 These students have been training really hard this year. They've upped it another level. They've been meeting with the University of Auckland's strength and conditioning coach, Michael Payne, and they've got training schedules going, which they've been completing three times a week. I think we have a better combination and better commitment from the team this year. I think the level of fitness compared to last year was a bit upper level this year, so we are hoping to get three goals this trip. Last year was actually my favourite trip. I've done a lot of Wakama trips, but I think what made it such a good trip is that everyone had really good energy. This year we've been doing a lot more extra training, and I think we're a lot more prepared for the races this year than last year. We've got three trainings a week and gym sessions, and yeah, we've ramped up the kilometres a lot sooner this year, so we're hitting the 30k's already. Big issue is the cold, which just means wearing a lot of thermals when we go out in the water. We've had a few trainings cancelled because of cold conditions. Yeah, I'm pretty excited about going to Hawaii, coming together with other Wakama peddlers around the world. It'll be quite exciting to see how we face up against international teams, so yeah. Yeah, I've found though long, say like a long distance challenging. Different kind of fitness, endurance type of fitness, and I'm not really familiar with that, so that's something that's really challenging. I think the most looking forward to when their third goal, and also just the experience for the new guys that comes into the new team, and get that experience on racing overseas. We as the University think that this trip's really important for student development, not just in their sport, but also as students. So when we go to Hawaii, they're immersing themselves in the culture, and a chance to mix and mingle and to see what life is like outside of uni, while still balancing the university studies.