http://christoonline.com Stercus accidit Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tucking into a big bowl of porridge, contemplating whether I go to the footy on Sat Night (WCE vs Carlton). Just beautiful training weather. Unless you're an Avon competitor (or a farmer) , its been pretty good winter training weather of late. Friday was the usual cycle to Deepwater Pt at ... http://christoonline.com/2010/07/20/working-like-a-trojan/ Not this Sunday but next is the Pinjarra Cyclosportif. We have at least 10 of you confirmed so far for the 45km distance (which will basically be from Pinjarra up to Dwellingup and return). I'm still not sure about the A team (A distance 75kms). If we do need to ... http://christoonline.com/2010/07/15/cyclosportif-pinjarra/ To all of you potential starters for the Pinjarra Cyclosportif. The good news is that distance for the B team is only 45kms and for the A team a mere 75kms. The bad news is that there's a hill about 10kms long between Pinjarra and Dwellingup. Some of you will ... http://christoonline.com/2010/07/07/cyclosportif-pinjarra-and-other-topical-salad/ The last month has been incredibly busy. After having sworn off all endurance events for a period of 4 years, I find myself inextricably drawn to such things. In cycling terms, there is always the cyclosportif and the Saturday morning group rides.   My running training is definitely in hiatus but I’m ... http://christoonline.com/2010/06/28/swan-valley-cyclosportif-and-painathlon-2010/ Cyclosportif is team riding over a  course that varies between around 80kms and up to 110kms. At Lancelin we had a team of 5 riders and it was a windy day with plenty of undulation. A couple of our riders were clearly fitter and full credit to them. At York, we, ... http://christoonline.com/2010/05/26/cyclosportif-lancelin-and-york/ Today was the big day at Busselton. What a blast! We arrived at Peppermint Park and I got the use of my son's XR6. I had a go at gluing on some tubular tyres on my Gravity Zero wheels. There was quite a big group of us doing the event ... http://christoonline.com/2010/05/01/busso-half-ironman/ A fair bit to write about. Not that my actual training load was all that great. On Thursday, Brendan and I did the training ride from Narrows.....and noone else showed up. Brendan showed some ticker by putting in a hard ride and then backing up with a run around Deepwater ... http://christoonline.com/2010/03/24/boik-hoik-toim-troilsand-other-stuff/    I had a 25 lap swim effort Thursday evening. I met a bloke called Rob who is a mate of Rick Twine's. Rob is doing Busso HIM and knew me via my 'war and peace' diary on TriWA some time ago. I have had bike commutes most days of the ... http://christoonline.com/2010/03/16/171/ 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 ... http://christoonline.com/2010/03/05/the-training-course/ Its been a strange old preparation this year for the Busselton Half Ironman 2010. For those of you uninitiated, this is a 1.9km swim, a 90km bike and 21.1km run. Last year I managed around 36mins for the swim, around 2hrs 33min for the bike and just over 2hrs for ... http://christoonline.com/2010/02/27/9-weeks-to-go-till-busso-half-ironman/