It is not often on race day morning that you arrive at the race start on the back of a Honda Scoopy moped!! That’s just one of the many unique experiences of the Foremost Thailand Ironman 70.3 in Phuket. Not to mention having your pre-race training ride interrupted by a heard of water buffalo crossing...
The road to Chattanooga started with qualifying via Ironman 70.3 Bahrain. This was not the perfect race by some way but one I will always look back on with great memories and an example of how to cope with the unpredictabilities of the sport of triathlon. After a good block of training and winning my...
Conditions – excellent For those non-Brits amongst the T2A tribe the Virgin London Triathlon is the biggest tri in the world with over 12,000 participants taking part over the weekend and probably double that in spectators. A great expo, a fabulous atmosphere and sunshine combined to make this a very enjoyable weekend. The plan was...
I will start this race report by looking back at the Phuket 70.3 race in December. I was slightly disappointed with my performance in that event and I probably should have written my race report in the immediate aftermath rather than quaffing champers with Marshall, in the Emirates Biz class lounge in Bangkok. All I...
I just realised that I have titled this document “Roth Rave Report” but decided that it should remain just like its written because I haven’t stopped raving about the race ever since about 7 pm on Sunday 8 July. This was only my second ironman event but I am sure that Ed, Coach and Marshall...
Fast forward to Dubai departures check in on Thursday 1st July, and we are checking in the super heavy bike bag and who should show up at the next check-in desk but Lord Rawlie. Great to see another familiar face and we talked excitedly about the adventure to come as the excess baggage counter took...
It was a late decision to enter the SpecSavers IronMan in Port Elizabeth (PE). My main focus in December 2010 was to run sub 3 hrs 20 mins for the Dubai Marathon in Jan 2011. I was training hard with Abras and Creek Striders and doing some long rides on Saturdays with my friends Mike...
