So today I celebrated my first parkrun milestone! 50 runs totaling 250km run at parkrun since 14/06/14 (19 months)! The celebration was only enhanced by the fact I got to share this milestone with my amazing wife, Mel! As many of you know she is my rock and the reason I can do a lot … Continue reading Celebrating milestones!
With the help of WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for my blog. I want to take a quick moment to thank all you amazing people that have taken time out of their busy day to read some of my meanderings! Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. … Continue reading My WordPress 2015 in review – THANK YOU
Well 2015 has been a very good year for me. I have completed my first full distance ironman triathlon, almost broken the 5 hour mark for a half (70.3) ironman and posting a very respectable time at Noosa Olympic distance triathlon. Having goals? What does that mean? Goals come in many forms, long term, short … Continue reading Goal’s Achieved! Now what?
Well that's my 2015 race calendar complete. The results are in and Noosa 2015 tops a very good year for me. I targeted 3 main races this, the Cairns Ironman, the Sunshine Coast 70.3 (half ironman) and the Noosa Tri. The results at all three races exceeded my expectations and Noosa was the perfect cherry … Continue reading Noosa 2015 – An Age Grouper’s Race Report
Its race week again, this time its 70.3 or half ironman time. I have just complete a solid 3 week abridged preparation for Sunshine Coast 70.3. Basically it was 3 weeks building through each week, increasing volume & intensity, peaking last week at 8.25 hours, including 2.2km of swimming, 170km of cycling, 22km of running and 17 days … Continue reading It’s 70.3 race week….!
I am an Ironman. Cairns 140.6 ironman complete. Exceeding all my goals and expectations on a day that went as close to my race plan as ever! Here is a summary of my day. Up at 3:30am showered and dressed, race morning breakfast consisted of french toast (eggy bread), banana and maple syrup with a … Continue reading I am an IRONMAN!
SO, YOU WANT TO BE AN IRONMAN? 