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T-rex of Tri
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Location: Wellington, NZ
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| Year on year totals |
2003
Swim - 650m
Bike - 1880km
Run - 531km
2004
Swim - 25125m
Bike - 4111km
Run - 1473km
2005
Swim - 139930m
Bike - 6244km
Run - 1510km
2006
Swim - 201462m
Bike - 7665km (A few k on rollers sadly an indoor cyclist now)
Run - 1683km
2007
Swim - 139339m
Bike - 8594km (All outside)
Run - 1494km
2008 - 25/8/08
Swim - 145349m
Bike - 7586km
Run - 1252km
Goals for '08 in distance terms.
None at all, do less mountain biking, stay healthy, have a great winter with lots of swimming and running and smack it hard next year. (Oh yeah, once I've got these pesky 2 Ironmen out the way first). I've seen enough evidence that if I manage to do what my coach tells me then I may be able to make it to the back of the front of the pack instead of the middle of the pack! |
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2008 Races
Ironman New Zealand- Taupo, NI
01/03/08
S3.8k B180k R42.2k
Time - S:1:13:08 B:5.20:14 R:4:04:02
Position - 257/1080
Happiness - 9.5/ 10
Great race, very solid result.
Challenge Wanaka Ironman - Wanaka, SI
28/10/08
S3.8k B180k R42.2k
Time - S:1:11 B:5.30 R:5:06
Position - 57/119
Happiness / 10 - 8
Great race, not great result.
2007 Races
K2 Road Race - Thames, Coromandel
28/10/07
B192k - 2300m vertical
Time - 6:54:13
Position - not 1st
Happiness / 10 - 6
Blew up at 100 miles!
Scorching Duathlon
2/9/07
distance 5/20/2.5
Time - 1:18
Position - 8 / 25(ish)
Happiness / 10 - 6
Levin Half Marathon, Taupo
5/8/07
R21.1k
Time - 1:38:00
Position - 83rd Open Male from 300+
Happiness / 10 - 7/10
Not fast but great to finish in one piece.
Wellington Half Marathon
24/6/07
R21.1k
Time - DNF
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
Through 5k in 7 min miles then hit curb and ripped hand up again 
Xterra NZ
15/4/07
B40k
Time - DNS
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
No chance of starting with hand.
Odyssey MTB ride - 300k
8/4/07
B320k
Time - DNS
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
No chance of starting with hand.
R&R series MTB race
1/4/07
B40k
Time - DNF
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
2.5k in and cut hand to smitherenes, 4 days in hospital
Wellington Standard Distance Champs
Very Windy Day - 18/3/07
S1.5k B40k R10k
Time - 2:28
Position - 15 / 60
Happiness / 10 - 8/10
Ironman New Zealand 3/1/07
S3.8k B180k R42.2k
Time - 11:47:42
Position - 395
Happiness / 10 - 7/10
McMillan Memorial Du - 28/1/07
R2.3Mi / B4.6Mi
<30 Mins
2 / 12
9 / 10 - Hello Mr Hurtbox!
Greenmantle Dash Hill Race - 2/1/07
R2Mi
22:47
51 / 119
6 / 10 - downhill poor
Edinburgh NYD - 1/1/07
S400m B11mi R3.5mi
S7:40 B36.59 R27.07 - 1:13:51
23rd of 317 finishers (less some teams) S41, B25, R43
7 / 10
Key:
Distances
Time
Position
Happiness / 10 |
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| Personal Bests |
Run
5k - 19.46 - 25/9/05 (Scottish Aquathon Champs)
5Mile - 32.35 - 26/8/05 (Kilmarnock Trail Race)
10k - 41.12 - 10/5/05 (Troon 10k)
10Mile - 72.21 - 8/5/05 (Deeside duathlon)
1/2 Mara - 91.32 - 19/3/06 (Girvan Half)
Mara - 3:41:21 - 2/10/05 (Loch Ness mara)
Bike
10 Mile - 24.12 - 13/10/06 (Old Loans Course)
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Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:31 am T-rex of Tri
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Hello avid readers... well it has been a while hasn't it...
Since I last blogged what has happened... well let's see, if the last blog was just after Crazyman then I have had a fun old month...
Athletically I did some training for the Christchurch half marathon and ran that, and that probably constitutes what I've done in my social life too. I can't really remember the nights have been long and the days short.
Crazyman Wrap Up
On top of the fine camera work by Maria and Jason (my top support team) at Crazyman there was a program made for Sky television, a little 30 minutes show with highlights of certain bits. It came over very well on the television and I got 30 seconds of coverage. I think I gave them an "angle" of being a plucky novice... as I remember it they went from Nic Leary a national MTB champ and Xterra winner to me saying the race was for everyone and me saying:
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"I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing... get in the boat and go over there somewhere"
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"I've been in a boat 3 times, so I feel like I've done the training"
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It was all very funny and maybe people will think you can do it without doing much training in future... which will be great as I wouldn't finish so far down in future multisport races. The rest of the program used Google Earth to show the lay of the land and maps of the fantastic course. It was great to watch and I'd be keen to do it again!
http://www3.marathon-photos.com/scripts/event_entry.py?event=Sports%2FRSNZ%2F2009%2FCrazyman&match=10 - Should really buy these, they look cool.
