It’s now three days since IronMan South Africa 2009 and time for my final diary entry. I could write at least 10 stories about the 5 days we spent in Port Elizabeth, but I need to bring it to a close. Yet strangely enough, after a year of training, hard work and not inconsiderable expense [...]

I’ll do a report later. But in the meanwhile, a picture speaks a thousand words.

Lets get one thing straight. Port Elizabeth is a damn fine town and spectacularly beautiful to boot.  It may on occasion be a tad windy but the people are exceptionally welcoming to ‘the IronMans’ as more than one has called me and this place knows how to throw a party. I am seriously considering moving [...]

Dear Readers I am in Port Elizabeth. The weather is great. Wish you were here. Lots of love Chris XXXX     A drive of seven hours has brought me to the place where my journey of the past eleven Months will end. Traveling with my wife who doubles up as supporter in chief, we [...]

Week one of my taper is a thing of the past and if I’m honest I can’t say I’m particularly looking forward to weeks two and three. All of which is a 180 degree change in direction to how eagerly I was anticipating my taper period. The problem I guess is that I don’t trust [...]

Have you ever had frozen eye balls. Neither had I until last weekend when I competed in the 11 Global Triathlon at Blouberg in Cape Town. Anyone who has ever swum in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Town will tell you how cold it is, and I have even scuba dived there in the past, [...]

IronMan is coming like a steam train. Have I done enough training? Well I’ve done this much since 1 May 2008. Running: 1163km 121hours. Cycling: 5373km 253 hours Swimming: 151km 59 hours. I guess that sort of matches the time proportions of the event but I’m still worried. Chill pills may be needed.

When I entered the Argus I filled in my existing medical conditions on their website. It seems they are worried about me because now they want me to visit the MediClinic at the Cycle expo to get checked out.  The only problem is that I listed my conditions as follows.  1: Spontaneous dental hydroplosion. 2: [...]

Today we did a brick session, which to me is a new form of training. It consisted of a 1hour bike ride followed by a 30 minute run, repeated 3 times and in theory getting faster each time. To add insult to injury the riding leg took in the 2nd climb of the Argus Cycle [...]

I am a firm believer that life sends me messages, so why I keep deleting them without even giving them a cursory glance is beyond me.   Take last week for example. The life messages were coming in fast and furious and my internal mail box that is labelled  ‘Warning’ was filling up at a [...]