Monday, May 21, 2018
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Here is just a quick re cap for those of you that were interested in how my race went at Challenge Taiwan full distance.
Swim - It was a non wetsuit swim for us as water temps were 24-25C (age group could still wear suits, mainly for safety reasons in Asia) I treated it like a 70.3 swim to hang onto Dylan McNiece who is on exceptional swimmers in our sport (Has led the Hawaii IM out of water) - time 48min.
Bike - smooth roads and a rolling hilly course along the coast, actually a very nice bike course Dylan and I wanted to keep pace high as #1 we raced last weekend or 6 days ago actually (Challenge Melb half...not ideal but part of a "package" with Challenge) and knew fatigue would set in later no matter what #2 we wanted to hold off the "king of asian racing" Freddie Cronenberg. It rained a little during bike so although there was cloud cover the humidity was quite high, still air temps around 30C... not good coming from Melbourne.
Bike times:
Through 90km - 2.08
180k - 4.20 (wind picked up on second lap)
Run - Dylan and I ran together for 20km at a steady clip (on track for a 2.55-57 marathon) that we thought was comfortable and manageable in the 'warm, humid' Taiwan conditions.... not record setting but it didn't need to be. However, and I think mainly just due to fatigue (2 races 6 days + travel) I cramped up in left adductors..This has happened a few times before. From there it was trying to manage cramps home so made for a little longer back end of marathon and quite a few stops to stretch it out... humidity didn't help either with incased sweat rates. Anyway Freddie caught me at 32km and I slipped to 3rd where I stayed. Time - blew out to 3.12 (not ideal but best of a bad scenario)
Lesson from race!
- Back to back races in hard/painful!! or a Half and a Full in 6 days in 2 different countries.
- The swim is in a man made lake or more like a 1.3km long swimming pool.... water is filled by a fresh spring so clean, see the bottom all the way as 2.5m deep. Amazing.
- Course was fantastic swim bike and run were all quite nice interesting and never boring.
- People here are crazy and lover the sport. Over the weekend there are 4k+ athletes racing as there is a Full, Half (Saturday) Olympic and Kids race (300 kids) Sunday,
- I did see some people riding in Crocs with pedals on $10k bikes
- I did see some people running in rubber thongs with socks.
- The aid station that I thought had coke on it ended up being Ice Tea!
- I may now have eaten my weight in Dumplings.....
Thanks for all the well wishes, It was a blast. Luke
Bike - smooth roads and a rolling hilly course along the coast, actually a very nice bike course Dylan and I wanted to keep pace high as #1 we raced last weekend or 6 days ago actually (Challenge Melb half...not ideal but part of a "package" with Challenge) and knew fatigue would set in later no matter what #2 we wanted to hold off the "king of asian racing" Freddie Cronenberg. It rained a little during bike so although there was cloud cover the humidity was quite high, still air temps around 30C... not good coming from Melbourne.
Bike times:
Through 90km - 2.08
180k - 4.20 (wind picked up on second lap)
Run - Dylan and I ran together for 20km at a steady clip (on track for a 2.55-57 marathon) that we thought was comfortable and manageable in the 'warm, humid' Taiwan conditions.... not record setting but it didn't need to be. However, and I think mainly just due to fatigue (2 races 6 days + travel) I cramped up in left adductors..This has happened a few times before. From there it was trying to manage cramps home so made for a little longer back end of marathon and quite a few stops to stretch it out... humidity didn't help either with incased sweat rates. Anyway Freddie caught me at 32km and I slipped to 3rd where I stayed. Time - blew out to 3.12 (not ideal but best of a bad scenario)
Lesson from race!
- Back to back races in hard/painful!! or a Half and a Full in 6 days in 2 different countries.
- The swim is in a man made lake or more like a 1.3km long swimming pool.... water is filled by a fresh spring so clean, see the bottom all the way as 2.5m deep. Amazing.
- Course was fantastic swim bike and run were all quite nice interesting and never boring.
- People here are crazy and lover the sport. Over the weekend there are 4k+ athletes racing as there is a Full, Half (Saturday) Olympic and Kids race (300 kids) Sunday,
- I did see some people riding in Crocs with pedals on $10k bikes
- I did see some people running in rubber thongs with socks.
- The aid station that I thought had coke on it ended up being Ice Tea!
- I may now have eaten my weight in Dumplings.....
Thanks for all the well wishes, It was a blast. Luke
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Monday, January 8, 2018
2018 a new year, a new beginning, a new baby girl Harriet for Matilda to be a "big sister" to and..... time to put the University studies and 16+ years of racing professionally and learning from some of the best minds in the sport of triathlon to good use. I am excited to join the Gerard Donnally and the staff at TriVelo coaching and share everything that I have learned and also to keep on learning, adapting and evolving.
www.trivelocoaching.com.au
www.trivelocoaching.com.au
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
It is that time of year to switch off relax and hang out with the family. 2017 has had a little bit of everything but always enjoyable!
2017 "highlights" package
3rd - Challenge Wanaka, New Zealand (Full Distance)
2nd -Challenge Thailand
4th - Ironman 70.3 Qujing, China
3rd -Challenge Shepparton, Australia
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* Ironman Cairns - fractured ribs at swim start.
* Ironman Busselton - "fractured" bike thanks to Virgin Airlines.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Challenge Wanaka Iron Distance
Video clip/ race recap from 3rd place at Challenge Wanaka. If you want to visit an amazing place in NZ go check it out!
https://vimeo.com/207766622
https://vimeo.com/207766622
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