I have arrived at another night before the race and again I am feeling “good” and “ready to race.” I put these in quotes because my fitness and preparedness is good and ready to race however my body is still recovering from a fairly traumatic crash. Three days after crashing at the Mooloolaba world cup I was still finding new …

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For those of you that were watching the live coverage on http://www.triathlon.org./ I am ok. I haven’t crashed in a race in years and yesterday was an unlucky day. I am not exactly sure how it happened but it happened fast. I was in the air and then ended up in the barriers on a tight corner and had someone …

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Well, my three week training camp in Noosa is now over……………which means I get to race tomorrow. It has been a really good intensity training block here in Noosa coming off of Maui’s big base block. I started off the camp with a fun “Splash and Dash” only three days after getting off the plane. I wasn’t so sure this …

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So here are some photos from the epic 7hr workout. Look how neat and tidy the group is pre workout. Not the same at the end, sweatier, dirtier from 6:30hrs of road dust and gels carbo drink, rain and all stores of everything depleted. It was not a pretty sight at the end. I always ride with a helmet as …

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So this year seems to be setting a few records. Earlier in the year I set a record training hours as well as record swim miles. So I guess it would make sense (if you are a twisted pro triathlete) to try and set records in the other disciplines as well. So while at the Maui camp I managed to …

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So this is what an epic World Cup ciruit journey looks like from a travel point of view. Firstly it consists of numerous hours of planning and plotting training and racing plans with coach Lance Watson at Lifesport. That is then followed by roughly twice as much time booking plane tickets with Robb Brockman at Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Kelowna. …

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Although I am still not racing for another month my season has officially started. The reason I consider it started is that when I left Victoria two weeks ago now, I wouldn’t be returning until April 28th after doing four world cups and two training camps. This epic two and half month trip includes the past two week training camp …

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Winter RidingHaving to train through Victoria’s winter is both a blessing and a curse. Although we are able to train outside all year round because of the more moderate climate, it makes for some miserable training days. I think back on the four hour 4 degree Celsius rides in the pouring rain and wonder if riding inside might have been …

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After having a bit of a recovery week I have the energy again to post up the two weeks that tired me out. I spent the first weeks of January getting back into things and then the last two weeks were some of the biggest hours and mileage in the pool in my career. I hadn’t been running due to …

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Galloping Goose trail. It was colder then a _ _ _ _ _’s _ _ _ when we started at noon and as we rode out towards Sooke it started to snow then hail and then we were riding in an inch of snow after a half hour of riding. We were on a steady grade and I was pushing …

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