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John, Gordo, Scott and Clas atop the highest peak in Australia during EC:OZ’05.
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World Champion triathletes, Scott Molina and Gordo Byrn along with Ironman Coach John Newsom are proud to present Epic Camps.
The purpose of “Epic Camps” is to provide elite and amateur athletes with an environment within which they can achieve personal excellence.
We are looking to do some huge training with a group of good people. We will have ups and downs – but we are certain that these camps will provide all of us with some outstanding memories.
The idea for Epic Camps started in July of 2002 in a friend’s garage. I’m told that the July weather can be a bit bleak in Christchurch. I wouldn’t know for sure as I prefer to rotate hemispheres for an endless summer. A Kiwi summer is about as cold as I like things to get for training.
Each July, Molina and a buddy, Peter, spend their time watching satellite TV in Pete’s garage. They ride on their trainers and watch Tour coverage. Molina says that it’s the only thing that gets him through the winter in decent shape. During one of these sessions, they came up with the idea to do bike tours where everyone rides big Ks and has some fun. Each day would have points like stages in the Tour but the main focus would simply be big training and fun.
In October of 2002, Peter launched the Five Passes Tour. I signed up and we did a huge loop around the middle of the South Island. The first day involved 210K into a pretty stiff headwind and was a big boost for my fitness and confidence. I used the tour as a key part of my Ultraman preps and it deserves credit for my solid bike performance (fastest by about an hour). The days of continuous riding provided an interesting way for me to build my endurance and enabled me to test different nutritional strategiesl.
Scott and I were talking about it and we decided to launch something a little different. There are a lot of triathlon camps out there run by excellent coaches who are helping people learn valuable skills. What we wanted to do was give top athletes (age groupers and elites) the opportunity to change their physiology and outlook towards endurance training. To help them take their performance to a whole new level. Basically, to share the different training philosophies that Scott and I have developed (Scott over a few decades, myself over a few seasons!).
Our plan is to ride huge miles with people that are looking to become the very best they can be – the group using each other to take themselves where we couldn’t get alone. Along the way, we’ll talk training and have some fun. Over 12 days of swimming, biking and running, we figured that there would be plenty of opportunity to get to know each other. Over time, we are hoping that Epic Camp will merge with our coaching businesses and our athletes will be training side-by-side with us for two to four weeks each year. That’s the plan anyhow!
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Italy
June 2008
New Zealand
January 2008
New Zealand
January 2007
France
June/July 2006
New Zealand
January 2006
Australia
January 2005
Kona, Hawaii
October 2004
North Island, NZ
January 2004
Colorado Rockies
July/August 2003
South Island, NZ
January 2003
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