http://www.frasercartmell.com Scottish PRO Ironman triathlete Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, it may not be the most appropriate of pictures to attach to this post, but I like what Nikola is doing here (my nutrition has never exactly been an ideal model to follow!) and you never know, if things go well after the race i may be allowed a ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/abu-dhabi-bound/ Please have a look at this wicked video put together from the footage filmed of us at our camp a couple weeks ago at K Swiss HQ. It gives a great insight into our own thoughts of the team spirit being created. I'm excited! Good memories too :) http://www.frasercartmell.com/team-trek-and-k-swiss-team-video/ Sorry there has been little updates of late ... either time seems to have flown by or I simply haven't had much spare time to sit down and share what I've been up to. Well, I'll try and stick to that argument for now ;)  Some bits and pieces of what ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/the-last-couple-days/ The last week has been a whirlwind of driving up and down the Interstate 5 from LA to San Diego and back with my side kick Joe Gambles. Joe had a number of sponsor commitments and I was keen to go see some friends down there, including web team mate Lesley Paterson. We ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/transition-days/ Riding out along the Pacific Coast Highway with the guys yesterday. Today everything got wrapped up - quite literally, as my new Madonne road bike has been boxed up and will be winging its way to Stirling without me having ridden it yet. It has been a cracking few days; ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/final-day-at-camp/ Today we rode LONG - '5hrs, 150k and hilly' long - here is me with Ironman 70.3 World Champion Mikie Raelert before we started outside K-Swiss HQ. - Note the loss of hair?!? All day long we had this crazy van rigged up with a fancy flash system to get cracking shots ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/another-day-at-trekk-swiss-camp/ 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 ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/trekk-swiss-team-camp/ Lesley has had a fantastic resurgence into the sport ... she's been around for donkeys years however, and it's fantastic to see her - a Scot no less! -  tearing it up on the world scence once again! www.lesleydoestri.org - check it out! I've known 'lesbo' for years and years it seems: I watched in ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/lesley-paterson/ 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 .... Just like in ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/last-day-last-ride-going-home/ Well I didn't do as I said I would - and get a post up on Sunday about the week that was ... and here we are on Wednesday already. Time seems to fly by, but that is no excuse. Here are some of the things I have been up ... http://www.frasercartmell.com/the-last-week-here/