Lately I’ve been trying out a few raw food recipes. Over the past few days I’ve been preparing and making buckwheat granola. It’s pretty easy with not much preparation. It’s such a healthy snack too! Buckwheat is high in protien and fibre, is rich in B vitamins as well as phosphorus, magnesium, iron, folate, zinc, copper and manganes and it’s gluten free which is a bonus. Ingredients Buckwheat – soaked and sprouted – 2 cups [...]

During the winter months it gets dark too early to bike outside after work. In the weekends, my fingers are crossed for a day without rain on the Sunday so I can bike outside. Last weekend here in Christchurch was a wet one. On Sat I did an hour run which was nice in the rain. Running isn’t too bad in the wet since your body temperature rises quite a bit. On the Sunday, I [...]

Here’s a list of the races I’m going to do over the Christchurch winter. Anyone can start training now and do these races. There are different lengths for each event so get in there and give them a go! I picked out these races a while ago and it felt like they are ages away. Now the Christchurch half marathon is just around the corner, 4 weeks away! Although my focus is on triathlon racing, [...]

I’m proud to announce I’m now part of Team John Bull. A great bike shop on Moorhouse Ave in Christchurch. They stock everything you need as a cyclist, including some lovely bike porn to go in and drool over.  I’ll be doing that in the next month as I need a new bike to take to Budapest in September. The bike I’m after will be in the range of $4,500 – $10,000 so a super [...]

All the triathletes have signed up paid for their fees and uniform now. We are on the list for Triathlon World Champs in Budapest. No backing out now! I just took another look at what’s in Budapest and it looks pretty damn amazing. Especially considering I’ve never been further than a 3 hours flight from New Zealand. I decided to do a bit of research into the things to do in Budapest while on holiday. [...]