Ready for Sydney

Training - check.
Taper - check.
Race equipment - check.
Number 1 - check.
Training is going well. Mooloolaba was a good preparation race 3 weeks ago, so I have nothing really to talk about except that this is the start of the WTS (World Triathlon Series).
The Sydney races are LIVE in NZ on SKY SPORT 2 Women at 9.30am / Men at 12.20pm. After finishing 2nd in the World last year, I will be wearing the number 1 here because the Yokohama round has been included to this year's series.

All the best to my Kiwi teammates who are vying for their Olympic Spot.
Let's go and race, oh it's an early start here in Sydney.

Andrea

Snow Farm Training Camp

Hi,
There is no better place for an altitude block in NZ than at the Snow Farm. Good accommodation, so many running trails and beautiful scenery.
I was there last year at the same time and wasn't ready to race and preferred to stick to training. But this year I planned to race in the Wanaka Contact Tri race. The 7pm start time was quite cool, a lot later than usual, so plenty of time to prepare with a run and swim beforehand. There was a good line up with Debbie Tanner and Soph Corbidge coming from Auckland and Rachel, Danne and Sarissa from the Netherlands. The 6 of us were the front bunch. Onto the run, we had a group of 4. I ran out the first km with Debs with Rachel 5 - 10sec back then made the final winning surge in the sprint finish against Rachel.
And an hour later Laurent won the "Doddsy International", in a fast race with Ryan Sissons 2nd and Tony Dodds 3rd.
The support for the event was huge! It was a criterium style race, great for the crowds which were so close to the action.
We spent all of January at the Snow Farm, put a lot of km's in the legs and got quite tired. We had a mixture of weather and then a few days of freezing weather where we woke up to snow up at the 1580m lodge.
Now it's back to Christchurch for some recovery time and sea level training.
Andrea

Triathlon's golden couple victorious in Wanaka

Christmas update

Hello everyone,

From Christchurch I wish you all a Merry Christmas and I hope you are having a great time.
After more earthquakes last week it has settled down here and I am getting ready to leave Christchurch for a month of altitude training down south in Wanaka.

Please find also below some media updates.

xx Andrea
(Photo: Summer holiday in the bay of Lyttelton).

The Press (28/12/2011): Hewitt keeping triathlon at forefront.
International Triathlon Union Website (20/12/2011): Best of 2011 Andrea Hewitt's Grand finale redemption.