First and foremost I want to sincererly congratulate Frank Stapleton on being inducted as a life member of Triathlon Western Australia. A fantastic selfless achievement. I admire people who find time to volunteer for the greater good of the sport. In this case, triathlon.
I now think this bronchitis has had a hold of me for [...]

Last couple of days, I’ve been sick. And I hate it. I know its a byproduct of Painathlon as I said before. I went into this event with sinus infection and I’m pretty sure I have bronchitis right now. Tried to see a doctor with ad hoc with a queue of patients a mile long.
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Since Painathlon (and likely after competing in it with a sinus infection) I have been quite unwell this week. No running training. I’ve been commuting in on ‘Sparkles’ and ‘Ernie’ but just taking it easy. As you know, I tend to race people in without too much prompting. As Raf Baugh has told me, this [...]

Settle in, grab a cuppa as I attempt to explain to you the event I did yesterday. The ‘Painathlon’ in Perth, Western Australia.
I woke up pretty early (about 4am) and just did some last minute checking of equipment. I had a backpack with 3 litres of Powerade in a camelbak. I had my Deuter Cross [...]