August 30, 2017 Going long on home course Phillip Rodda AFTER a breakthrough Mooloolaba Triathlon victory, Buderim’s Annelise Jefferies is chasing another home success Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast. The former world under-23 duathlon champion has switched to long-course racing and has been refreshed by the change of approach. “A couple of years ago when I was doing some riding training on the road, I realised how much I enjoyed doing longer distances,” she said. Annelise trains about 20 hours a week across the three disciplines and crams in part-time university studies and work as a receptionist. Now 24, she has gained confidence from her Mooloolaba success but also understands the importance of finding the balance between life and sport. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 News Annelise builds 70.3 momentum FROM PAGE 1 “I used to train 30 hours a week but training is more about quality than quantity, it’s a smarter way of training,” she said. “I used to be so tired from training, it was mentally intense, but I learned it’s about giving yourself the opportunity to have other things outside of sport.” She said she felt confident that with her triathlon experience, she could adapt quickly to the 70.3 distance incorporating a 1.9km swim, 90km cycle and 21.1km run. “You see athletes that are really successful in the 70.3 races, a lot of them picked up the sport later in life,” she said. “I’ve done a few runs at the 70.3 distance before this so I feel Annelise Jefferies wins this year’s Mooloolaba Triathlon PHOTO: WARREN LYNAM I’m ready for the up in intensity and distance.” This steady build-up included a sixth placed finish in Taiwan Pair all revved up for long-course debut during March where she finished in 4:40:20 (29:50 swim, 2:28:57 SUPERCARS commentator cycle, 1:34:22 run), followed by a Riana Crehan’s passion is the HALF IRONMAN fourth at Challenge Melbourne adrenalin-filled, high-speed, with an effort of 4:40:29.1 (34:02, high-tech and intense world of What: Ironman 70.3 2:36:48, 1:25:08) during April and motorsport. Sunshine Coast. a fourth in the standard-distance But when Riana and her When: Sunday, September Subic Bay 51.5 in the Philippines. partner, race driver Will Davison 10. Annelise is in her third year of are not travelling the high Details: Home to the 70.3 studying Nutrition and Dietetics pressure, 15-round Supercars world championship last and is part of USC’s High Championship you will find them year, the 2017 course Performance Student Athlete at the pool, on their bikes or maintains many of the same Program. running. elements. The transition will She said her studies were Riana was always into sport at be on the esplanade, while helping her with her sports school, on the athletics team or the bike course retains two nutrition. the swimming team and was a loops at Rosemount after a “There’s a few things I picked very active kid, but dance was lap of the Sunshine up there which helped me and her first love from the moment Motorway. crossed over into my training, like she could walk. Motorsport commentator enhancing my recovery,” she “I was into jazz, tap, Riana’s baptism by “freezing” Riana Crehan is preparing for said. acrobatics and ballet. I worked was a sprint race in Melbourne Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast. Annelise said it was vital to get as a professional dancer for and her first venture into PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED recovery and attitude right for many years and I did my first open-water swimming. your fitness and mental health. concert at 18 months old and “I certainly remember the very Olympic distance and do that a “It’s so underestimated, my first gig was at eight or nine first ocean swim I did,” she said. couple of times and it grows. I especially in amateur athletes,” years old,” she said. “It would have been about have done a few Olympic she said. “Recovery is everything “I was full on until I was 18-19 nine degrees, I had no wetsuit distance races in Noosa and from doing your easy sessions years old doing competitions and I looked around at everyone Townsville and they were fun easy so you can do your hard and all the exams and stuff back and I was the only person in races.” sessions hard, to making sure in Perth where I grew up. normal swimmers. With both sprint and Olympic you’re getting quality hours of “I stopped dancing because I “That was my initiation. I have distance under her belt Riana sleep every night. moved on with my work. I met always been one of those and Will decided it was time to “You can take it (training) too Will who was doing a bit of people who are pretty step it up and take on the 1.9km far, it’s still about work-life different sort of training and that headstrong and once I set swim /90km ride /21km run that balance. If you’re not enjoying it was when I got into cycling and myself a goal I am determined to is 70.3 racing. why do it. It has to be internal other things and when I started achieve it. That is what happens, The pair have prepared under motivation; external motivation my very amateur triathlon career. you start with something a bit the guidance of Adam Gordon shouldn’t come into it.” I wouldn’t call myself a triathlete smaller, then you want to go to for their 70.3 debut next The half-iron distance is on but I certainly give it a go.” the next level. You try an weekend. September 10 in Mooloolaba. 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Struggling to urinate, the pain was getting to the point where he knew it could derail his year-long effort to conquer the iconic swim. “I don’t know why that was happening but it was and it was getting painful to the point where I knew that if the issue wasn’t sorted the swim could be over whether I liked it or not,” he said. negative or that the job was too “I didn’t feel negative about it great.” but more how am I going to sort Peter said apart from his health this out. issue, the other greatest battle “At one of the feed stops I just was toward the end “when your Peter Schultz prepares for the Channel. PHOTOS: SARA WHITELAW floated and made myself let go of body is hurting and the coast just all the worry, the tension and what never seems to get any closer”. from SCTA, his first real swim ifs, telling myself that if I had to “We had swum into darkness coach, along with Trent for his TRAINING float here for half an hour till the having started from Dover at programs and all the open water job was done then so be it, it midday,” he said. swimmers he has met along the ■ Peter was swimming five didn’t matter about the time but “It was a very black night, there way. times a week, four pool the swim was over if I didn’t. was no point looking forward as, He also enjoyed some hard sessions and one long ocean “That did the trick. I managed to because of the currents, where work under the guidance of Vlad swim. He also did strength and get enough out to take the pain you were looking bore no relation Swim head coach Vlad Mravec in conditioning training at the away then on the next feed I was to where you were going or where Sydney. Tim Denyer from Red Top gym twice a week. given some very strong tea and you would eventually hit the beach Swim in the UK was Peter’s ■ The big weeks were from there we were back in that you couldn’t see anyway – manager on the day and in all 40-50km in total, but the business.” just lights from the towns. things leading up to the swim, majority were about 30km. Peter completed the journey in “Your mind wants to go to while the team of Reg and Ray ■ Pool sets were generally 11 hours and 55 minutes. negative places, you’ve got to Brickell from support vessel Viking either aerobic or heart rate, Reaching the French sand shut that down straight away. Put Princess “are second to none if 1-2km warm up, 3-4km main ended a year-long focus for the those thoughts out of your head you want a successful swim”. set then about 1 km warm 52-year-old. He moved to Sydney and keep swimming. ‘It’ll be over Nutritionist Tara Diversi guided down. from Caloundra to swim in colder when it’s over’ I kept telling myself, him with weight gain and swim ■ Main sets were any water as part of his preparation.