Friday Post

Roll on Summer.


It must be getting closer as I can just about feel it – it’s starting to warm up, the days are getting longer. I’ve got my van in the shop getting it roadworthy so I can throw my long board in the back to head to the beach and I’ve been getting a few kilometres on the bike over the last few weekends.

We’ve even planted a few dwarf fruit trees in the back garden AND I’ve entered quite a few events this summer – if you’re interested, here are a few “links” to them. I'd be interested in everyones thoughts?

Blokes Tri Series – http://www.blokestri.co.nz/
Goal – to beat my times from last year

Surf n Turf Ocean swim series – new website coming next week but this is an 8 race ocean swim series with the distances getting longer

House of Travel Triathlon Festival – http://www.triathlonfestival.co.nz/
Goal – top 10 in my age group

Lake Hayes Triathlon - www.iconicadventures.co.nz/southern-tri-series
Goal – top 10 in my age group

Contact Tri Series events (in Wanaka and Christchurch) – http://www.triseries.co.nz/
Goal – as this is a national series and my first time competing, my goal is to finish strong and at least compete

State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series – Corsair Bay event - http://www.oceanswim.co.nz/
Goal – I finished 4th overall and 1st in my age group (out of 148 competitors and 15 in the 40-49 group) I won a gold medal for my age group last year so I want to do the same but I’ll be swimming the 1000m race this summer

Rarotonga International Triathlon - www.rarotri.com/
Goal – to finish, never done an event like this before so plan to use it as a holiday as well

All I need to do now is train, race, surf, swim and try and fit a little bit of work in there somewhere – will keep you posted on my results with full race reports.

I’ll look back on this post and see if I’ve achieved what I have written above