I went into this race not knowing what to expect. I hadn’t been doing my training for the past few months, but I was registered so I was going. I’d done the Ashburton Half Ironman 2 weeks prior and been happy with my cycle but had taken it really slow on the run. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tri-Auckland/146323868769752 http://auckland.triathlon.org The Auckland race was an olympic distance triathlon. 1500m swim / 40km bike / 10km run. It was a hilly [...]

If you’re a triathlete in New Zealand I’m sure you know the Triathlon World Champs Grand Final is in Auckland in 2012. This year they are having a qualification race for New Zealanders on Sunday Nov 20th. Registration started at 10am today and looks like they aren’t sold out yet. So get in there! It’ll be one of the best races you can do. You can sign up here: www.triauckland.co.nz Event schedule for 2011 Event [...]

I raced the Sydney age group World Champs race on Sunday. It was a quick visit, flying over Sat morning and back on Monday night. Now I’m very tired and can’t wait to hit the sack! Results: 2:31:12, 16th in age group 1500m swim / 40km bike / 10km run Sydney triathlon results I arrived on Sat morning and went straight to the hotel room. I was staying with Emma and Chris Rathbone. Lucky they [...]

I’m heading over to race in the Sydney ITU age group race this Sunday. Part of it’s racing on the Olympic course which is pretty cool and we get to race over the Sydney harbour bridge. That’s sounds good too, but also could be scary windy. The last race I did with a bridge in it was in the Catlins and I came off my bike! But lucky for me I still managed to win [...]

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 [...]

Twenty-nine year old Debi Hazelden is off to Budapest in September to represent New Zealand at the 2010 World Triathlon Champs – but she needs Canterbury’s help to get there! Debi was selected to represent New Zealand after winning her age group event at the National Triathlon Sprint Championships in Kinloch in February – just three months after she started formally training with a coach. “I have been around social sports since I was a [...]