Train with the best - here

From USA Triathlon

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 12, 2007) - U.S. national team program triathletes are hoping a change in venue will allow them to take their training to the next level for the 2007 racing season.

The U.S. athletes typically begin preparing for the season in January, with baseline testing in Colorado Springs. From there the team has historically traveled to California to train at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, a site that allows the athletes to experience not only warmer weather but faster- paced training at sea level.

While several of the younger, up-and-coming athletes will still train in Chula Vista this year, a group of 20 - including national teamers and other elites - will take their warm weather, sea-level training to the triathlon-crazy country of Australia for a month-long training camp beginning next week.

"We want to take our athletes who will be competing on the World Cup circuit to Australia where they can train at a higher level with other high-caliber international athletes," said USAT Sport Performance Director Scott Schnitzspahn.

In addition to the Australian athletes - often among the best in the world - the U.S. contingent will be joined by athletes from Canada, Spain and Switzerland.