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Eksteen prepares for 2010 at home
Monday, 25 January 2010
In a deviation from 2009 where he spent months in Australia preparing for the 2009 season, Claude Eksteen will be spending his preparation for the 2010 season at home in Durban.
“I learned a lot last year by training in Australia, unfortunately it is a very expensive exercise. So this year I will be getting ready for the season back home,” said Eksteen.
The 32 year old is making full use of the knowledge and expertise of High Performance Manager, Emma Swanwick. “After the testing early in January at the High Performance Centre (at the University of Pretoria grounds) I have spoken a few times to Emma and will be trying to come and see her regularly for advice.” Good news for Ekseen is that Emma, along with Lindsey Parry and Richard Woolrich will be traveling the country for the next battery of tests in April, saving him the trip from Durban to Pretoria.
Eksteen’s first major race of the season will be the South African Championships in Germiston on 21 March. “I will be racing in the Johannesburg Tri Series, the first one being on 7 February as well as the KwaZulu Natal Championships, then the SA Championships will be my first mini peak of the year – basically the end of my strength training phase.”
Eksteen will use the opportunity of the Johannesburg Tri to spend some time with Emma Swanwick.
After the South African Championships, Eksteen will continue his preparations for the ITU World Championship Series at home before racing on 8 May in Seoul Korea in the second race of the Series.
“After that I will be based in Europe again to do the rest of the Series races. I also want to do the World Cup (different to the World Championship Series) in Des Moines in June. My goal is to finish the year in the top ten ITU final rankings.”
To stay in shape and help with cash flow between ITU World Championship Series races, Eksteen will again be competing in the Bundesliga races as well as a few in the French League.
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