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Let’s talk sleep…we all wish we had more of it.  After attending a Exercise Recovery Symposium led by some of the greatest minds in the Sports Science Industry, I was made very aware of how important sleep is to…EVERYTHING!!!  If we are not sleeping, we are not recovering, which leads to a raft of problems […]

Training is easy when the sun is shining, the temperatures are warm and the daylight hours are longer. But with winter now officially here, the colder temperatures and darkness setting in before you even get home from work, enthusiasm and motivation can very easily waver. So to help you remain inspired and passionate for your training […]

Awesome. Stunning. Fun. Competitive. Brilliant. Epic. Backroad 200 2018 was amazing with a fantastic three days of cycling Day One: Omarama to Waitaki Dam – 60km. On arrival into Omarama on Friday afternoon the wind was howling, but thankfully the right way! With a tail wind pushing us down the valley we hit some high […]

  A champion team will always beat a team of champions – John McGrath   It’s been over two weeks now since we stood on the finish line of GODZone after 7days 3hrs 2min of racing in the wilderness of Fiordland. Most of the time it didn’t feel like a race, it was more an […]

What event are your training for and what is your goal? Training for a st Clair half, chch half and the spring challenge What it is your motivation for wanting to achieve this? I just want to get faster and stronger- am currently a bit of a turtle! I also want my son to see how fun it is and to […]

  Great to be sitting on the ferry in the Awatere plus lounge (free food, including lamingtons, and drink) on the way home. All good for recovery I am lead to believe. I have had a great time at IMNZ, spent with Leah, friends, supporters and all other competitors.  The atmosphere at the race and […]

What event are your training for and what is your goal? Iron Man 1/2 Taupo 2018 & Challenge Wanaka 1/2 2019 (sub 5 1/2 hours) – AND eventually a full Iron Man! Under 12 hours (at least) – because that’s the battery life of my Garmin. What it is your motivation for wanting to achieve […]

Day one Everything was ready to go, I was ready to take on the Coast to Coast. It would be about giving it everything and trying to do it as fast as possible. I often feel, at the start of a race, that I should have done more training but for once I felt like […]

The training is pretty much over. With less that a week to go until Coast to Coast, the excitement is starting to build up. It has been a long time coming and I am now well into tapering. I’m just doing a few shorter sessions and focusing on getting the body ready to race and […]

The other weekend I completed the Red Bull Defiance that is set in the hills surrounding Wanaka – what a brutal course with so much climbing and in hot conditions. This is a two person team event where you need to do the entire course together supporting each other through the ups and downs. The last […]