Who says training over winter has to suck?! Yes, it’s cold, dark and sometimes wet here in Christchurch. But it also means it’s time for the indoor wind-trainer sessions at John Bull Cycles. Last winter I struggled with getting motivated to do my bike sessions. I had my windtrainer set up in the garage with the ipod plugged into Scott’s flash stereo system. I’d listen to the IM Talk podcast or some other music nice [...]

I had the opportunity to try out custom fitted orthotics, so I thought I would. I’ve been a bit iffy about trying them as I’ve never been injured (touch wood) so I wasn’t sure if I should change if I’m not broke. But with the opportunity to try them for free I thought – why not! I know there are things about my running style and biking style that I can change. Whitney, a friend [...]

Time for some new runners since my old K-Swiss Kona and Keahou are getting a bit old. Swapped the blue for the red K-Ona S this time. They have heaps of other colours available in other countries, but in NZ it’s only blue or red. I wish they had the ones that have the countries flags on them. Although the closest to NZ would be the Australan flag K-Ona shoe I’d still want it and [...]

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 [...]

Scott helped me put on my new ISM Peloton saddle last night. I watched this video which is a great help and shows pointers of what you should be doing. There are a few things to note, like the level of the rails under the saddle and the height. Below is the video to help you set it up correctly on your bike. With my Avanti I couldn’t get the seat to go down enough [...]

After a lot of decision making I ended up purchasing an amazing Avanti Team Cadent from John Bull Cycles in Christchurch. There are the 3 types of road race bikes Avanti produce. At first I wanted the Questa – the female version. The small in this was too small and there were none available in the next size up so that cut out that option. Although the Quantum is more of a racing design so [...]