Pics from IM South Africa Trip-2011

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…

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…

A good way to shake the cobwebs off for next weekend in South Africa.  Super fun to race on the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 track.  The flight attendants from Ethiad Airlines were very friendly.

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…

Last weekend kicked off the first race in the Subaru West Coast Triathlon Series at Shawnigan Lake. Normally this is the first half ironman of the year for me but i had to pull the plug due to a rather large pain in the butt. I had a bit of a significant crash 2 weeks…

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…