After 16 hours & 35 minutes I finished Melbourne Ironman 2014 in one piece. I was hoping that we’d have a pleasant day with not to much wind, we ended up with 14c overcast & windy, but that’s Melbourne. The water was icy cold when I first hopped in but managed to keep breathing under … Continued
So here we are 1 week out from Melbourne Ironman & I’m getting excited, unlike Port Macquarie Ironman where at this stage I was full of self doubt & wondering what in the world I was doing . Two years on & the biggest difference is I’ve become very good at controlling my breathing while … Continued
3 weeks to go & we’re starting to imagine how our race is going to go, a lot will depend on the weather, 26 c fine with a northerly breeze would be nice. Looking at last years swim leg is enough to give you nightmares, hopefully we won’t have those 40kph winds & a reduction … Continued
Interesting that last weeks blog “it’s all in the mind” come back to haunt us today. With the start of Donate Life week marked by a 100k ride, hundreds of cyclist converged on Landsborough for the start of the ride. We had about a 25kph southeast wind for the start of the race & of … Continued
Most Ironman finishers I’ve talked to say it’s all in the mind & I’d have to agree . Obviously you have to be physically ready but how do we become mentally ready ? Is there a training program to be mentally tough or does life’s sometimes tough lessons make us mentally tough ? Realistically if … Continued
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When I was diagnosed with copd I was told that I’d need a double lung transplant at some stage in the future, so I started to look into organ donation . It soon become obvious how low Australia’s donation rate is & how many people are on waiting lists. I contacted the national organ & … Continued
As our next event approaches the excitement is building , Melbourne will be a great course I’m sure. The only reservation I have , as I’m sure others have, is what the Melbourne weather will do. As much as I can get myself fit for the race both physically & mentally, wind is not my … Continued
While most people were celebrating the Australia Day weekend at bbq’s & functions across the country , Leanne & myself had 3 days of cycling training. Day one was an uneventful 80km ride which we both did easy , for the next 2 days we travelled up to the Sunshine Coast for a change of … Continued
Another week of training has flown by & we are happy where we’re at, while it was a quieter week with cycling & running, we did our biggest swim. 3.5 k is a big swim, for someone with copd it’s huge ! For those of you with lung disease swimming has many benefits , fitness, … Continued
With 10 weeks to go its time to crank up our run training, while most people training for Melbourne Ironman would probably be well on the way to having their run sorted we have only been running 1-2 times a week. Main reason for this is that at best my run is 8 kph , … Continued
We’ve had a good week in training this week, the weather has been kind with a few exceptions. Managed a 2.5 & 3.4k swim couple of runs & finished the week with 100k ride in windy hot conditions & a 70 k ride in smokey conditions thanks to a large fire on Stradbroke Island . … Continued