Contact Epic 19th April 2015 - 125km MTB event

The contact epic was a perfect day of calm and clear conditions after a night of heavy rain prior to the race. I have only competed in the Epic once last year and it was an alternative course of out and back on just one side of the lake as opposed to the 'proper' course of the loop around the whole lake.

My goal for this ride was to manage my energy input carefully knowing that I was carrying a bit of fatigue from the previous weekends race in the Naseby 12 hour. So setting off for the day I ensured a good supply of nutrition was in my bag and at hand to put into the body at regular intervals. The other goal was to not really stop and become complacent with tiredness. In the end I have three stops - 1- to help a rider in the shorter classic event that started ahead of us that had a chain jam all munched up which needed a hand to un-jam from between her cassette and spokes - good help and all part of the "see you out there" spirit, 2. for a stop to refuel the drink bladder and one later on to empty the bladder! I managed to break a spoke on my rear wheel with a herd hit into a rock on a zippy little descent with about 40km to go so had my fingers crossed in a hope that it would make it to the end with out 'tacoing' itself which it didn't. The wheel is now in with Willem and his workshop team at Racers Edge getting fixed up for it's future hammerings!! All up the ride was fantastic and I came in with a time of 7hr20min which I was happy with.

Naseby 12 hour MTB Solo 2015

A real ‪#‎seeyououtthere‬ ‪#‎torpedo7‬ day yesterday! The Naseby 12 Hour Solo MTB event certainly took all the energy out of my system over the course of the day. 13 laps completed in just over 11 hours and feeling pretty smashed, not quite enough time for a 14th. It was great to have the support of theTorpedo7 crew in the pits area throughout the day and the quality bike and gear making things that bit more comforatble on the bike. This pic is from prior to the start, I am feeling a little old and weathered today!

 — withTorpedo7.

Motatapu Xterra Tri March 2015

Body was feeling pretty trashed  after 6hours26min of swimming MTBing and running. A great race in the Motatapu XTerra Triathlon today. Some pretty wet, muddy and tough conditions - the tougher the conditions the more satisfying at the end. The bike and all the other gear were put through some great product testing today with a big thumbs up to the team at ‪#‎torpedo7‬‪#‎Seeyououtthere‬ Torpedo7  The 2015 Motatapu X terra tri which was a bit of a wet and mucky course due to the rainfall overnight and on the morning of the event. I had a good swim coming out of the water in the time I would expect and onto the MTB which was a pretty slow slog through, my MTB time was about an hour slower than previous races due to the sticky ground conditions (and one small stop to play good T7 guy to a bloke in distress with a jammed chain) but got through feeling fine and onto the run which was great as I have been doing quite a lot of hill work around the hills of Hawea so the legs are feeling strong and the run went well until we were stopped 2 km from the end due to the river levels rising so our times were taken from there clocking me in at 6hr26min and placing me 3rd in my age cat and half way through the overall field so pretty happy with this.

Challenge Wanaka - The Lake Wanaka Half

Well it dawned as a perfect day for the annual Challenge Wanaka and Lake Wanaka Half. I competed in the Lake Wanaka Half this yerar which consisted of the 1.9km Swim, 90km Cycle and a 21km run.
This was the fourth time I have races this event (as well as one crack at the full in 2012)...
More detail of the event and my story of it will be here soon....

Summer Missions and Sunshine!

The last month has been that of a crazy one with some big changes going on for our family. I have just scored myself a permanent job teaching at Mt Aspiring College in Wanaka. We have been flat out getting our house for sale, buying a house and getting ready for the big move in a couple of weeks. All amongst this I have been fitting in what training I can in preparation for a few up

coming races (after missing a few in the last month due to family business with all that has been going along with family time with our three little ones. I have however managed to get in at least a blast on the bike or a good tempo run most days to keep the body ticking along. Along with these i have had some good rides towing the tag along bike wiht my sons who take turns at coming for missions on this. Even managed some good single track with one of the little fellas hanging on tight! The next event in preparation for is the Lake Wanaka Half Ironman followed by the Motatapu Xterra Tri.
Another update or adventure posted soon.