Training Camp- A Huge Success

The 3 weeks spent at Nagle Dam proved to be extremely beneficial. Being part of such a strong training group gave all of us the motivation to push ourselves that little bit harder.
I am very happy with how my body is feeling and I am happy to say that my boat is going faster than it has in quite a while.
Big thank you’s definately need to go out to Marcus and Julia for all of there hard work which resulted in one of our best ever training camps!

The sprint team now heads off to Canada for the World Sprint Champs which starts in 2 weeks time.

On Monday 3 August Ryan Louw (Cradock) and I are jetting off to Spain to race on the Spanish River circuit. The Sella Descent on Saturday 8 August is the most important of all these races. Thereafter we will be traveling around Northern Spain for 2 more weeks to compete in 5 remaining races.

I will do my best to keep you up do date with the results as soon as I am able to.

Training Camp- Nagle Dam

We are almost half way through our 3 week training camp at Nagle Dam.

It is so awesome to be training with the national sprint squad and working on the much needed speed side of my training again.

We are staying in a lodge that over looks the sprint course on the dam, Table Mountain and the valley of a thousand hills in Kwa-Zulu-Natal. It is really beautiful here and I can’t believe that this is only our first training camp out here.

The vibe amongst squad members is great and to be under the guidance of Marcus Melck, Attila Adrovich and Zoltan Bako is a huge privilege.

Having Julia as our full time physio is also hugely beneficial to the team’s performance.

A catering company has been brought in to take care of our nutrition and it is mind blowing to see the endless supply of high quality food that just keeps pouring out of the kitchen.

Sports psychologist Greyling Viljoen has been visiting over the past 2 days and has been a big help with goals and motivation.

Canoeing South Africa has also purchased some new gym equipment to ensure that this camp as well as all future camps are not lacking in the gym department.

For me personally it is just amazing to see the transformation that has taken place and the professionalism that is being brought in to paddling in this country. The way things are heading this can only bode well for the future of canoeing in South Africa.