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]

Wow, what a fast race. Quelle Challenge Roth certainly is a Blitzkrieg course. Rounding the finishing stadium and seeing the clock ticking over at 8hr36 was quite something, especially on a day that I seriously doubted my chances of even starting the race.

Fate or whatever you call it, had dealt me a bit of a bitch cruel blow during the final week before the race. I had picked up a cold which had gone to the chest and I was coughing up some nasty looking green stuff! But after coming all this way from Australia and training so hard for month... [More]