Greetings all,
I haven’t sat down and worked out the weekly program just yet but I’m here to say I’ve entered Busso HIM and , at this stage, it is my plan to continue on to do IMWA. It needs to fit in with several activities including Jacob’s ladder, swimming, evening runs, time trials, long [...]

I met a lady , Martina Murphy, at a 21st last night at Harry’s Bar who I was told was a marathon runner. Very humble. Could have knocked me over with a feather when she said her best marathon time was a touch over 3hrs. Some people don’t feel the need to sing their aspirations and [...]

Pre ironman talk has covered many topics at Beachlands Resort. Liz broke a nail (catastrophe number 1). Paddy bought a watch for Ash (a pink Ironman watch!!!). I have lent Lee my Limar Chronos so as penance he had to shave his legs to do justice to the helmet. All 8 of us are guessing each [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

A big decision was made today. I phoned my prospective cycling team mate for Ironman WA…..and we both agreed that we’d support our spouses in their female IMWA team. So our team entry can wait till next year!!! Ain’t no thing, and there’s loads of events to still be involved in ( Anaconda 09 at [...]

It was a fantastic weekend. Still feeling a little bogged down with flu but it’s nearly left my body. On the road to recovery now. The Blue Baggers knocked over Geelong at the MCG. My daughter was over there on Friday night at the MCG watching the match so I’m sure it was a magic [...]

The Busselton Half Ironman 2009 was huge. There was a total of 1100 individuals and 300 teams. We set off from Perth on the Friday. I was going to leave at 6am to get to Busselton in time for the practice swim at 10am but ended up leaving Perth at 10.30am instead. We saw the [...]

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 [...]