Ironman WA 2009 - 2 weeks to go

November 20, 2009 | By Christo In Anaconda, Ironman Western Australia, Training update, cycling, running | Comments(0)

I think I’ve trained harder for this team run in Ironman WA than in any of my previous sporting endeavours. I’ve been disciplined with my morning 12km runs and I can feel a good taper just around the corner. My 12kms are around the 52 to 53min mark so not that close to 4min/km pace [...]

Pointy end of Ironman WA - Run, Christo, Run!!

November 6, 2009 | By Christo In Anaconda, Busselton Half Ironman, Ironman Western Australia, Training update, cycling, running | Comments(0)

Last Sunday was a massive 36km run. This Sunday will be a 31km run with a guy I’ve done a bit of running training with, Terry Cameron. He’s entered IMWA again as an individual. His weekend will be 200kms of cycling on Sat and the 31km run with me on Sunday (both early morning starts)
Tonight, [...]

Walk a mile in my shoes!!

November 1, 2009 | By Christo In Ironman Western Australia, Training update, cycling, running | Comments(0)

By any standards its been a tough weekend of training. I’ve had a whole week of morning 12km runs and 300kms of commuting to work and back on the bike in total for the Monday to Friday. Yesterday , Saturday, I put in a tough effort on the bike with the group ride and had [...]