Careful, don’t you go falling off that chair now… I mean it! – It’s been a ‘lenghty while’ shall we say but I’m back on it and ready to give you some race reports. Promise, but I can’t promise anything regarding the quality control processes in place. I’ll try my best, as always

Post race last Sunday here in Austin; with old Trek/K-Swiss team mate and race day winner ‘by a country mile’ Michi Raelert and good friend Richie Cunningham. I’m staying with Richie for the next month whilst getting ready for my Ironman.

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Well, I really must start off with an apology for the distinct lack in material on my site of late … truth be told i’m just having too much darn fun to find the time to blog! Excuses excuses… I know. However, I am going to start to fill the ‘race report’ holes from the past 2 weeks or so over the next few days – I promise. Cronological order will have been thrown out the window in order to achieve that goal, but I feel thats allowed. Right? – As long as I finally update my blog and keep you up to date in some way, i’m off the hook I reckon??

First up is a look back at some of the training I have been doing out here during the past week. – I arrived here to train with and support my with my team mate Joe Gambles as he prepares for his Kona debut. It is a kind of role reversal; last year he was on Kona supporting my first race on the Big Island, so I am really enjoying being able to return the favour.

Myself tracking my Trek/K-Swiss team mates Joe Gambles (right) and Matt Lieto down from the infamous Hawi turnaround point on the bike course. – A photo doesn’t do it justice, but it is always windy up there, believe me!

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Vegas baby! I just thought i’d better get that out of the way quickly…clear the air and all   Sunday was a tough day in a lot of ways – tough bike ride, tough run course, tough climate and tough competition (it was Worlds after all) but mostly tough as my stomach didn’t read the script (the one that said feeling rubbish the week before in Des Moines should have been my bad luck for the year) and it pulled the pin on me. Again. And i HATE to make excuses. But it did – sonofagun! What a race though and as much as I liked Clearwater – this course in Las Vegas is very much worthy of being a Championship course. I really enjoyed racing on it.

Arriving at T2 in Henderson, Las Vegas…. feeling pretty tired!! Read on …