Well I’m home from my month long trip around Europe and back to the shaky Christchurch. Time has just flown since I’ve been back! I hope people haven’t had too much damage from the earthquakes and that you are all ok. I just want to thank everyone for all your help and support over the winter months. I really appreciate all your help motivation, I couldn’t have gone without all of you! Canterbury Triathlon Awards [...]

It’s been amazing here in Budapest. So much fun meeting all these people from all over who are interested in triathlon. Or some people would say – are as crazy as me! Willing to put in the hours to train and sacrifice other comforts in life. It’s been great to hear how everyone else trains, some train a lot longer than me. 23 hours a week, every week. So interesting to listen to how people [...]

So it’s finally time to fly out of NZ! I’ve never been on a flight longer than 3.5 hours so a 30 hour flight is a bit nerve racking for me. This week has been filled with errands. No spare time, with training and getting everything ready to leave. Yip, I always leave everything to the last minute. It’s human nature, or is it just me? Christchurch Earthquake This morning we had a 7.4 scale [...]

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. [...]

I just had this movie emailed to me by my coach Graham Park. Great movie since I’m off to Budapest in Sept!