Yesterday was Australia Day, which is the big national holiday here. From what I could see, it involves lots of Australian flags and rowdy beer-drinking from morning til night. These flags seemed to be most prevalent in the form of temporary tattoos on shirtless guys in boardies, or real ones attached to cars (often carrying [...]
22 January 09: Wanaka Photo Album
Now that I’m back “home” in Noosa, I thought I’d post a few more pics from our beautiful trip to Wanaka. I got some good ones in and around town on Monday when Doug, Petr V., and I did an awesome hike to check out the Rob Roy Glacier. The trails were stunning; I was craving [...]
Sufferfest 2009: Challenge Wanaka Race Report
Last weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the town of Wanaka on New Zealand’s South Island to participate in Challenge Wanaka for the third year in a row. Wanaka is the most scenic locale that I have encountered for an iron-distance race; this combined with the unique family-feel that defines the Challenge events make [...]
18 January 09: I’m alive!
This is just a quick note to let everyone know that my knee and I are none the worse for wear after yesterday’s adventures. I appreciate everyone’s concern. My body is in a world of pain, but it is the pain and soreness that results from doing an ironman while unfit (Yes, this is a [...]
15 January 08: Wanaka Training Camp!
Today was another great day in paradise: quality time with Petr V. in speedos, two lakeside trail runs with Dougie, and more time catching up with mates. Because of my little knee issue, I didn’t get into the training groove coach and I planned for me to be well into by the time I left Australia [...]
14 January 09: Wanaka!
I am in Wanaka, on the South Island of New Zealand, for one of my very favorite races: Challenge Wanaka. This year is the third running of this iron-distance race, and I have been lucky enough to participate in all of them. I can’t convey in words just how amazing this place is, so hopefully the pictures I [...]
12 January 08: Back to my favorite activity…
Running, that is . . . After a week off of running, and a very-modified training week (I am already trying to block it out of my memory.), I am back at it. We are taking it slowly because my MCL seems to be healing and I don’t want to do anything to jeopardize that. [...]
8 January 09: Birthday Set, Party of One
After two days of doing nothing—which for me is a bigger challenge than any workout any coach could invent– I got the go-ahead to swim with my legs buoyed and banded yesterday morning. I opted for the ocean in order to avoid the challenge of walls. It went fine, not seeming to cause my knee [...]
6 January 08: It didn’t take me long…
My mother always told me, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all.” Although the context was somewhat different, I still try to follow this rule and keep my complaints to myself. So while I intended to blog about my new training camp here in Australia with my best friend, [...]
