Natalie Van Coevorden- Australian Triathlete

“So many people along the way, whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can't be done. But all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits. “   These inspirational words come courtesy of Michael Phelps and going into 2013 will help me to form my goals and focus on the year ahead.   December was spent at Falls Creek. We were lucky to have Bobby McGee, an American running coach, to help us with drills and techniques that can be used in our everyday training environment.   Falls Creek is a perfect opportunity to work on comments from Bobby and to concentrate on what I need to do to improve performance. This year we did something different with Bobby - a group mental skills session. Is it worth it? What are you afraid of? Can you deal? How well can you e...

November Monthly Report Currently sitting in the Alpine region of Victoria, 1600m above sea level, I am spending the next month in Falls Creek. I love coming up here to start the new season as the mountain air is amazing. Some snow predicted for next week so we will get an early white Christmas.   Most of November, I was able to relax and catch up with the little things I needed to do including baking a cheesecake. I was one happy chef to say the least- it was gone out of the fridge within a few days!   Getting back into the swing of things was hard and I can admit 100m of running down the road and I wanted to stop. Most days, my exercise was walking up and down the 20 stairs in my house. This month we gradually started to ease back into training focussing mostly on our aerobic capacity and strength conditioning work. Alex Price our physiotherapist in Wollongong has helped me out with new exercises after refle...