VO2 Maximum News

It has been a good return to training. The sun has shone and I have quite enjoyed just training without monitors etc.The first session I did without any way of measuring the session,apart from a watch, felt quite odd. I felt quite vulnerable without the numbers on my wrist telling me what my physiology was up to! But as the week has gone on I have enjoyed just going out to bike or run and going by ‘feel’. It has  reminded me that sometimes it is good to let go of the things we rely on so much and go with the flow! I have also been reminded that I heard that Chrissie Wellington won her first Kona race without the aid of a HRM.So I shall continue for a few more days to train by feel and resist ordering the powertap parts I need………  

IM Lanzarote was a tough event….stunning and beautiful but pretty brutal. I loved it and will go back to do it again someday. For now I have to concentrate my efforts on competing in Kona at the Ford IM World Championships in October.I am beginning to start turning the legs again,but with no intensity. Last week I tried to train to HR and intensity and ended up frustrated and spitting my dummy out! So after a great chat to coach Will,who understood my frustrations, we decided that I would do a week of “because you can”training.I am happy as the sun is shining this week and I know I can go and swim,bike,run without thinking of how much and how hard. Yesterday Jimmy and I went to Eastbourne to sea swim - it was brilliant. Calm,clean and not too deep! I have an irrational fear of what lives in the sea and found myself looking for fins!So I am on my way to Kona, for the biggest challenge so far of my athletic career. I am excited, honoured and motivated to have the best day I possibly can. I want to chart my progress this time as the tough winter training I had to do for Lanzarote seems a very distant memory now…

Here is the 220 first look at the Victory TT bike. The frame is our sample and the parts will have been changed once we launch VO2 Cycling in July.  220_235_first_look_final.pdf

 Ironman Lanzarote is said to be the hardest Ironman in the world. The bike course is very tough with a hilly course and very strong winds along with high heat. Our very own Paula Dewar competed on May 23rd winner her age group in just under 13hrs qualifying for Ironman Hawaii in the process. With a fantastic swim, paula worked hard on the bike to stay hydrated and keep her energy high so when the run, a 4 x 10km course, was approaching she knew she could give it everything she has.All the VO2 Maximum crowed is very please for Paula and we can’t wait to see her race in the legendary event in Kona. 

  East Grinstead tri is one of our local events. A great event that is very well organized and is fun to race. This year they had a top 12 race, the fastest 12 all started together in the pool with two to a lane. I was lucky enough to be in the race. I have a good swim but then ran outside to be met with a rain storm. I was in 5th place out of the swim and pulled my self in to 3d with 2nd in sight.With the wet conditions I had a machanical where my back wheel slipped in to the frame. This can happen with horizontal drop outs. I had to stop and fix it and found my self well down in 9th place. I ran my heart out to be one of the quickset on the day but was still only good enough for 9th. My bike has now been set up properly! 

What a great weekend we have had for the racing team. Tonbridge Triathlon is our local event and one we all enjoy taking part in. Our result was fantastic for the team but for all our athletes.Neil Harris 1st, Jimmy George 3rd, Stefan Stone 7th. Three in the top 10!http://www.tri247.com/results_7191.html Other members raced  in the new forest, a hard olympic event to kick of the season. Keith Brown 18th, Paula Dewar 3rd female 40-49http://www.racenewforest.co.uk/results_NFTRI%20MAY09.htm Another great result was at the Stenying Triathlon  Sian Buckingham 4th female http://www.racenewforest.co.uk/results_NFTRI%20MAY09.htm 

Evening standard artical

Our lastest artical was published in the evening standard on the 17th February. We have more articals coming out soon in other publications.

A massive thanks to everyone who voted for the team at the awards. We are over the moon to have beaten two great clubs in the compertition and are very honored to have this award. Our team is only small but we are very organised and work very hard on athlete development. We all work closely to motivate and encourage others in the team and  becouse of this we achieved some fantastic results in 2008. For 2009 we have a programe of events that we will be attending on mass and hoping for some great results.Once again massive thanks and well done to everyone who has been involved over the past year.