Back in May I did some Attitude training in Font Romeu, I was hoping that I was going to be absolutely motoring when I came back to Sea level. I came back on the 30th May with Staffordshire 70.3 being on the 12th June. I wasn’t sure how I would react to being at altitude as when I looked at the research there were so many different studies with many opposing views on optimal time to be back at…

Ironman New Zealand Where do I start with this one! First of all I would say the overwhelming feeling is relief, relief that nothing went wrong and that I was able to race to the best of my ability. A lot of you that read this on a regular basis will know that on the 30th December I had a bike crash where I ruptured my ACJ and broke my collarbone, the rupture was very bad and was a grade…

Pre Taupo

Ironman NZ Not long now until race day on Saturday.   My training since being in Taupo has gone really well. I’ve been really pleased to actually be able to get in the water consistently since i’ve been here and to actually stat doing some intensity. I think that before Wanaka I had only started swimming about 1 week before I left to fly out to New Zealand and even then I had to keep the swims to 2k and…