It seems so much of my life revolves around training - running, cycling, swimming. And it’s often hard to know why the allure of events that cause pain is still there!
Busselton Ironman, Half Ironman, Painathlon, Rotto Marathon, Rottnest Channel Swim, Half Marathons, Cyclosportif, ATTA events (time trials), etc etc.
Then there’s the times you head off [...]
I often feel like using this line when I pass those cars with the word THOR covering their back windscreen. I came, I thor, I conquered….or I thought I thor a puddy tat!!
But after 15 ascents of Jacob’s ladder yesterday morning with around 130kms of cycling down to Pinjarra Rd and return from Canning Vale, [...]
It’s a little hard to know where to start with this report. In my entire 45 years of existence I have never had a muscle injury or soft tissue for that matter. It is with some disappointment that I have to report a calf muscle tear into my first 14kms of running the marathon. Stupidly [...]
RACE REPORT FROM A VOLUNTEER
The day started for me at 3.30am…the alarm went off…I’d just got to sleep at midnight after attending a friends birthday party. I got my gear together and cycled in from Canning Vale into the city on the old Colnago.I noticed how windy it was. I started feeling sorry for the [...]
I find myself in an unusual situation with Ironman WA in 8 weeks time. I have my wife training for the marathon as part of a team, following a training plan. Today, I cycled 150kms from the Narrows to Pinjarra Rd and return with their team cyclist Liz on her new Cervelo P3 and new [...]
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I’v e just come back from climbing Bluff Knoll, WA’s highest peak. Funny name….until we realized that some lady descending from the top would tell us we were nearly there…..when we were around half way up. Bluff mole!
Just saw Hugh Jackman’s castigation of a front row audience member whose mobile phone [...]
How the heck are we all? Let’s hope the real Spring weather visits soon. Dee and I knocked off a Bridges run recently and it was just a fantastic day….well….for anything! Dee put in a solid 146bpm average and just kept great form. I’m really enjoying her journey toward her first marathon much more than I [...]
Written by the oldest person to compete at the Beijing Olympics, Japanese equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu. I just thought it was a great quote to start you all off today. Geez, no posts since 23 June. I’ve been a bit slack. I was supposed to have started my 20 week training program on Monday for the [...]
This weeks training has been low key at best. On Wednesday, joined what seemed like hundreds of people filing up and down Jacob’s Ladder. There from 5.30pm to around 6.45pm. It’s funny but if you haven’t done this for a while, you underestimate the impact of this exercise. I know I do - I was comfortable [...]
Been a long time between drinks. I didn’t end up doing Cyclosportif Lancelin as we simply didn’t have enough team members. For the upcoming event on 28 June at the Swan Valley, we have a team…..thank God!
This morning, around 10 of us transferred to doing the Cyclebuzz ride. It was a 6.30am start and pretty [...]