Berry Mountain Cycles

November 2, 2009 in Cycling, friends, Travel

Leaving SJ & Richs I headed south 2 hours for Berry to stay with Paul & Megan. They’ve just opened a new bike shop in town the weekend before I got there and I must say its looking very sharp. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf”, “PictoBrowser”, “500″, “500″, “8″, [...]

Aron & Shelley get hitched

July 26, 2009 in friends, New Zealand

Went to their awesome wedding last night at Pinot in Orakei, had a fantastic night, always great to catchup with the old school crew & the new(er) crew, all good.

Team Performance Bikes

December 13, 2008 in friends, Triathlons

Ben and Teresa out for a training ride along Auckland’s waterfront this morning. Rangitoto Island in the background. Performance Bicycle Tuning

No Xmas Cards nor Presents…….

December 2, 2008 in friends, New Zealand, Triathlons

Brendan Gray’s Fundraising Page No Xmas Cards nor Presents, please donate instead. For the few people thinking of sending us Xmas cards this year, or shock horror – presents, would you please consider donating to my Cystic Fibrosis Fundraising page for Ironman New Zealand. No matter how small, every little bit counts – even if [...]

Fenner 3rd in World Championships

July 29, 2008 in friends, Sports

Congrats to our mate Mark on a fantastic result – great stuff mate. He’s been up training up a storm in Canada for a few weeks now in advance of the champs and thoroughly deserves this awesome result. Fenner 3rd in World Championships « Fenner’s Total Performance Training Blog Just a super quick post as [...]

Performance Bicycle Tuning

December 9, 2007 in friends, Triathlons

If you live in Auckland and need your road, triathlon or mountain bike servicing then head on over to Performance Bicycle Tuning in Mt. Roskill, Auckland. They keep NZ Ironman champion Cameron Brown’s race steed in tip top condition, and can do the same for your bike. About Performance Bicycle Tuning Ben Marshall owner / [...]

Hatch and Monks birthday…again

November 19, 2007 in England, friends

Had a huge night last Saturday for Russ & The Monks birthday at Raduno in Smithfields. Great night, and it was like a little bonus for us to catchup with everyone again as we we’re sposed to have left on Tuesday but got a tad delayed due to our house sale dragging on (dont get [...]

Hatch and Monks birthday…again

November 19, 2007 in England, friends

Had a huge night last Saturday for Russ & The Monks birthday at Raduno in Smithfields. Great night, and it was like a little bonus for us to catchup with everyone again as we we’re sposed to have left on Tuesday but got a tad delayed due to our house sale dragging on (dont get [...]

Leaving Drinks

November 13, 2007 in England, friends, Photo's

Both Owie and I had an awesome night last Saturday for our leaving drinks @ Canal 125 bar near Kings Cross. We had a great turn out, and it was awesome to see so many good friends of ours for one last jolly in London. Goto my flickr site to check out the photo’s For [...]

Leaving London pub lunch

November 7, 2007 in England, friends

Well the time is fast approaching that we leave the UK. So Sunday we caught up with a load of friends at the Volunteer pub in Baker St. It was a reasonably civil affair – at least until the end of the night when the Hatch effect kicked in. Here’s some photo’s here;