I have been racing triathlon now for almost 15years and up until this last Sunday (16th August) at the Yeppoon Half Ironman in Queensland, I had never punctured during any competition. I was feeling ok, not brilliant but ok after taking a few weeks off following my efforts at Roth and a week or so of training before heading up to Yeppoon. I felt like was going backwards in the swim, but I exited the sea only about a minute 15seconds behind the main contenders in 29min30sec (including a long run up to transition from the beach) which was of great surprise to me.

On to the bike and I was making up a bit of time on the main pack before the pop and fizz of AUD$150 going ... [More]

The time is drawing closer. I head on over to London this coming Saturday (20 June) where I will have about 3weeks to get over the jet lag and put in the finally touches of my preparation for the Quelle Roth Challenge Ironman on July 12.

It will be good to have some of my old training partners during this crucial final stage as it has been quite difficult training solo out here in Australia for the past two months or so. And the weather has not been very helpful either with many training sessions done in torrential downpours (pictured above); and as the Australian winter takes grip, temperatures are dropping and we have had a couple of morning's frost already.