Around the grounds

Luke aka Team Felt, picked up his new ride last weekend and is a very excited TT bike owner. I’m guessing this might be the ticket to jump start his Ironman training, if it doesn’t he’s in very very deep trouble…..

On the weekend we lost the part human part freak bloke we called 'The Zuuer'. It was sad to see him move on, but he has moved on to greener (and frikin hot) pastures up in Darwin. We will be seeing him at Ironman next year if we don't see him before. Best of luck up there Glenn and family.

It seems more of the significant others have had enough of standing on the sidelines and are slowly but surely dipping their toe in the world of Triathlon. For me it is a great feeling as I want that that buzz you get on a race weekend to be experienced by my better half, and of course experience the obvious health benefits.

It seems the Tri bug has bitten the Boyne Tannum area big time with a sizeable group training for the Tannum Tri in December. This is great to see and can only be a good thing. Who knows someone might even start up a club one day….no not me….I would assist though……

Muz is only a few weeks out from Ironman Busso now and from all accounts that skinny he has to run around in the shower to get wet! It’s been great to see his faithful sidekick Chip there to help him through some of the training and they will both be better for it. Well done to both of you. Kona is calling Muz! I did have grand plans to be there for some of the riding but fate it seems had other ideas…..

Arpit has returned from the mother land and has jumped back into training with both feet. His marathon 2 Hunge on Sunday by himself while a suffer fest for him, is money in the bank in my books. Arpit has the Wanaka Challenge in January so it’s all systems go from here in now for him. Talking about go! it seems Arpit is leaving us shortly as well! More on that later.

Noosa Results

Well Noosa has come and gone with a few locals heading down for the madness that is Noosa. Whippet Wriede of course smashed it and did a very impressive time to finish 4th in the Open. Ben's run time was especially impressive. Surely his new ride will be worth a couple of minutes because it sure looks the goods!

Dr Scott is showing signs of form returning with a 2.23 and is one to watch! Imagine if he bought a new ride what he could do ;)

Doug had a solid hitout and came home in 2.27 while the G had a very ordinary ride and his time blew out to a 2.38; what has happened to the man that was once feared on the bike?

DVD smashed his previous PB and recorded a 2.26 and has let his good form be known to all!

Josh Roby did a 3.10 in his first attempt at this distance and it was great to see him finish, well done Josh.

Next on the radar is Busso with Scotty having a crack at qualifying for Kona. Come on fella.

Been a while....

A lot has happened since the blog was last updated. To those that can please feel free to update when you want; you don't need my permission.
Well the Gold Coast Half has come and gone with all having a great weekend, even though it was bloody wet!
With Hell of the West looming early next year and Noosa this weekend there hasn't been a lot of time to rest the body for most.
I hit the road again last weekend after coming off second best with contact from a pothole resulting in a messy collar bone break and a trashed bike. There are a few lessons to be learnt here, make sure you insure your gear and we need to have a good discussion on riding in a group to try to minimise anymore stacks. Trust me hitting the road isn't nice and I seem to be the resident pro so I know what I'm talking about!

Rydges SPRINT race 1 - The G

Weekly Wrap up by BV

With only 3 weeks now until the Gold Coast, most are well and truly into the heavy part of their program (except if you are the G).

The week started with talk of mega-rides, 100km TT’s and the acquisition of a few new toys for some. As expected the mega-ride talk was just that, talk. However, some where still eager enough to take on the 100km TT and by all accounts some very impressive times were recorded, but more about that later.

The weekend started as per normal with the usual team heading out to the dam. Although Chip was itching to try out his new cheating wetsuit, he declined the invitation, instead opting for a swim, bike session at the pool. G once again found the 4 lap barrier too tough to penetrate and amidst a variety of excuses as to why he couldn’t go on, bailed again after 4 laps. Tim and yours truly braved the rain to complete the 6 laps. Mark R, still struggling to come to terms with his new stroke, completed 5. There were sightings of Ironvastava on his bike on the road out to the dam, and unconfirmed reports of mechanical difficulties during his ride.

