After a few too many beers on New Years Eve my friend took up the challenge of riding from the most Northerly point in Europe (Nordkapp) to the most southerly point in Africa (Cape Town). He wanted to a) get out of the office b) raise some money for MAG - a land mine charity. Despite having very little experience of riding a bike he quit his job and set off on his travels in April.
6 months of pedal pushing later he's currently in Ethiopia - his bike in bits and not very much money left to keep going! He's keeping a blog on http://www.kapp2cape.com/ and if you fancy being generous and giving to a worthy cause I think he deserves it! There's a link on his website to donate.
Cheers
Pete
Thursday 22 October 2009
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Driven to Tri go 1,2 at Barcelona Ironman
People say a week is along time - 7 days ago I was in Montpellier, not a cloud in the sky, 28 degrees and 22 degrees in the sea. Today it's raining non-stop, around 10 degrees and I can barely see my feet - the season is definately coming to an end. However, we had a number of athletes looking to finish the end of the season in style both at home and abroad.
The major event on the D2T calendar over the weekend was Challenge Barcelona Ironman where our Irish contingent of Jane, Joyce, Katie and Dave were all in action.
Joyce was first out of the water in 1.06 with Katie only a minute down on her. Dave had a solid swim of 1.13, as did Jane coming out in 1.19. Onto the 3 lap bike course they all stuck to their plans and again Joyce was first back with a total swim/bike of 6.43. Katie entered T2 in 6.48, Jane in 7.34 and Dave in 7.48. Despite the heat they all put together a good run. Joyce had an awesome 3.31 marathon to come home in 10.17 - nearly an hour faster than Western Australia last year. This left Joyce as 14th Female and 2nd Amateur, beating a number of pros! Katie wasn't far back, finishing in 10.56 and 2nd in her age group behind Joyce.
After over 12 hours of racing Jane and Dave were separated by only a minute - Jane coming home in 12.19 and Dave in 12.20 - both with PB's. A fantastic performace by all of them in the heat and I'm sure they're all looking forward to a well deserved break.
Further South in Spain Javier was taking on the Titan Half Ironman. In his own words it was "0% flat during the whole bike, 0% flat during the whole run. 1 hill starting on the bike with a 9% average inclination during for 15 k, after that 45 k of slopes and small hills, and after that a 17k hill with a 9.5 % average inlination! And the run was the hilliest run i´ve ever done, with 35 degrees of sun burning your head and back! honestly i think it was tougher than an ironman!" He still managed to get round in one piece and finish in 6.54!
Back in the UK Piers put together the race of his season finishing 10th at the 'One Last Tri Half Ironman'. A much improved Swim and Bike followed by the 5th fastest run of the day brought him home in 4.18 and he's already lining up a top 5 position for next year!
Pete
The major event on the D2T calendar over the weekend was Challenge Barcelona Ironman where our Irish contingent of Jane, Joyce, Katie and Dave were all in action.
Joyce was first out of the water in 1.06 with Katie only a minute down on her. Dave had a solid swim of 1.13, as did Jane coming out in 1.19. Onto the 3 lap bike course they all stuck to their plans and again Joyce was first back with a total swim/bike of 6.43. Katie entered T2 in 6.48, Jane in 7.34 and Dave in 7.48. Despite the heat they all put together a good run. Joyce had an awesome 3.31 marathon to come home in 10.17 - nearly an hour faster than Western Australia last year. This left Joyce as 14th Female and 2nd Amateur, beating a number of pros! Katie wasn't far back, finishing in 10.56 and 2nd in her age group behind Joyce.
After over 12 hours of racing Jane and Dave were separated by only a minute - Jane coming home in 12.19 and Dave in 12.20 - both with PB's. A fantastic performace by all of them in the heat and I'm sure they're all looking forward to a well deserved break.
Further South in Spain Javier was taking on the Titan Half Ironman. In his own words it was "0% flat during the whole bike, 0% flat during the whole run. 1 hill starting on the bike with a 9% average inclination during for 15 k, after that 45 k of slopes and small hills, and after that a 17k hill with a 9.5 % average inlination! And the run was the hilliest run i´ve ever done, with 35 degrees of sun burning your head and back! honestly i think it was tougher than an ironman!" He still managed to get round in one piece and finish in 6.54!
Back in the UK Piers put together the race of his season finishing 10th at the 'One Last Tri Half Ironman'. A much improved Swim and Bike followed by the 5th fastest run of the day brought him home in 4.18 and he's already lining up a top 5 position for next year!
Pete
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