“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
Over the past 12 months I have had time to …
2009
- Retaining the crown and going bananas - 23/10/09
- Ithaca - 9/10/09
- Countdown to Kona! - 7/10/09
- Timberman, TYR Turds and Twister - 28/8/09
- Quelle Challenge Roth: Wursts, Wetting And A World Record - 22/7/09
- World's Biggest Workout! - 24/6/09
- Somewhere over the rainbow: Kansas 70.3 - 19/6/09
- On Top of the World! - 21/5/09
- Learning the lessons - 19/5/09
- Summitting the Big E - 24/4/09
- Ironman Australia: mud, marriage and a flasher - 10/4/09
- GOTRIBAL! - 14/3/09
- My New Ride! - 6/3/09
- Lanzarote and Club La Santa: Starship, green shell suits and not a canary in sight - 23/1/09
2008
- Push Biking Argentinean Style - 21/12/08
- Mahalo and Congratulations! - 24/11/08
- Charity Auction! - 12/11/08
- A Bit of Babbitt Banter - 27/10/08
- A path to new adventures! - 27/10/08
- World Ironman Championships: never, ever give up! - 21/10/08
- Mahalo - 10/10/08
- Loving the lava - 7/10/08
- Jiving in Jeju - 25/9/08
- On Top of the World - 5/9/08
- Timberman and Polishing a TYR Turd - 23/8/08
- Alpe Masochism: in memory of my Nanna - 3/8/08
- Frankfurter: sehr gut! - 10/7/08
- Envision - 26/6/08
- Congratulations to the Comeback Queen! - 25/6/08
- Jane’s Appeal - 14/6/08
- Passion pants - 7/6/08
- Welly Wonka and Juggling Balls - 19/5/08
- Good days and bad days! - 27/4/08
- My Smile Says It All - 13/4/08
- I’M OFF TO A LAND DOWN UNDER - 28/3/08
- Toilet Talk - 15/3/08
- Philippino Perks - 9/3/08
- Looking backwards and forwards - 5/3/08
2007
- Phillipino Pleasures- (round 2) and pommy pain - 23/11/07
- Hawaii Highs: the IM World Championships 2007 - 5/11/07
- Iron Man Dream Come True - 28/8/07
- Worlds & Wheels - 17/7/07
- Ironman Inspiration and Swiss Success - 25/6/07
- Blenheim Blog - 6/6/07
- SUBIC BAY ITU POINTS RACE, 5 MAY - 10/5/07
- Phillipino Inspiration - 10/5/07
- Taking the plunge - 24/4/07
2012
Stripping Down
September 11, 2012
I first wrote this blog for 220 Magazine, but thought i would share it with those not fortunate enough to be able to get their hands on copies of this wonderful publication 🙂
So yes…..i wanted to say a few …
Raising the Bar: ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’
July 30, 2012
I was at a work conference in 2002, a few weeks before I ran the London Marathon. The conference conversation was so stimulating that I started chatting to a colleague about running. He looked me up and down, and said …
TURNING TURDS INTO TRIUMPHS
July 10, 2012
As the Olympics draws ever closer many professional triathletes have realised their often lifelong dream of getting to the Games; managing to secure a place on their national team and participate in what will be the biggest sporting spectacle the …
Lost passport: Muppet strikes again
May 25, 2012
I arrived at Chicago airport this morning, ready to board the flight to Toronto, only to realise that i had misplaced my passport. I have retraced every step and the elusive travel document has still not been found. Unfortunately this …
In memory of Frank
February 5, 2012
Almost five weeks has gone by since the death of one of the most influential people in my life, and one of the most influential people ever to have graced the sporting fraternity. That person was a wonderful man by …