I’ve not really got too much to report I am afraid this week, so I thought I would simply add some pictures (click on the pictures and the little ‘i’ to get my informed captions) of the last few weeks whilst Blair was here - mostly pictures from his camera. I did do a running race during the [...]

I dropped Blair off at the airport early this morning for his flight home. He had 3 weeks here, got a load of riding in, mostly on his mtb (but he did join us for the 4 Passes last Friday) and most importantly of course - he got a tan; effectively his freckle all joined up. [...]

There is a Q and A type interview online at tri247.com talking about my race last w/e and a few other bits and pieces.
Have a read if you want at tri247.com.

So the racing has begun - 2009 is well under way and I’m delighted to have kicked it off with a 2nd place on Sunday in Buffalo City, East London. I started to get a little ahead of myself around 30k on the bike - got a tad excited shall I say, as I reckoned [...]

Fraser Cartmell just finished Ironman 70.3 South Africa in second position, only 2 minutes 3 seconds behind last year’s winner Raynard Tissink (raynardtissink.com).
Fraser’s splits:
SWIM: 22:36
BIKE: 2:21:48
RUN: 1:16:28
TOTAL: 4:04:07
Results are available at ironman.com.
PS This is Nikola, Frasers web support

I’m in East London now after flying up the coast from Cape Town yesterday morning. I travelled up with Blair, who as I said has been out here with me for a couple weeks plus my training buddy in Stellenbosch, Tim Don. Our bikes and gear all rolled off the bagage belt in one piece and [...]

Saturday morning was spent watching, cheering and ’seconding’ at this local, but extremely unique multisport event a bit further down the coast. The Totalsports Challenge (totalsports.co.za) comprises of 7 seperate disciplines, and equates to what must feel like an ironman - taking the winner, my good friend Dan Hugo (dghugo.com), well over 6 hours to [...]

I have been making very good use of my compression socks during the past 10 days….. which is exactly how long I have had some out here in Stellenbosch, since I forgot to bring my own when I flew initially.

The last week, which spanned last year and this new one, has been solid. It had to be, given the week off I had whilst spending Christmas away plus the extra enforced lay off due to mangled big toes…..

Caught in the act ….. that there on my lap is a pie. A chicken pie. I think if nothing else, South Africa has an affinity with Scotland in its love for the Pie. The things is I would never usually eat a pie at home.  Funny really that when I ride the 4 Passes route - all 128 [...]