http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:59:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well it's all over now and time for me to tell my story.  I realise I have been a bit lax in the past few weeks with updates about training and my progress but after the past weekend I am going to make an effort to be more consistent.  As ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/33_race-report-port-macquarie-half-ironman/ Before I go ahead and write a report about the Half Ironman on the weekend, I want to mention two people who were a great help in the lead up to the weekend. It's pretty well documented that I'm not much of a swimmer, so when I went to buy a ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/32_great-people/ I just got emailed this picture from the recent trip away with Brendon and Jack on Perth to Paradise. After riding with them for 100km I jumped off the bike and went for a run.  I was a great training opportunity, both physically and mentally.  As the photo shows, I was ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/31_the-road-that-never-ended/ The aero bars on my bike are Carbon Stryke Ironman brand and they have the official Ironman logo on them. A friend who has completed an ironman is constantly into me, calling me an imposter for "parading" around with the Ironman logo, before I have done the race. So to shut him ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/30_not-and-ironman-yet/ On Friday I returned to the Gold Coast after supporting a client who rode across Australia.  It was a great trip that enabled me to spend plenty of time on the bike and I am not worried about the bike leg at Port Mac half on Nov 9. I am however ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/29_nothing-like-a-deadline-to-help-get-that-training-bug/ Tomorrow I head off to join some clients on an adventure, and hopefully find some triathlon fitness in the process. 15 year old Jack Sinclair is riding across Australia for charity. Jo and I are going to drive down to Port Augusta in South Australia and do most of the riding back up ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/28_riding-accross-the-country/ On Saturday I competed in my first ever triathlon down at Banora Point with the Twin Towns triathlon club. Now when I say "competed", I actually mean that I turned up, and was happy to join in the fun and use the morning as a good training run.  The race was ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/27_i-almost-won-my-first-triathlonby-cheating/ Actually, I was just reading the last post that I wrote and realised that it was not entirely true. This is probably the perfect time for me to mention how kind, considerate, understanding and compassionate that my mates have been in supporting me in my goal to complete an Ironman. Milk with one ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/25_thanks-fellas/ So there I was...all pumped up and focused on completing a good solid 20 weeks of training in preparation for the Port Macquarie Half Ironman on Nov 9. Obviously I realised that I had a few other commitments during that time, but generally I thought I would be able to train ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/24_cross-training/ Not much to report on at the moment.  I am still plugging away at the training program for now, but I expect to be a bit lax in the coming weeks.  You see this weekend is my bucks weekend where I have a feeling diet and training will become a distant priority. Next ... http://www.chisel-fitness.com.au/ironman/23_training-for-a-break/