I don't really know how to describe yesterday's race here in Brazil....

On one hand, bitterly disappointed and on the other, grateful to have the opportunity to race here and have the good fortune to be able to push on and finish. I had a pb swim of 54min, good T1, and was working legally with 3-4 other riders in a great spot, was on track to come through the first 90k in around 2.20 when bam, back wheel let go.

As you can see in the pic, hub cracked, two spokes blew out and I was going nowhere. Fortunately there was a mechanic just behind me and after 8-10 mins, removed another spoke, and kinda trued the wheel. Kept rolling not feeling safe at all, and 30k later pulled into shimano tent and got a new back wheel. 5-10k later in the pissing rain got a front flat....fixed that and kept going. Came into T2, and thought I'd try and have a solid run and see what happens. Ran ok, not awesome and came across in 9.34.52. Had 3 stops on the bike and lost exactly 16mins Garmin time to race time. Missed a Kona spot by 10mins 30....

I just want to thank everyone who has messaged and offered support recently, absolutely blown away with the support for a bloke just doing a triathlon.
Lastly and most importantly a massive hug, kiss and love to Margaret for all her support before, during and after the race, means the world to me.

Thanyapura Thailand Camp is now the leading camp on our calendar and now is one not to be missed!  Last year we have tailored this camp for the upcoming Ironman World Champs (Kona), 70.3 World Champs and ITU World Championship events or as a springboard to the 2017/18 season.

With the huge success of year one we now have increased the number of athletes to a maximum of 30 athletes catering for all levels

This initiative was born from the need of many athletes who are looking to take their training and racing performance to the next level or for those who need to include a spike in their program, get some real marginal gains and advance themselves as an athlete through true immersion in triathlon training in a world class facility.

Brainstormed and designed by Shotz Sports Director, Darryl Griffiths, author and owner of Shotz Sports Nutrition, and Tri Alliance Level 2 Head Coach and Director, Ollie Allan (Sub 9hr Ironman, 2 x Kona World Champs).

Our aim is to give the attending athletes an incredible experience, jammed packed with insight into and knowledge of significant valuable gains that can contribute to overall performance improvements and success. Thanyapura has been specifically selected as the destination of our premier camp because of its outstanding reputation as a sport, fitness, health and educational haven.

Fancy taking part in some run testing and get some data on how you are going? The VIS is after a few athletes to help with testing for the AIS.

The testing is a 2 part running test, the 1^st part is a step test where you run at increasing speed every 4 minutes and stop just after you hit your threshold speed, during the test a small blood sample from their ear lobe will be collected as well as heart rate and oxygen consumption (via a mask), the 2^nd part is a ramp test to measure their VO2 max and is a maximal test to exhaustion, its only short but it’s a maximal effort so very hard. They will get a report containing their aerobic and anaerobic threshold, running economy at a variety of speeds as well as VO2 max and running speed at VO2 max, this information is very useful to assist in training program design as well as being a good opportunity to benchmark against our athletes. Skinfold measurements can also be taken if you wish but it’s not necessary.

The testing needs to be done twice in about a week with a minimum of 5 and maximum of 8 days apart, they can still train normally during this time, the only thing I’d ask is that they come into both testing sessions in the same condition, i.e don’t do a massive day the day before one test and a recovery day prior to the other one. To start as soon as possible as VIS have a deadline to get the information to the AIS, Testing can start next week and times are fairly flexible. Only 5 spots at this stage, saying that they have further testing coming up in the next couple of months that will need people for if you aren’t able to take part in this round of testing. 

If interested please contact Nick via the below:

nick.owen@vis.org.au

0401 660 585

Entries for the 2017 Victorian Duathlon Series are now open! The annual Victorian Duathlon Series consists of three races, each run by a different host club in collaboration with Triathlon Victoria.

Many athletes take part in this to see how they are progressing on the run and bike and to get a bit of sharpness into their winter. Check out the link below for more information and have a chat with your coach if this is something that interests you.

With running firmly in our athletes minds for the winter and race goals being set when registering make sure you are part of the team :-)

Run Melbourne - July 30th - 5k, 10k, Half Marathon

Sandy Point Half - 27th August - 5k, 10k, Half Marathon

Melbourne Marathon - 15th October - 5k, 10k, Half Marathon, Marathon

Team Name: Tri-Alliance

Team PWD: TrainingWithPurpose