New team, new kit, new bikes and jet lag. – It’s all go here in Santa Monica, north of LA, at the K Swiss headquarters. Lots of fun stuff happening, a little bit of training and a tonne of learning and some terrible hair styling all in the name of team building……??
I’ve been lucky over the years (touch wood) … and not crashed my bike too often, however yesterday I managed to be stupid. But lucky. Things always happen for a reason in my book, but I am still figuring this one out!
This was pre-crash … sans bandages ….
Swim: 23:15
Bike: 2:23:48
Run: 1:17:41
Total: 4:07:54
Congratulations to Fraser!
Great run on a tough course!
Wonderful way to start the 2010 season!
More results at Ironman.com, and a race report at Ironman 70.3 South Africa website.
It’s all about the running books on this trip to Stellenbosch. So far I have gone through this book about an unassuming bloke from the North East of England, who, in 1984 won a bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympic marathon. He is the last Briton to win a medal in this event. He did it on sheer [...]
I haven’t been too chirpy of late on the old blogging. Not with any ‘Fraser news’ at least. The simple reason is that there hasn’t really been any news of note to report. I’ve been in Stirling, and I have been training day in day out. The news if any, has been the lack of [...]
Then how about doing 10 * 800 at 7700ft (or roughly 2300m) altitude?!
Track and Field Videos on Flotrack
Topically, it’s my session of note tomorrow afternoon too. I ‘ve done it the past 2 Friday’s and have enjoyed it, in spite of that 60 seconds rest. My weeks have been structured around 3 runs that I aim to complete [...]
The weekend saw the wrapping up of the ITU World Championship Series, with the Grand Final being held on the Gold Coast in Australia. And what a weekend of racing! – We were able to ‘red button’ it here on the BBC early o’clock both mornings to see live footage of the men and women [...]
Whatever your opinion on Lance Armstrong may be, he can sure pull a crowd. - He simply sent out a simple Twitter message late on Monday evening to say he would be heading out for a ride from Paisley town centre. Never having visited, I shouldn’t comment, but Paisley is certainly not noted as for it’s [...]
I’m headed back to Edinburgh airport again in the morning – first time on a Jet2 plane, first time to Prague; first time in a few years since I headed to Eastern Europe (although I am guess technically its Central Europe) too. – I have my cereal box in the bike bag just in case [...]
Time to leave – the bike and bags have been packed, the fridge emptied, the chocolate finished! But there was some time for swim,bike and run today nonethless. The bike involved my favouride ride around these here bell-ringing parts: the Bernina Pass. - The weather has been superb – and today was no exception. – Blair got some more [...]
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch since Sunday, it’s been fantastic support!! With a couple days of reflection I can appreciate that getting through to the finish line on Sunday was a fair old achievement, as the body wasn’t playing very fair with me once the running shoes were added. It’s a funny old game [...]
3rd place wasn’t what I went to Wimbleball Lake for, but given it was – on reflection – probably the toughest race I’ve finished so far in my career, I’m content with a podium; my 6th on the 70.3 circuit.
More to follow when i wake up ‘tomorrow’ – its nearly 4am right now after driving back up North, [...]
Just a quick race update from this morning here in St Petersburg – 14th place, 1:53:16. My leg didn’t hurt either (well, they collectively ‘hurt’ as a pair, but my sore spot didn’t hurt!) – and that is progress in the land-of-Fraser right now, let me tell you. (And I even outsplit the fastest girl on [...]
I’ve said it time and time again during the past week, and i’ll say it again here – 90 days just flies by!! I’m all packed, the bike and kit bags are about to get lobbed into the car, and the laptop is nearly out of battery! Time to get going. It’s been a great few [...]
I am afraid I do not have any particularly interesting pictures (in effect, I have none) to illustrate some of the things I have been up to over the last little while. I have been training well; I may write a little on some of the session specifics shortly, but certainly I am happy with how things [...]
My good friends Mike and Jenni are now the proud parents of a brand new little girl – baby Isobel Lelia. Mike tells me that “she pretty much eats, burps then sleeps. – My ideal life i think!”
The fire spread quite rapidly last night – touching the edge of the University sports centre before it was controlled. We went for a look late last night and the smoke was incedibly thick. Ash has managed to creep into most nooks and crannies!
The last couple days have been a little different than usual for me. Yesterday Tim Don and I did some photos for the new triathlon magazine appearing in the UK soon, called Triathlete’s World. And today there is a huge fire buring across the hills behind Stellenbosch….. like I said – things that wouldn’t happen in [...]
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