My new ride for 09

Check out my new Jamis bike for the 2009 season.

After a much anticipated wait I have finally taken hold of the 2009 Jamis Xenith T1.
It's always a sad time when you make your old ride redundant. My 2008 Jamis Xenith T2 was fantastic helping me to some top age group bike splits at both Long Distance World Championships and Ironman NZ 2009. But part of being a traithlete is you have to constantly upgrade to make sure you have the best equipment possible.

First impressions of the new 09 Zenith are great. With the Jamis patented wind shield brake set , top carbon Sram componantary, profile design cobra carbon aero bars and new FSA carbon crank set this new and improved bike feels awesome.

Thanks to the team from Adventure Brands and Jamis Bikes. Here's hoping for more fast bike splits this year.

Back into the swing

Hey guys, its been a while since my last post but I have been enjoying a well earned break after
Ironman NZ.

This past weekend was time to get back into some form of structured training and start thinking about my preperation for the season ahead. So I headed north of Auckland to Whangaparoa to kick start it with the Orewa Beach Half Marathon.


At this stage of the year I wasn't out to break any records, it was all about some time on my feet and to see how I have pulled up after my ironman efforts. It was a nice wee course around the beach side town of Orewa, there were a couple of hills and tricky beach run but apart from that was a fairly simple course. Anyway I completed it in a time of 1hr 36mins, a little dissapointing but the legs failed to really fire after the first half, I would of compared it to running with a couple of 4 by 2 planks strapped to my feet. But in the end it is all money in the bank for my training towards Kona in October.

With thanks to relatives and fantastic supporters of mine, Heather and Jeff I was able to spend a few days chilling out in Whangaporoa while I was up there. This gave me plenty of time to catch up with the Maadi cup rowing on Sky TV, do some swimming at the fantastic beachs and to think about my plan for the long upcoming season.

So now it is time to get real and focus on some good quality training for the next few months.

Catch you soon