Pics from IM South Africa Trip-2011

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…

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…

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…

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.

Yesterday I had a good race but will admit that I took a good thumping.  By the end of the first of 4 loops on the bike I knew that running down Jordan was going to be an extremely tall order.  He was sinking about 90 seconds per lap into us despite the fact that…