Well, I’m back in Perth now after spending 10 days in Melbourne and I had a rather unusual bit of cross-training opportunity. A 60km mountain bike ride from a place called Jells Park along the Scotchmans Creek Trail into the city of Melbourne. A fantastic and highly recommende ride that takes you along Gardiners creek and [...]

Yesterday was going to be a 21km bushwalk on the Bibbulmun however we decided, so close to Kilimanjaro, that Dee would be better served with some training where snakes couldn’t bite her and she could otherwise stay healthy.
We are still kitting her out for the trip, even now. Its funny but on Jacob’s ladder, Dee’s many [...]

The new year has seen a steady introduction to the sort of regimen I’ll need to sustain and build on to attain a sub 5hr Busselton Half Ironman. My swim on Monday at Riverton Leisureplex was only for 30mins but a swim nonetheless. My cycling into work has been honest. Caught up with Andy on my cycle [...]

Yesterday the Kilimanjaro trainees and I walked from Kalamunda Northern Terminus on the Bibbulmun Track to Hewett’s Hill hut and return for a total trip distance of 21kms. We had each packed around 3 litres of drinks for hydration knowing that at the halfway point, we could refill with water.
It was a challenging walk with [...]

The year has flown and I reflect on what 2008 dished out to me in terms of my physical activities. There were many watershed moments including Painathlon, the Rotto Marathon, the Busso Ironman run, the Cyclosportif season, some ATTA time trials, a few WA Marathon Club runs, Busso Half Ironman and a few more events [...]