Concrete Legs! The Lake Wanaka Half was always going to be tough after only two weeks recovery from Tauranga but I love this course and decided doing two big races in close succession would be great race prep for Ironman NZ on March 3rd. The fact that it’s such an honest course with stunning [...]
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The Port Of Tauranga Half Ironman was my first half of the season and unfortunately the lead up was much less than ideal with injuries and my grandfather passing just before Christmas. I went into the race not expecting too much but knowing it was a fast course. I was aiming for a PB and [...]
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Racking of the bike was an exciting experience in itself. There were crowds of people either side of the entrance taking photos hoping to see the big guns put their bike in. There was a lot of excited chatter floating around and a line up of people doing the bike and accessory counts. Dropping off [...]
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THANK YOU everyone for all the words of encouragement. It really means a lot and adds more fuel to the fire for when I hit that dark place and need to push through. Anyone wanting to follow the race can see updates at http://kona.ironmanlive.com/. Well it’s the night before the big race and I’m in [...]
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Thought I’d put a quick update together for everyone on what’s been happening so far in my lead up to Kona. Had a bit of a horror start to the trip when I was waiting in line to check in and heard the final boarding call. Customer service lady then tells me I’m too late [...]
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Coach G suggested it might be a good idea to break up the winter a bit by jumping the ditch and doing the Yeppoon 70.3, so when some cheaper flights came up I jumped at the chance and entered to race Yeppoon 70.3 on August 14th. Race lead-up was less than ideal after I rolled [...]
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As we move into Winter and daylight savings training presents a whole new range of challenges and offers a whole new range of excuses. For some reason this year more than last I’ve been finding it harder to get home from work and train than usual so I thought I’d share a few tips I use to get [...]
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Result: 9 hours 14 minutes 57 seconds This is my race summary from IMNZ. The next big race will be in Kona, Ironman World Championships! You can see all the 2011 Kona qualifiers here Pre-race Up at 4:30 for breakfast 4 pieces of toast, peanut butter and jam. Mmmm Coffee (first in two weeks), this [...]
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