Friday night could be seen as a turning point in the season with yours truly coming into temporary possession of a P2! Armed with my new weapon I joined the G, Mark R and Tim on a 100km ride out towards Bilo on Saturday morning. G threw a few efforts in just to spice things up and put some serious hurt on those silly enough to try and keep up (no prizes for guessing who thought he needed to keep up!). The session was finished off with a few 2km repeats and again the G was in some fine form. Watch out for him! He doesn’t actually start training until this weekend so imagine what he’ll be like come race day!

Sunday saw the pain trio (Muz, Chip and the Zuuer) joined by Ironvastava for the 100km TT. Sickness took Muz out but he was still around to dish out the tough love at every turn-around point! Some very impressive times recorded with everyone meeting or beating their target. If Chip in particular carries this type of form to GC he will smash the 5hr barrier.

I managed to put in a solid brick session on Sunday which is more than I can say for some others still feeling the effects of Saturdays effort (1 person in particular is still feeling the effects this morning – maybe he needs to learn to control his ego on the bike, it could be his downfall!!).

DVD is still training the house down in Brisbane, but no word yet on whether the race council has ratified his form guide time. The word fox is still being thrown about.

Speaking of foxing, Stevie is still trying to throw everyone off the scent with talk of sleep ins, French toast breakfasts, days out at crazy festivals and busted wheel bearings. Nobody is buying it!

No word on what big Lukie got up to on the weekend. Word is though that he and Stevie read from the same training book, so he should be just fine.

The Comeback?

The DoDo made it to the pool!

Is this the begining of something big?

Stay tuned there is more to this story........

Sept 4/5 weekend roundup

G is the guest presenter this week. 4 weeks to go until the Gold Coast, things are stating to heat up with a few mega training sessions by a few of the lads.

Weekend started as usual with a Friday night swim. The pain brothers started the weekend as they were going to finish it with a killer pool session on Friday, followed up with a ride on Saturday and a killer brick session on Sunday. 4 hrs riding followed by 8 x 2km repeats. Seems like they are positioning themselves for a super time, or massive implosion at GC.

The new Muz weapon has arrived, a mighty fine looking piece of equipment, no doubt he will terrorise plenty of riders leading up to and including GC.

Myself, Mark, Luke and Tim went for nice leisurely swim out the dam, 5 laps for everyone (a new record for yours truly) except for Luke who sooked out at 2, beautiful night, pity weren’t out there for a BBQ and beers.

Mark R followed Friday night with a mega ride on Saturday, clocked up another 100 mile ride, looked very fresh afterwards, no doubt he will smash the bike at GC, question is will he be able to run the distance?? I think not.

Tim, Luke and myself headed out for a ride over Haddock and up Mt Rollo, a few close encounters with a winged terror on Mt Rollo the only issue. Ended up cruising around Tannum to clock up 100km, we welcomed Luke into the 100km club, not sure if he was to keen to do any more than 100km but a great effort no less. Tim backed this up with a spin session and 8 x 2km repeats on the Sunday, watch out for Tim, he is coming good, don’t be fooled by the dodgy form guide time.

BV ducked down to Bundaberg for the weekend, rumour is he put in a stellar weekend of training, discovered that riding with the fan going is not the same as riding in the elements. 100km knocked over in the wind backed up with a 30min ride x 30 min run x 30min ride x 30 min run brick session on the Sunday. Building nicely for an epic meltdown, I mean race at GC.

Unconfirmed information that DVD has been thrashing himself lately, 350km plus rides, 30km plus runs, 6km plus swimming, the race council is considering adjusting the form guide time based on this latest information. We may have a new fox.

Ironvastava headed up to Airlie Beach for the weekend, not a holiday though.100km plus ride on Saturday followed up with the sprint distance race on Sunday, a very impressive 1:16 time, look out for Ironvastava, the training is obviously starting to pay big time.

The mighty Zuuer was off up to Darwin last week, word is he had a few health issues, came back with a sore head and a mountain of motivation, look out whoever is foolish enough to train with him the next 4 weeks. Rumour has it he did a double crossing at the Dam just to warm up for the next 4 weeks.

Sneaky Stevie apparently spent the weekend cleaning the house. Who believes this? NO ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!