I thought it was just a normal occurrence, that when you go for a 2 hour+ run everyone gets chafing from their clothes. That’s what’s been happening for a while and I just use the good old Body Glide or anti-chafing cream before training. But ahha! I’ve had some Icebreaker shorts for a month now and they are great. I didn’t think anything of them as I’ve been running only in those shorts for the [...]

I just received this by email and it gave me a giggle so thought I’d share it. Geonet/Christchurch Earthquake is your homepage People all over the country offer you a place to stay “Munted” and “buggered” are official technical terms You go ‘pfffff’ when Wellington has a 4.5 earthquake that’s 40km deep You see a nice park in another city and think it would make a good evacuation point You sleep in one suburb, shower [...]

Olympic Distance Triathlon 1500m swim / 40km bike / 10km run PB 2 hours 24 mins 14 seconds 4th in age group 3rd in overall triathlon series for my age group This is my ‘A’ race for the triathlon season. With a pretty interrupted lead up to the race I’ve been in a bit of a dream land. After the Feb 22nd earthquake in Christchurch this is how the 2 weeks before went: Christchurch earthquake [...]

This is a post by Scott about his race at IMNZ last week. His very first Ironman and he did awesome! 9 hours 14mins 57seconds and is off to 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 felt great and straight away got me focused. I arrived at transition [...]

Most of you reading this will be based in Christchurch so you know the devastation that has come with the Feb 24th 6.3 earthquake. I don’t want to dwell on it. It’s just such a sad time for all. I was on the 4th floor of a building in the CBD at the time. Along with about 52,000 other people working in the CBD.    Air New Zealand has been great by putting on $50 [...]