It turned out to be a primo day for the Wellington Triathlon Nationals race. We couldn’t have asked for nicer, there was very little wind and the temperature was nice and warm. Results – 1500m swim / 40km bike / 10km run Total time: 2:18:30 6th in age group – (qualified for world champs in Oct!) 20th overall   Comparing my times over the past few years in this race: Great to see I’m improving [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The final Contact Tri race of the season! This is the race which qualifies us for the olympic distance World Champs in Budapest if we are in the top of our age group. Day Before My partner Scott and I flew to Wellington on the Friday morning. We took the shuttle back to his sisters house and started putting the bikes back together so we wouldn’t have to worry about it later. Well actually Scott [...]

There’s me, third from the left! The Accommodation Remind me never to stay in backpackers in the centre of Taupo the night before a really important triathlon race! My partner and I booked into Go Global Backpackers since all accommodation and holiday houses in Kinloch were booked up, except of course the ones worth $200 a night. Which now I wish I had paid for! The backpacker accommodation was above a pub, opposite a pub [...]

The day before Challenge Wanaka. I have my Contact Sprint Tri race and I was so nervous! The lake was freezing, 14 degrees, We had an email the day before saying that neoprene swim caps were going to be compulsory for the Challenge race the next day.Neoprene swim caps are made out of wetsuit material and keep your head heaps warmer. As we lined up at the start I say only a few competitors had [...]