Ironman Over!...for now.

Ironman Over!...for now. 

Well, another few months has past.
I am now walking again, without the limp!

Ironman was last Saturday where i qualified for Hawaii by placing 2nd in my age group. Im not saying that was easy though because it was far from that!

The rain poured and poured all day, from 5.30 in the morning till Monday when i got back to Levin!

I must congratulate everyone who took part in this event on Saturday and thank all my supporters, friends and family who were there through the whole day. This kind of performance is very tricky without support.

I am currently in a transition phase. Im looking to move to Palmerston North with my partner, dogs and flatmate. This will open up plenty of new opportunities for training and with petrol prices going the way they are i think its essential.

Im also currently applying for some grants to help get me to Hawaii, and i am going to be approaching some people and businesses in the next few weeks to to discuss sponsorship.

If you can help me or you know of anything please email me at crasha_cycles@hotmail.com.

Im also going to be starting a raffle soon where there will be 50 prizes, $20 a ticket and 50 tickets so youll all win something.

I may also be looking at doing a big draw for some major prizes.

Ill be around in Palmy and Levin in the next few months and hope to do lots more events locally.

So ill keep it short and sweet for now.

Thanks again to everyone for everything.

Chris,
Chris,

Updates

Well, its been almost a year since i have updated this blog. In that time I have become a Professional. Its great training everyday and allowing enough time to do this without feeling stressed or tired.

My progress towards the 2011 Iron Man is looking great. I am on target with all my training and I am feeling really good. The weather has allowed for some full on days of training recently and now i am on my way to Taupo for another day of training.

2010 so far...

In July I ran the Mizuno Taupo half marathon event and placed 2nd.

In September this year I won the Palmerston North strider's Half marathon event. This was a very intense and tough race for me but I managed to beat an international mountain runner in a fast sprint to the end.

In October i raced in the annual Koputoroa half marathon and came in 1st. This was a good race too.

At the moment i am in hard training for the 2010 Taupo half Iron man coming up on December 11th, but before then i have the first race of the New Zealand triathlon series that I will be attending in Rotorua.

This Sunday just gone i competed in the Tour de Manawatu, Palmerston Norths version of Round the lake. Carl instructed me that this was a training ride so i wasn't to race. Even with this in mind i finished 8th overall. Congratulations to Craig Lawn who won the event. I really enjoyed this fun ride and my legs felt great after I had finished even though my running and swimming has been most of my training lately.

My Partner's sister has just completed her documentary short film about me and my iron man training and it was a pleasure to be part of that. Its great to know that one person can inspire others.

So, until next time which wont be as long, thank you to all my sponsors, coach, family and friends who keep me going and thank you to everyone else following my progress.

has been 4 weeks sence last post. first 4 weeks of iron man training is done and put in the bank. training is going well and on track. swimming ks are nice and high not alot of speed as yet. but thatl come. have ran a few 20k runs and still got alot of speed in the legs. which will be good coming into the up and coming tri races next mouth. training on the bike has been hard with the crapy weather. but things are getting better everyweek. 100k bike race tomorrow so if all goes well may be able to finish near the front. see how the legs feel.

Finished the season off well with a 2nd in the national duathlon champ. and now training is underway for ironman nz 2010. so back into the base kms in the pool and out on the road.
will be a good few months of fighting the windy season and those crazy magpies.