And I'm back!

In 2010 I finished the Shepparton Half Ironman with a time of 5h49min. I still remember this race, it was warm, flat, and although I smashed the bike leg (ave 35km/h), I suffered on the 4xloop run course. Needless to say, I was happy to receive my fruit salad and ice cream at the finish.

Then I stopped...

I had planned to race at Ironman Melbourne in 2011, but I was ill a week out from the race and was a DNS. Sadly, that race is gone and I pretty much stopped at that point.

I got married at the start of 2012 and we traveled the world from 2012-2017 including a four year stint living and working in New York City. I did manage to do a few events; the New York marathon twice, the New York Half Marathon twice, the Staten Island Half Marathon twice, and a bunch of random short runs, including the New York Turkey Trot.

Fast forward to 2017 and we came back to Australia + 2 (a baby and a wiener dog), when I'd finished Shepparton I was 79kg, now I was sitting in at 92kg and feeling pretty average.

I took my bikes out of storage and started riding again - riding to/from work as many days as I could and going for the odd run. I did two "Corporate Triathlons" in 2017 and 2018 and the taste for triathlon returned.

On an engagement in Washington DC for six months, I'd expressed my interest to a work colleague in doing Ironman 70.3 Hawaii - and at the end of 2018, I decided 2019 was my year to come back.

On June 1, 2019 I properly returned to triathlon, completing Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. My time wasn't awesome; I suffered in the heat during the run, but overall I felt good. In fact, aside from the heat, I didn't really suffer at all. I should also mention that I've changed my training and dropped down to 84kg. I got a VO2Max test and some training tips, which really helped me. Considering I'm 9 years older, on a much harder course, and felt pretty great - I really can't complain.

I've got my sights set on a full distance Ironman, stay tuned for that!