A recent email reminder from WordPress about an upcoming renewal charge had me logging into the settings to check my status. On looking at my stats, I was somewhat surprised (although in all honesty maybe not so much), to see it’s been 6 months since I last posted, having only uploaded one post in the …
Tag: Half ironman
Toyohashi Ironman 70.3 Race Report
Endurance sports are incredibly popular in Japan, many being sold out months in advance, with interest level seeming to rise with the increasing length of the race. This is never truer than with triathlons, and the local community had awaited the revival of Ironman brand after the last of their races in Japan had fizzled …
A few plans and lots of navel gazing
Well, here we are again, the summer is approaching and once more I am preparing for a selection of races, starting off with Toyohashi Japan Half Ironman this weekend. I haven’t raced an official Ironman event since Cozumel 2021, although I did do a local “longer than a half but shorter that a full” event …
Between Races
A month between races I’m sitting on a plane heading back to Europe, and the forced inactivity gives me a great opportunity to catch up on my blog, Haven’t written anything since the Marbella Half Ironman report end of April, so I thought I would first update on the previous month, and then write a …
Marbella 70.3 Half Ironman 2019 – Race Report
It’s been a long time since I last updated this blog, (which is a pretty familiar sentence this past year), but no excuses, had a lot on my plate that has nothing to do with training or racing, so spending extra energy writing a blog has simply not been a priority. But I have been …
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Race Schedule 2019
So here we are, it’s March already and I need to get my schedule down and decide which races I’m training for. The last three years have been pretty messed up due to family health issues, a sports hernia operation and then being hit by a car, so I haven’t had a full season for …
Brain over brawn
I’ve been racing now for over 15 years. After a health scare in my late 30s due to “lifestyle” issues, I successfully managed to lose over 20kg and buff up by following a gym regime. However I got bored with the lack of challenge, and signed up for Honolulu Marathon on a whim, somehow completing …
A long overdue update
It has been over a month since I have updated my blog, and looking back at what I wrote it is interesting to see how much I was struggling to motivate myself at the time. That lack of motivation also kept me off-line.. well mostly it was lack of motivation, but there has been another …
Bike and Blossoms
It was a real struggle getting out on the bike today. I knew it would be warm, I knew this was my last chance before heading back to Europe, but my inner wimp was telling me to do the ride indoors. I never enjoy the journey through Tokyo traffic to the river but this time …
Back on track
Today is the first day of the first full week in Japan, and I am looking forward to getting down and dirty with my training. The weather si warming up, I am recovering well from both my accident and my travelling, and really feel the energy and desire coming back. I love this buzz I …
Sea swimming in January
This is not much of a post, but I just had to share this.. two days ago I mentioned in my blog that it was too cold for swimming in the sea right now, which is only natural it being January and the middle of winter etc ..,. I spoke too soon, there are some …
Monday morning motivator!
I just had a fantastic early Monday morning workout, and just had to tell you about it 🙂 I start training properly from this week, I’m feeling fit, bug free and most importantly, managed a proper nights sleep. However, I have to travel up to London for a few days, so was bit pushed for …
Sayonara Sri Lanka, come on China! Part II
Back to my trip to England! I was sat at the airport, having checked in and now relaxing in the lounge, taking advantage of the WiFi to browse the Internet. I dropped by the Ironman site as I needed to cancel my race slot for Sri Lanka, and while there decided to take a peak …
Sayonara Sri Lanka, Come on China Part I
Ok, so I’m starting my journey again. My last journey that was supposed to start from the Colombo Half Ironman in Sri Lanka came to a grinding halt when a combination of ridiculous travelling and continual bouts of coughs and colds totally derailed me, mentally and physically, from my attempt to qualify for both the …
From Last Post to First Post
Yay, here we are, already to start afresh, I'm excited, I'm determined and I cant wait to get going. I will be filling all the blanks as we go along, but briefly this is my second attempt at a blog, my first being a failure in just about every aspect including visitors, likes, comments, follows …
Time to Tri Harder 