Burn fired up for Dolphin Coast Challenge
After a two-week break, Michelle Burn has kicked up her training in preparation for the next big surfski race.
AFTER Michelle Burn claimed a world championship title at the recent ICF Ocean Racing Championships in Lanzerotti recently, the Durban-based paddler has set her sights on the upcoming Petrefuel Dolphin Coast Challenge.
Burn proved her prowess when she cruised to victory at the global showpiece and, after taking some time off following her win, looks forward to competing in familiar water for the KZN Single Ski Championships next month.
“I’ve had two weeks off since the world championships, which is long enough. I’ll get back to some hard training as I look towards the Dolphin Coast Challenge,” said Burn. “I’m really glad that we have an event coming up next month because it gives me something to work towards as I start planning the second half of the year. The training load going into the world champions was really good, so I want to keep that up before I ease off a bit before the race in three weeks.”
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The Durban resident has been in sublime surfski form this year as she won the national title and then doubled that up with the world title. Her performances this year have come down to a more focused training regime.
“I trained really hard up to the point that I had my two kids. With children, you can’t keep up that same intensity of training. I couldn’t put in those consistent sessions but now that my children are at school, it’s given me more time to consistently train at that high level and prepare correctly for events as well as get into the gym,” she added.
The first hundred entries will receive a race T-shirt and a duffle bag.
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