FIGHTING FIT TO TAKE ON WORLD
NOMINATE NOW
THEY are among the fittest women in Australian sport and now ironwoman duo Harriet Brown and Georgia Miller are about to become two of the hardest working athletes in world sport.
The Northcliffe pair will prove they are ironwomen by name and nature as they contest a whopping 120 odd races between them over various disciplines for Australia at the four-day world lifesaving championships 2018 in Adelaide this week.
The No.1 and No.2 ranked ironwomen in the NutriGrain series will then back up for a further six days of racing for Northcliffe, with Miller estimating she could race between 150 to 200 times over the 10 days of national and club competition.
“I have relays in pool rescue starting Thursday and then in the surf we will both do every event from the swim, board, ski, ironwoman, board rescue, taplin relay, beach relay and rescue tube rescue,’’ said the Sydney product, who recently moved to the Gold Coast to train beside Brown and under former ironwoman and Olympic kayak paddler Naomi Flood.
“Basically there are heats and semis in the morning and then finals in the afternoon.
“Then Monday it starts all over again when we race for our club.’’
Miller estimates she will contest around 70 races in Australian colours, with team captain Brown lining up in around 50 in the first stage of their massive workout..
“It’s a huge load so we have to be careful how we manage ourselves and our recovery,’’ Miller, who kicked of her surf season with victory in the Coolangatta Gold last month, said.
“The New Zealanders have won in 2012, 2014 and 2016 so we want this title back this year.’’
Miller believes the mammoth schedule could pay big dividends for both her and training partner Brown.
Brown currently leads the Nutri-Grain ironwoman series from Miller heading into the third round at North Wollongong on December 15.
“I believe racing is the best training and hopefully this is great for the Nutri-Grain series, the states and the Aussies,’’ said Miller, who does a minimum of 25 voluntary patrol hours over summer and usually far more.
“I would say we are some of the fittest athletes. I don’t know if people really realise how tough this sport can be.’’
I WOULD SAY WE ARE SOME OF THE FITTEST ATHLETES. PEOPLE REALLY REALISE HOW TOUGH THIS SPORT CAN BE. NORTHCLIFFE’S GEORGIA MILLER
THEY are among the fittest women in Australian sport and now ironwoman duo Georgia Miller and Harriet Brown are about to become two of the hardest working athletes in world sport.
The Northcliffe pair will prove they are ironwomen by name and nature as they contest a whopping 120-odd races between them at the world lifesaving championships in Adelaide this week.