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 [...]

Gold Medal at Duathlon National Champs! Christchurch August 22nd 2010 We had the NZ duathlon nationals here in Christchurch on Aug 22. That’s 10km run / 40km bike / 5km run. The first run was up the quarry in Hallswell. !! I was worried about the race leading up to it and considering doing the shorter course since it didn’t have the hill in it. But went for the standard course (long) and actually loved [...]

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 [...]