YAS Triathlon- Abu Dhabi

First real hit out at a race in some time this weekend in South Africa.  It was an amazing experience to be on the African continent- a first for me so I was excited to just go there. I desperately wanted to meet Nelson Mandela but I didn’t really look that hard and I figured…

Yesterday we had the press conference for the Vancouver Half Ironman in July.  It was an incredible day and the venue for this race is unreal!  It is located in the Endowment lands in Vancouver on the most spectacular beach.  The best part of the day was meeting some Olympic dudes from rowing and speed…

Raced Oceanside 70.3 this weekend down in San Diego.  This was my first real test on North American soil since being out with mono last year.  It was also the most competitive race I’ve done in a long time so a good chance to see where I was at fitness wise.  Mentally I felt more…

Man I hate writing blog posts when it aint good news.  But, as a dedicated blogger of the last two weeks I feel obliged.  By the way, i did lather up with 50 SPF but I’m guessing it wasn’t waterproof.  I’m quite sore today. Hawaii Ironman take 4 for me.  Started out well, swimming has…

Woke up short swim with some pick ups- feeling good Short run with strides- felt like ass at first better after about 10 minutes It was a who’s who at the pro meeting today.  Mostly on account of it being mandatory so all the who’s had to be there.  I was sitting beside a few…

Adam Campbell led out the Vancouver marathon last weekend for the first 16km, pretty impressive for a skinny wee man.  He managed to hang onto second overall in a race that features over 16,000 people….what a rush!  Way to go Adam!