SÉRGIO SANTOS LEAD AN ITU TRAINING CAMP

An ITU – International Triathlon Union  training camp in New Zealand was led by world renowned triathlon coach Sergio Santos. This was an ITU World Junior and Under 23 Training Camp realized in the Millennium Institute for Sport and Health, in Auckland, New Zealand.

A total of 30 promising athletes and 11 coaches from developing National Federations were selected based on their talent and elite potential. The camp was strategically scheduled just ahead of the Junior and Under 23 ITU World Championships in Auckland, this weekend, which many athletes will be racing.  Over the nine-day camp the attendees will receive guidance and training tips from four world class coaches and have services of a top bike mechanic and physiotherapist.

The athletes hail from 21 different countries and all five continents.  The young up and comers received swim, bike, and run training from the coaches, which includes a variety of intense endurance, intervals, hills, and pacing workouts. Not forgotten are transitions, triathlon’s so-called fourth discipline, which athletes also train and learn how to perfect in an afternoon session.

Brazilian elites Pamela Oliveira and Bruno Matheus were also participating in the camp as elite mentors to the younger athletes. They are from the “Rio Maior 2016 Project” leaded in the Rio Maior Sports Centre by Sérgio Santos.

Also part of the coaching team was running expert Bobby McGee (USA), Claudia Beristain (MEX), and Zeljko Bijuk (CRO).  Jeff Donaldson (USA) is the camp’s bike mechanic after having worked numerous ITU Development teams at World Cup events, and Alex Price (AUS) ensured the participants were physically ready and recovering from all sessions as the camp’s physiotherapist.

 Most athletes and coaches are this weekend in Auckland for the ITU Junior and Under23 World Championships.

Info. from the www.triathlon.org