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 [...]