Short Course Auckland Half IM

March 21, 2010 in Triathlons

Ben Marshall and I raced the Short Course tri out at the Auckland Half IM in Maraetai yesterday. Distances were 1km swim 30km bike 7km run. Going into the race it was just a chance at a last hit out before the summer race season is over. No real expectations, esp as I’ve been travelling [...]

Time to reassess

December 15, 2009 in General, Triathlons

Well its been so long since I last posted here I totally forgot my password. oops. Not sure where I last left all 1 of you, but the last few weeks have been crazy busy. Started a new job, started a new company in fact. GG has kindly brought me on board to start up [...]

Heli boarding video

September 15, 2009 in New Zealand, Snowboarding
Tags: heliboarding, NZ, queenstown, Snowboarding, Video

here’s a little vid I made from Marks & my heli boarding adventure last week. http://bit.ly/2CSTNU

Whistler mountain biking

August 14, 2009 in Mountain Biking

Just had a great 10 days mountain biking up in Whistler, BC, Canada. Fantastic weather, sunny around 35C most of the time, unreal. We had the perfect location, staying at the base of the mountain in the Pan Pacific – brilliant. Check out my photo’s here, as well as a quick helmet cam video from [...]

VO2 Max & Lactate Threshold testing

July 30, 2009 in Triathlons

I did some VO2 Max & Lactate Threshold testing yesterday. Basically this tests your max aerobic capacity, along with lactate threshold testing which enables my coach to get way more specific with my training – spot on with intensities at what heart rate and power output. It was choice, but fcukin hard work – nearly [...]

New Photo's

July 24, 2009 in Mountain Biking, New Zealand, Photo's

I’ve just added some new pix; Pat & Erins wedding in the awesome setting of the Redwood Forrest in Rotorua Then a family & family friends trip to Marahau, South Island for a long weekend We even got in a bit of mtn biking on Granite Mountain whilst down there with Regan and the great [...]

Lance Armstrong video update

April 11, 2009 in Sports, Tour de France

I follow Lance on Twitter – it’s real interesting to check out what he’s up to, his thoughts, etc. Quite often he posts a video update of whats goin on, esp since his crash and stuffing up his collarbone – something I’m all too familiar with having done in both my collarbones on different occasions. [...]

Ironman NZ 2009

March 16, 2009 in New Zealand, Triathlons

Thanks to everyone for all your support for my big race Saturday week ago. Apologies for not replying earlier, but Oanita and I took a well deserved week off to chill out in Taupo & recover after the race with Rich, SJ & Issy. Lots of walking Harvey the dog, and even a mountain bike [...]

Ironman – done, tick

March 7, 2009 in Triathlons

ATHLETE RANK AGE/DIV SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL 1 GRAY, Brendan 62/64/122 33/Ages 30 – 34 01:03:23 05:38:26 05:01:13 11:52:00 3 HARRIS-SMITH, Richard 119/119/136 41/Ages 40 – 44 01:11:48 06:01:50 04:37:12 12:02:27 jesus was that hard, that was pretty much the hardest thing i’ve ever done!!!! SWIM BIKE RUN OVERALL RANK DIV.POS. 1:03:23 5:38:26 5:01:13 11:52:00 [...]

Vorb: Illness Forces Doe Out Of Bonita Ironman New Zealand

March 5, 2009 in New Zealand, Triathlons
Tags: ironman, NZ, triathlon

Vorb: Illness Forces Doe Out Of Bonita Ironman New Zealand – Bay of Plenty, Multisport, New Zealand, News, Outdoors, Regions, Tauranga Illness has forced title hopeful Kieran Doe out of Saturday’s 25th anniversary Bonita Ironman New Zealand in Taupo. Doe (Auckland), who was third last year, has been unable to shake a mystery stomach and [...]