Sunday nights are great. The work’s been done for the week, Monday’s a rest day. I’m counting down the things I have to get done before I leave for Hawaii on the 29th September.
Apart from my coaching committments, I have one more major workout to get done. My endurance/fuel efficiency workout next Sunday. It’s a 200km bike with a 26km climb in the middle of it, and a 30min run off the bike. It usually works out to be an 8hr day. It’s always a great day sharing the experience …

The 100km time trial is one of the best tests we have for Half Ironman and Ironman performance. A shorter time trial may show how fast you are but the concentation skills needed for a long race in tough conditions need to be learned. The best place to learn these skills is doing something tough enough to test the mind.
The course we use is west of Brisbane over rolling terrain. It has some hills, some flat, often wind, and in winter it’s cold enough for full finger gloves and shoe …

Why is it that the day after a big session, you get out of bed and feel pretty good. The next morning it feels like the night was too short. This morning (Tuesday) was like that. I looked in the mirror and Keith Richards was looking back. 4.30am is too early to have to get up sometimes.
It’s six weeks to go and even though I’m tired right now, it’s all good. I’ve had a productive week of training last week. I managed to fit in 4hrs swimming, about 12km, 7hrs …

I’ve cautiously started my program again now the “Man Flu” symptoms have eased. I’ve had a great run of health for three years, hardly a sniffle. It’s amazing how sensitive to any symptoms we become after a cold.
My Sunday workout was going to be a test of the strength of my immune system. We did a two hour bike followed by a two hour run. I had done a 4,000m aerobic swim set on Saturday, no change in symptoms. I still had a little bit of a tickle in the throat.
Sunday’s …

We’ve all heard how serious a “Man Flu” can be. It’s the new pandemic for 2010. Far more serious than a common cold. Only seems to affect the males of the species. The females seem to have an immunity which allows them to go on with normal duties, cooking, cleaning, caring for others, without the devastating symptoms suffered by the males.
A strong healthy male can be struck down overnight, rendering him a sniffling, shivering, mess. Totally unable to do any of his normal daily chores like cutting down forests, killing …