As I sat on the turbo for my first winter session there I got to thinking about a few things.It is good at this time of year to be thinking about the way the next season’s racing will shape up and look and when at what the peak or A race will be. It is also a good time of year to be taking things a little easier (unless you have a very early race abroad or an early duathlon or marathon goal). Generally, however, if your main racing is next summer you might want to be thinking about technical aspects of the event. You might want to think about what you want to work on(based on those race reports).Most of you will probably be looking at events leading up to the main race(s) and working out how they will assist you towards your main goals for the season.In the water you may be thinking about specific drills to make the stroke more efficient. at our club we did a survey on what our guys wanted to improve and we have run a series of technical sessions based on what they wanted to work on.Equally on the bike and with your running you may want to include drills to help improve technique or develope new good habits. Cadence on the bike and with the run can be a good starting point back to look at technique for both.Maybe you have some lifestyle changes you wish to change. Now is a good time to test out new things with kit, nutrition,training regimes ie when suits you best to train and how it fits into the rest of your life.As a coach and as an athlete I love the planning process…it is like putting the beginnings of a jigsaw together, working out what things work together and where the various components all fit.Most importantly this time of year is the time to sort all those niggles out and to work on eliminating any injuries incurred from the previous season. I would thoroughly recommend regular sports massage (as the budget allows) in conjunction with some structure in the training to keep the risk of injury to a minimum.Happy training!

Hello,

You will be receiving this newsletter as part of our database, made up from attendees of camps and clinics, competition entrants or clients. We only send out newsletters when we have lots of news and do not believe in clogging up email boxes when we don’t need to!

Here it goes….

Bike Skills course
We are hosting a 6 week course aimed at the post novice to intermediate cyclist/triathlete with the objective of developing a wide variety of skills. We will be coaching skills such as how to use your gears, how to corner, climb and how to ride in a group. Sessions are at our base (The Walled Garden, Hildenborough) and are every Saturday starting 14th November at 10.30. Spaces are limited to 12 and the course cost £50. Please contact Paula to book your place, this is filling fast! paula@vo2maximum.com

New coach joins VO2 Maximum
We always aim to offer coaching of the highest standard using the most current coaching methods. The VO2 coached team has grown to a size where we have needed to bring in more coaches.This is great news and so joining our team is new coach James Stewart.
James has a long history in triathlon and a background in Ironman racing. He is currently a BTA Level 2 coach and is continuing his personal development as he develops his coaching.

2010 Camps
We are about to publish our 2010 training camp dates so keep an eye out for our next newsletter or please visit our website. It is going to be a great year for your training with camps including, swim clinics, ladies days, running courses and our pre season warm weather training camp for you to choose from.

VO2 Cycling
In the summer we launched our sister company VO2 Cycling. It is a bike brand with the ultimate goal to provide great products with great services. It is already showing to be a huge success and the bikes are getting some great feedback. To promote the bikes and to give riders a chance to see them we hosted  The VO2 Sportive in September. It proved to be a really good day and will now become a regular event on the sportive calender. Next sportive event for your diary is on 28th March  at The walled Garden in Hildenborough.
Check out the site www.vo2cycling.co.uk

Prepare for 2010
Many athletes are coming to us now to talk about their 2010 season. It is a great time to start with a coach if you want to achieve your goal next season. Starting structured training at this time of year gives you time to plan your training in a way that will bring you to your peak just at the right time ie race time! Contact us to talk about your plans and how we can help.

Till next time, enjoy training!