Training with Pete Jacobs & Leon Griffin

Sunday, 15 January 2012 01:00

2011 Ironman World Champion runner up Pete Jacobs and 2011 Challenge Cairns Half Ironman Champion Leon Griffin held a very special coaching session in Melbourne, over the weekend. The invitation went out on the 29th of January, to all JMF's Facebook fans and Twitter followers.

Held by BPM Sport in conjunction with Urban Hotel St Kilda, 40 very happy attendees spent the entire day with Pete and Leon, with sessions including:

• 6am ride briefing with welcome coffee, courtesy of Urban Hotel St Kilda, and distribution of complimentary Shotz Nutrition goodie bags.
• Ride (St Kilda - Frankston loop) with a stop in Frankston to check out the IM MLB swim course and the bike/run transition area.
• Q&A session about the IM course, including updates on recent course changes.
• Nutrition session with Shotz Nutrition – the guys who worked with Pete to helped Pete get 2^nd in Kona
• Video on run technique
• Run session
• Lunch courtesy of Urban Hotel St Kilda
• More Q&A with Pete & Leon
• Swim technique video
• Swim session (St Kilda Sea Baths)
• 3pm Awards / Prize presentation

The cost per person was a minimum $100 donation to the John Maclean Foundation (yes, that's right the coaching session was tax deductible!).

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