State Aquathon Champs

The Aquathon Champs were held by LTC at Trevallyn Dam on Saturday afternoon. I didn't have the ideal preparation with a 150km ride over hills that morning but it ended up being a great training day. The 1000m swim, 6km run was a challenging course, quite choppy in the water and a hilly, cross country style run. My legs were heavy on the up hills but the down hills were fun. I managed to hold for second place.

Fun and Ferrets on Australia Day

An interesting Australia Day this year. It was great to win the Henley on the Mersey Triathlon after getting a puncture last year. I had to settle for third place in the ferret racing though. Denise Drysdale took the win, while my ferret Billy we pretty keen to run backwards.

Devonport Triathlon

The Devonport Triathlon made it's comeback on the weekend. The race that got me hooked on triathlon over 10 years ago was back in action with an age-group Olympic Distance race and elite/ITU junior sprint races. I participated in the age group event (my pro licence is for long course only) which doubled as the Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championships. Despite not being able to swim due to the condition of the river after the terrible pre race weather I was able to come away with a win. I was third in from the inital 3.5km run but hit the lead early on the bike and lengthened the gap to the rest of the women's field over the 40km. Four times up Nixon Street was tough and the head winds along Victoria Parade and Coles Beach Road were not pleasant either. Finishing with the 10km was a relief to get to the finish line and I'm pretty happy with my decision to go long as the short stuff hurts so much! Big thanks to Stubbsy and his crew and all the helpers from CCTM for putting together a great event!

2011 is here

Wow, i can't believe it's been 4 weeks since IMWA. I have thoughly enjoyed some time off training, sleeping in and catching up with friends. I am now however ready to get back into the swing of things. I haven't yet decided what my major races will be for 2011 so stay tuned!

IMWA - 3rd!

I've just arrived home after finishing 3rd at Ironman Western Australia on Sunday in a personal best time of 9hrs 36mins 50sec.

Overall I had a great day, 3rd out of the water, 2nd on the bike early on then 4th off the bike and ran into 3rd. I had a couple of flat spots in the second part of the bike and on the 3rd of 4 laps on the run but was able to hold it together for a good finish.

Going to have a couple of weeks off and then schedule some races for 2011....

5th at Gold Coast

In the wet, wet, wet... solid swim, great bike, ok run to finish 5th at the Gold Coast Half Ironman in a pb time of 4hr25min on track for Busso...