Matty White

Oz Season Recap!

It has been nearly 2 weeks since I finished my season on a high with a 2nd place to Macca and all I am wishing for now is that my golf game can perform half as good as my tri career at the moment! As I am writing this I have about 4 days left of my break and I am heading on a golf trip with the boys from the fire station, I dont get an opportunity to do this due to travel and training commitments so am really looking forward to it.

The Australian season was a great success for me in terms of results and getting me closer to an ironman win, my last 2 ironman races have been 2nd and 2nd, so I am really looking to jump up one more place on the podium next season.

My results for the last 12 month period are as follows:

3rd Mooseman 70.3
4th Boise 70.3
6th Ironman Cour D Alene
2nd Racine 70.3
3rd Steelhead 70.3
8th Boulder 70.3
4th Cancun 70.3
5th Timberman 70.3
1st Shepparton Half Ironman
2nd Ironman Western Australia
1st South Australian Sprint Champs
1st South Australian Olympic Champs
1st Triman Half Ironman
8th Port Macquarie 70.3
2nd Busselton 70.3
1st South Australian Half Marathon Champs
2nd Ironman Challenge Cairns

As you can see it has been a crazy 12 months with 11 half ironman races and 3 ironman races, Overall I am really happy with my consistency and overall performance, now its time to set some new goals and hit them harder with an aim of stepping it up even more.

I have made the decision, well the decision was made for me essentially from my work to stay in OZ and compete in one of my favorite races Yeppoon 70.3 in August, this was my first ever half ironman win and I have not been back since so can’t wait. After Yeppoon I am heading straight over to Boulder again to prepare for either Kona or Challenge Barcelona, with some 70.3 races in between. I really want to go back and hit the Euro scene again as I love France and Spain with its great food and culture, plus a holiday after Barcelona is a good option.

I will put up a full schedule of my events once I have more of an idea but that is the skeleton schedule so far.

Overall I hope to really step it up this year and I have implemented some different tools into my training programme which I believe will help me. I have generally kept my training very consistent throughout my career with the strong belief that each year you can get stronger, as long as you stay injury free. This year though I implemented altitude training in my regime and as uncomfortable as it may be, it has helped me produce my best season ever. Plus I found it is a great time efficient training tool as you only need about an hour exposure to increase red blood cells, plus it has great benefits for your skin and general health. It is definitely worth a look if you are a time needy athlete chasing results. www.ats-altitude.com.

Hope everyone sticks it out in the winter and gets the hard yards done. Thanks a lot for all the great support as well throughout the season, I have some great sponsorship news in the pipeline which I will reveal once it has all been signed off on so stay tuned.

Also check out this interview I did with Herbert from slowtwitch here:

Matty White Interview

Take Care

Matty