Category: Sports

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Bike The Lake, Rotorua – New Zealand Day 20

We had an early start on the campsite today, getting up before dawn so as to get to Rotorua in time for the Bike the Lake race. Once in Rotorua I had to get ready, add race numbers and timing chips to my helmet and bike, sort out drinks etc and congregate for the start....

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Race Day – A Supporter’s Perspective

I feel like we’ve been preparing almost as hard as Alan for this race. OK, we haven’t been out running, cycling and swimming everyday but we have been there in the background supporting away since he qualified for the World Championships back in May. I’ve made sure he has all the healthy snacks he needs...

Steaming Landscape 1

Craters, Coffee, Cakes and Cruising – New Zealand Day 16

Wednesday started as most days in the camper had with a big breakfast, we then packed up, didn’t really make use of any of the facilities at the campsite and headed off to my parents apartment for coffee and a day out with them. The day before we had left the camper on the road...

Surfing The Bar, Whangamata 1

Surfing ‘Da Bar’, Crazy Golf and Kawhia – New Zealand Day 12

It was the day of the K2 race around Coramandel today. I’d found out a little bit about it now. It was a 200km hard core hilly bike race around the Coramandel Peninsula. The start location and route change from year to year and with the hot sun and the hilly route this years looked...

Sunrise at Mercury Bay 1

Hot Water Beach and a Leamington – New Zealand Day 11

Friday October 26th and at last I think we’re over the Jetlag as I woke up at a normal time of around 6am. I left Anna and Morgan sleeping and headed off for a stroll along the beach of Mercury Bay whilst watching the sun rise. It was a gorgeous still day with no one...

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Race Day – New Zealand Day 7

I’ve already written a full race report from the 2012 ITU Age Group Triathlon World Championships, so won’t go over it all again here, but the race went well. It was mad to be competing at such a high level and on such a big stage but I loved it. I had a bit of...

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One Day to Go – New Zealand Day 6

Sunday 21st October – Crikey, is it really Sunday already, that means tomorrow is race day – Time for the panic and nerves to start kicking in. I still hadn’t slept properly and was waking up at 1am, which gave me plenty of time to lie in bed, worrying about the race ahead. There was...

Ferry to Rangitoto 1

Rangitoto and the Sky Tower – New Zealand Day 5

Auckland was in full triathlon mode today and the place was alive. Triathletes everywhere, most of them getting in some last minute training so the streets were full of runners and cyclists. I hadn’t run for the past 10 weeks or so due to a suspected stress fracture and wasn’t about to start running now...

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Bike and Swim Recce – New Zealand Day 4

Day four of our trip and we were now settling into Auckland. We aren’t really ‘City People’ but Auckland was growing on us. The CBD is very compact with skyscrapers everywhere and an amazing skyline. Getting around was easy and the whole place was buzzing with the energy of the ITU Triathlon World Championships. The...

Hotel Room View 1

ITU Triathlon World Champs Opening Ceremony – New Zealand Day 3

Finally after 2 full days of travelling we touched down inĀ Auckland at around 1pm and now it was time to get through passport control, customs and biosecurity. Being an island that has been separated from elsewhere for the past 100 million years or so, the flora and fauna of New Zealand has a high percentage...