Wanting to make the first Natural Ability Spring Training Camp 2017 a great experience for you all, we thought it only to right and proper to carry out a route and hotel recce.

​Having been to the Diamante Beach Hotel a few times, we decided to check out the facilities from an athlete perspective. This hotel is worth every one of its 4 stars, with a spacious and luxurious foyer, bright restaurants with views out to the sea, and a spa with every pampering need you could want. Being very cycle friendly the hotel offers an underground secure area which we will be using on the camp to store the bikes, carry out any bike maintenance and conduct our pre-ride briefings.The hotel will certainly cater nicely for all of our training camp needs. 

From the hotel, a calm protected sea front is only a 2min walk away, the running routes are numerous, but without doubt the jewel in the crown is the never ending variety of cycling routes into the Spanish mountains. The routes we have planned will be challenging, rewarding and provide you with an number of options based upon your riding ability. Having ridden in Spain for a number of years we have come to realise that coffee stops are obligatory, so we have also planned some of our favorite stops for you to enjoy. To ensure you all get the most from our cycling routes we will be providing Strava links, and route cards for all the rides which will include degree of difficulty and the expected riding time.

A busy week of race planning, and program writing, in the Natural Ability performance pod :-) 
The best of triathlon good fortunes for everyone racing this weekend.
Rebecca - at the ITU Long Course World Championships in Oaklahoma.
Ben Heaney - finishing of his triathlon season at Ironman Majorca.
Blaine Carpenter - after a hard fought Elite Super Series will be competing at the local Roade triathlon.
Katie - after a short introduction to 'training with focus' will be racing at Roade in the T3 category aiming to finish of the season in style.
John Taylor - having only been with us at Natural Ability Performance Coaching for a few weeks, will be racing at Windsor 1/2 marathon.
Adam - following a period of focused and committed training will be racing in the Dublin 1/2 marathon.
And finally WELCOME to Katie-Anne who will be joining us as she prepares for her 70.3 journey in 2017.
WOW just gotta love triathlon :-)