Pics from IM South Africa Trip-2011

Part relief, part happy, part satisfied, part admiration for my competitors- part everything really after last weekend.  After taking a year off from IM racing in 2010 for health reasons it was good to be back in Penticton racing.  Ironman Canada is a special race for me, started my IM career there in 2000 and…

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…

It was a mixed bag last weekend. Wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. It has been a great year of training, details taken care of and I was in the right head space heading into it. From purely a results perspective I will admit that it was disappointing to come 4th. From an…

I’ve been saying for the past 3 years that I would love to have a go in the Xterra series.  This weekend I finally gave it a crack in the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas! When Ironman is your focus there seems to be limited opportunity to race and Xterra looks like it might…

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…

Home at last, home at last!  I think we were ready to come home, 4 weeks on the road and two big races left us all a bit drained. Well Xterra was a bomb.  Can’t really say what happened on the day but I had nothin and that just ain’t right.  Perhaps a bit burned,…