I didn’t finish today and I am not really in the mood to write an extensive report on the subject to tell the truth. It is just really frustrating right now.
I was looking forward to moving another step towards full fitness, and had hoped to get myself a top 10 or better, which would’ve been a [...]

To say the past week has been stressful and hectic, would be a bit of an understatement, and so updating my website took a back seat. I’ve got some stuff to write about now mind you.

The last few days have been pretty busy and hectic, what with getting back from Florida later on Tuesday night than i had hoped (i was delay-ed in Dallas…) which threw me all off kilter in my schedule. Not that i had a terribly lock tight schedule, but I did have to be at LAX [...]

My and Toby Jameson (my solo partner in crime out here since Julie ‘Dibs’ Dibens - or Deeeedens as they say out here - has cracked a rib and declined to join the gang this time around) got out and did a little bicycling this morning. I think I found the joke a little funnier than he [...]

I arrived in Florida later on last night, happy to step off the plane to yet another warm climate. Spoilt … that’s what I have become!

This morning I decided to skip the visit to the pool in favour of a splash in the open water. I don’t often swim in the sea - the only time I did it during the whole 3 months I was away in South Africa was to actually race. (When I say swim; I mean [...]

The South African experience is drawing to a close. This time next week it will be ‘this way to depatures’.

Bravo!
Fraser Cartmell finished in overall 10th position at Foster Grant Ironman 70.3 World Championship!

swim: 22:09
bike: 2:02:24
run: 1:18:24

total: 3:46:37

Top ten men’s Ironman 70.3 World Champs results:
1 Terenzo Bozzone 3:40:10
2 Andreas Raelert 3:40:42
3 Richie Cunningham 3:41:47
4 Oscar Galindez 3:42:29
5 Reinaldo Colucci 3:43:24
6 Andy Potts 3:44:30
7 Luke McKenzie 3:45:13
8 Brent McMahon 3:45:44
9 Joe Gambles 3:46:28
10 Fraser Cartmell 3:46:37
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I’m all packed and I’m yet again on the move; to St Petersburg, Florida. There is just one week left till the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, and I am heading over to the same great homestay I enjoyed last time with Carolyn, and also Julie Dibens. We were there in Arpil [...]