The air's thinner here

Northland triathlete Sam Warriner may repeat an altitude training regime in the final countdown to the World Championships in Switzerland in August after a spell in rarified oxygen got her in shape for a podium finish at Edmonton, Canada, at the weekend.

Warriner spent 10-days training at altitude with the New Zealand elite squad in Boulder, Colorado before heading to Edmonton for the ITU World Cup series race and grabbing a hard-earned third place.

It was such a success that she is now considering repeating the exercise to try to gain something extra in an all-out bid for a win at the World Championships.


From The Northern Advocate