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 [...]

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 [...]