Dragonfly alley!!

April 27, 2009 | By Christo In Busselton Half Ironman, Training update, Twitter, cycling, cyclosportif, running | Comments(0)

I’ve just been for a training ride on the old Colnago for 2hrs down a bikepath along a freeway and there were so many dragonflys. I’ll never forget I found a couple of these critters wedged in my aero bike helmet. Gross!
I’ve done a few swims now at a rate of around 1min per 50metres [...]

The wheels on the bike go round and round!

April 20, 2009 | By Christo In Busselton Half Ironman, Ironman Western Australia, Training update, cycling, running | Comments(0)

Last Tuesday, had a great run with Rodrigo on our usual 7.30pm effort for 19kms. We took over 3.5mins off our best time on the first 9.5kms. Cycle commuting to work all week. On Thursday, went with a couple of mates on a training ride for around 70kms, Friday I went on a 130km ride [...]

Only 3 weeks to go!!

April 11, 2009 | By Christo In Busselton Half Ironman, Ironman Western Australia, Training update, Twitter, cycling, cyclosportif, running | Comments(0)

Busselton Half Ironman is getting real close now. I spent yesterday swimming at Port Beach and just relaxing (for about 5 hrs in all). On Thursday, I had a hard cycling session with 2 guys who are a bit better than me (one an A grade crit rider and the other did an Ironman 180km [...]