Triathlete Heleen bij de Vaate

NEWS - 2012

Island hopping in December - link

Island hopping in December - 7 January 2012

First of all a very happy and healthy new year to all of you!

A new triathlon season is starting soon, so I went to Lanzarote for my first trainingcamp in December ever. Together with a nice group of Dutch triathletes we enjoyed ourselves and last but not least rode quite some kilometers. When I came back, it was off to a small island in the North of The Netherlands (Ameland) for a long weekend celebration with Robs family. Coincidentally they organized a half marathon race on the island that weekend as well, so I did some beachrunning in cold windy weather with my tired cycling legs! Then we drove back to France, to board a plain to another Spanish Canary Island a few days later. Tenerife this time, and again for a family celebration, with my parents and the families of my sisters. But Rob and I couldn't resist to bring our bikes and wetsuits, so there we went almost every day for some extra training hours. Perfect, but also a bit weird to run around in shorts around Christmas.

Now I'm back home for a week, before flying to South-Africa this Sunday for my first race of the 2012 season. I will participate in the Ironman 70.3 race in East-London on Sunday the 22nd. The race starts early in the morning at 7am local time, which means 6am Paris-time.

Link: www.ironman703.co.za - top

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