Yesterday was a perfect day for a winter duathlon in Christchurch. It was 20 degrees which is pretty amazing. I was just hoping for no rain. But no rain and 20 degrees! Great day. The speedway is an excellent place to have a duathlon. The race was 2.4km run / 16.5km bike / 2.4km run. The run was 3 laps of an 800m loop, and the bike was 5 laps of a 3.3km loop. It [...]

Twenty-nine year old Debi Hazelden is off to Budapest in September to represent New Zealand at the 2010 World Triathlon Champs – but she needs Canterbury’s help to get there! Debi was selected to represent New Zealand after winning her age group event at the National Triathlon Sprint Championships in Kinloch in February – just three months after she started formally training with a coach. “I have been around social sports since I was a [...]

It was an early morning the day of the race. I had everything organised the evening before which meant I didn’t need to think about much. Just routine. I got up at 5am and turned on the pot which had some oats, water, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and raisins. Poured the cooked porridge into a bowl with some milk and yoghurt. Still half asleep I gobbled it down with about 500ml water to drink. Walked [...]

The weather is so pretty wet here in Christchurch over the past week. 4 degrees these days and snowing in the hills! So cold it makes me remember that I don’t really like the NZ winters. I always think it’s so nice during the summer and then the winter hits… I’ve never had to train during a NZ winter yet so here we go – my first one! I’m asking for everyones help – we [...]