The Contact Triathlon Series held a race in Christchurch for the first time today. It was held at the Pegasus man-made lake. The day started fine but a little chilly, 9 degrees when I left home at 6.30am. Temperatures were soon into the twenties and over 400 people were getting ready for races ranging from the children’s Contact 1:2:1 to the 3:9:3 and the trophy sprint distance events (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run). I [...]

Scott and I travelled down to Wanaka Thursday afternoon. Friday turned out to be perfect weather. Really hot though. It was a high of 28 degrees. My race – Wanaka Contact sprint triathlon 750m / 20km / 5km My race – the sprint triathlon started at 3:40pm and it was still really hot.  The water was flat as a pancake. I took my spot on the far left looking out the the water. I wanted [...]

This weekend is once of the great triathlon weekends in New Zealand. Friday Jan 14th: Contact 3 : 9 : 3: 300m swim / km bike / 3km run Contact Trophy Sprint Triathlon: 750m swim / 20km bike (5 laps) / 5km run (2 laps) Contact Elite Sprint Triathlon: 750m swim / 20km bike (5 laps) / 5km run (2 laps) Saturday Jan 15th: Lake Wanaka Half:1.9km swim / 90km bike / 21km run Challenge [...]