ChCh Half Marathon
At the end of the month I went down to the ChCh half marathon having done some run training through the month, a heap of hilly stuff for long weekend runs and some speed work too... although not really knowing how I was going I had an idea that there was a chance of a pb due to the course.
Well the course was great for a pb, pan flat. The half marathon was half the course used for the 1974 Commonwealth games, something that I liked a lot, love the history of such things... and find how average you are in comparison to the greats...
The day before the race we were staying in Sumner at Maria's sisters. There are 3 kids in the house which was great, reminded me of my mum's house when she was childminding and they're excited about things. Also Sumner is the place that the Coast to Coast finishes and I could feel some of the magic of a race that I'm going to get to know very well over the next few years... most cars in Sumner (well Subarus anyway) had coast to coast stickers on them... it's pretty exciting.
Anyway, woke up on the day, it was windy, it was cold, it wasn't raining.
Got nervous
Drove to the event, was plugged for "what time I'm going to do" trying to think about other things really
Got more nervous
Was not happy before the race
More nervous still
Race starts, start pretty clean, only had to barge through a few groups of 3 or 4 wide running people who shouldn't have been so far up at the start and off with the running...
1k: 3:53
5k: 20:40
10k: 41:50
16k: 1:08 something
20k: 1:26
21.1k: 1:30:50 - pb
So, 8 seconds inside my previous pb, gutted not to go under 1:30 but nobody seemed to go fast on the day, I've got to be happy with that... I certainly wasn't at the time, but in the fullness of time it's cool, haven't heard any other pb's for sure.
I got so nervous before the race that I think I'm going to run the Wellington Marathon rather than the half marathon at the end of this month... a slow jog rather than an out of breath slog for me! And my pb for marathon should be a lot softer... assuming that my legs and body hold together (which they're trying their best not to at the moment).
http://www3.marathon-photos.com/scripts/event_entry.py?event=Sports%2F2009%2FSBS+Marathon+Christchurch&match=1941 - not so sure about these photos though
Hawkins Hill Climb
On top of that I did the Hawkins Hill Climb and placed somewhere in the middle of the field. It was a little different to a classic hill climb in the British time trial sense as mountain bikers and runners were set off at the same time, all on different routes to go from sea level to 470m as soon as possible. 32 minutes or so for me which included.
- Not getting clipped in at the start and falling behind all the MTB-ers with their stamp in systems
- Dropping the chain when after the first 4km changing down to take on the steep climb (the pitch is pretty insane)
- Wheels slipping on one part of the climb... managed to keep my cool though.
So I lost the bunch of the first 4 and finished 5th road biker... of about 10 (I think). It's an iconic or maybe quirky Wellington race in the way that the Crazyman is so I was very pleased to have done it. Just fun to go into something with no expectation. I was done in after it... very sore. Slightly disappointed not to be sick though, couldn't have pushed hard enough.
Next up
So next up with sporty things is the Wgtn Marathon... work are paying my entry fee so will have to wear their vest... not such a big price to pay... the marathon starts prior to the 10k and half, so should be a fairly quiet day. Just got my calf to hold together till then.
Then after that I'll start to knuckle down to 3 months training to worlds... may re-employ my coach and race less and train more... my biking could well have suffered in the last little while.
Previous replies
Poet - wonder why it didn't embed... maybe a chrome thing?
Sav - Multisport is all made up... I love the arbirtrarity of it all.
Tab - must be a flash player thing...
Pete - I didn't do much polish on the video, just chucked it together... was fun to do for 10 minutes but if I spent longer it would have to have been great. It is your sort of format and there's lots of that stuff here!
Jamie - coast to coast has 67k of kayaking in it... and I think Steve Guerney did try to put a sail on his boat one year... or more probably!
Cenzo - I kayak far worse than I swim and I swim poorly
Paul - I'm told I don't reach far enough forward or use my hips... who knows... another dark art!
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Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:42 am savaloy
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You've certainly been busy fella! I love the way you just drop the "oh, i think i'll do the marathon instead" into the conversation 
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Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:56 am Slacko
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Great blogging Andy, loving the stuff you're doing over there! 
I still get a nervous tic whenever I remember Hawkins Hill. Pre-season football training springs to mind ... so does being sick! 
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Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:02 pm Sue
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sonds like some fun n different stuff
--good on half mara pb
--diff race with runners, mtb n roadies
enjoy things 
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Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:53 am Poet
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Weather looks nice for the hill climb! Not! And what was with parka jackets and the like at ChCh Half?
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Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:31 am Cobbie
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Good to hear things are going well and a pb is a pb of course - well done.
I did the Snowdon mara on less than 20 miles running a week and it went fine because I paced it to IM effort - I think that's the key.
Good luck 
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"‘You do that again, you'’ll meet my friend Pain" - BA Baracus
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Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:24 pm Paul L
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You need to use your hips to row/stoke/paddle thingy, shows I know nothing doesn't it? I like to think that your lack of regular blogging is down to life being good. So I hope it continues, take care, Paul.
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