Pressure has mounted to start a blog. So, here it is.
Back in the early 1990s I was into triathlon. Never having done well (or for that matter anything at all) in the way of sports at school I was keen to give triathlon a go. I enrolled myself in learn to swim classes, got on a bike and started running.
In 1993 I did my first Olympic Distance Triathlon (1500m swim, 40km bike and 10km run). Early the next year I did my first Half Ironman (2km swim, 90km bike and 21km run) and backed this up by completing my first Ironman (3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42km run) in Auckland, NZ...what a buzz!
Since then I went on to do another two Half Ironman races but after that lost interest and gained weight - about 25kg in the 10 years that followed.
Towards the end of 2006 I thought enough was enough and it was time to get back on the bike again and aim towards doing another Half Ironman. January 2008 was the target. Early in 2007 I took on a coach and it was all on. Mission accomplished - 5hrs 10min at the Port of Tauranga Half. Somewhere along the line the Ironman carrot started dangling in front of me and that became the next target. So, 7th March 2009 is the date.
Back in 1994 it was the 10th Anniversary of the NZ Iornman. 2009 will be the 25th Anniversary.
Bring it on!
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