Iain's Blog (4)

There are no pretty pics (I wasn't in the mood) but I managed to linp my way through the Gold challenge and the tale of woe is hiding here. I think I'm still recovering. At least I've got 12months before the big 4-0 ;-) Time to start training. Iain Continue

Just a quick note to say bfitday tri is complete and I'm still in one piece just. It's a long story so will have to wait until I've more time, but lets just say that having 7 weeks off and then returning to training with a bang has been an interesting experience. Yesterday I did a Duathlon which was followed by a Christmas Party with a 3am finish and just 3.5hrs sleep. Just getting through the day has been as tough mentally as any of my 5 Ironman races. Now I just need to eat and sleep becau… Continue

Aha, I'm back exploring the pages of bfitday.com which must mean it's nearly time for torture. Hell, why is my birthday in December, it's freaking freezing outside. I've had 7 weeks of inactivity since screwing up my Ironman attempt in Florida, that alongside the fact that the weather is likely to be awful mean there will be no monster efforts or record attempts for this one. I've 2 choices. Either a Gold attempt this Sunday (the day before my birthday) or a Silver attempt next weekend when I… Continue

Well it's not my birthday until December but getting dragged onto this site and having a Tri Friend with a 34th birthday this weekend was too much to resist. The suggestion was made, he was up for it and that was that. Game on! Firstly an apology ................. I'd got plans in my head to capure this all on camera but forgot to pick it up when I left this morning so that idea was out of the window. Anyway, to the tale of the day. I woke up to my 7am alarm call, grabbed a cuppa and some brea… Continue