Over the weekend, I crossed another activity off my bucket-list by swimming across Australia’s largest coastal lake. I’d paddled a sea kayak from the very southern end to the very northern end, but going acrosswise without a boat was something I’d always wanted to do. So it was that I lined up to take part [...]
Archive | Race Reports RSS feed for this section
Bay Adventure – Race Report
A beautiful morning arose on beautiful Port Stephens as I drove in to Soldiers Point with my mate Stuart “Stew Beef” Blyton. The sun was rising up over Tomaree Headland, and the waters looked calm and peaceful. Sadly, they did not stay that way! From where the registration and finish line was, we walked up [...]
Race Report: Tre-X Offroad Triathlon
PART ONE Saturday 29th January saw me head up to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast to take part in my first ever offroad triathlon. I’d become a bit jaded with ‘traditional’ triathlons after going as far as I wanted to in that type of race, so I decided to move in a new direction and get into [...]
Newcastle Harbour Swim 2011
On Australia Day, I hit the waters of Newy Harbour for my third crossing to Stockton and back as part of the annual harbour swim as put on by Stockton Surf Club. I didn’t have a record of my 2010 time, but my time from two years previously was 26:30 so that was my time [...]
CCOMTB XC Race – Jan11
This morning saw a return to the Central Coast Ourimbah Mountain Bike Club for the January cross country race. I’d only ever raced with them once before about a year back, and with my new focus on offroad sports instead of road cycling and triathlons, I was eager to get in and have a crack. [...]
Port Macquarie Half Ironman
Okay, so my longest ever triathlon is done after competing in the Port Macquarie Half Ironman on Sunday 31st October 2010. Going into this event was interesting as I knew I could swim 2km, I knew I could ride 90km, and I knew I could run 21km, but had never tried anything remotely like it. [...]
Sydney Tower Runup
After several years of bad timing, I finally got to achieve another goal in my fitness things – climbing the stairs of Sydney Tower as part of the 2010 Run Up. 1500 steps in 13 minutes, with the first half done jogging up each step and the second half done one flight jogging, one flight [...]
