The Race Club (founded by Gary Hall Jr.) began in 2003 as an elite training centre for sprinters from around the world. I have trained alongside sprinters from Australia, Cyprus, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela and the USA. It created an environment of speed, power and performance at the highest level; and pushed us all to higher levels of achievement.

Today it still functions as an elite training centre, but also now caters for developmental and masters swimmer looking to join a camp environment and train with some of the greatest sprinters in the world.

With every camp I spend training in Islamorada I find my confidence boost, my strength and power rise, and my performance levels heighten. Jon Olsen and Andy Deichert team up to form a powerful coaching duo, and it is to train under them that keeps me returning to the paradise of the Florida Keys.

For more information visit www.theraceclub.net

The original group (Deichert not pictured)