We are coming to the end of our second week now, and I have been feeling really positive about how our national team camp has been going thus far. This week we built on a lot of the ideas from the last, slowly generating a bit more speed, and ramping up the kilometers a bit. This week the goal was around 120 km, though I do think we will be over that quota. The efforts on the water are challenging the aerobic system primarily, and have kept us on the water for between an hour twenty and two hours.

I have really noticed that my motions feel as though they have cleaned up a fair bit, and I think that working on the stroke with the pulley systems in the gym was a big factor. That said it is still very early on in the camp, but usually these are the weeks I find myself struggling to stay in the game in years past.

Off the water we are still running very hard, this week a beach run and bridge hills were hard on the lungs. Big ups to Dustin Shaw who is showing some great focus, and has been really solid in his efforts in training, showing great improvements from last year (last year far behind in most running workouts, Dustin was the 2nd fastest guy on the hills this week). In the weight room endurance weights have made an appearance, making some of the training days feel pretty long, but they are the types of workouts you feel great once you are finished.

While training has been consuming most of my time and energy in Florida so far, I have managed to continue working in my role with the RBC Olympians program, in particular working with an upcoming event I am very excited about. Teamed up with the ACNS (Aids Coalition for Nova Scotia), we are working on a big adventure race style event called the "RBC Amazing Challenge for Aids" that should prove to be a great time. To have a look at our sneak peak: http://www.chesterco.ca/blog/blog.php, or for more info check out

That's about it for now, all the best for now, and keep it real,

Andrew