I still train relatively far less hours compared to many of the guys I race, but this is the way it has to be, I enjoy my teaching work and love my tri racing and training.

This week I was also back crit racing.  I took on the local B Grade race at Eastern Creek last Tuesday and discovered I still can't sprint.  I felt strong off the front though, so that is a good sign for my tri racing.  I will be stepping up to race A grade for the remainder of this season.  I have little chance of winning however, the act of working hard in the A Grade bunch will result in the performance imporvements in need.

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Thanks for reading!!

Luke

Lastly, well done to all the women a the TRINSW Womens Triathlon festival.  It was great to be apart of the race on the volunteer side of things for a change and watching so many first timers complete this event was brilliant!  Great event TRI NSW, well done!