Past and Present Challenges
Hi all
Recently i have been involved in a few challenges of titanic proportion, i also have a few more biggys coming up that well see me into the new year and my much awaited move to the United Kingdom on feb 4th 2009
Swim for Gold Challenge August 2008 - Got roped in by roving Waimea Weekly reporter AJ Board to try and swim 14000 lengths (35km) in 21 days in august as part of the swim for gold olympic promotion... with a few early morning starts and some intense training i managed to fail the challenge, only completing 740 lengths in the alotted time slot..This challenge was riddled with positives though, one being at first i was a rubbish swimmer, having to stop every 1 length for a breath, now i can complete 40 (1km) with ease without stopping..second positive is that i have kept the swimming up.
Krefty and Turnz Kayak mission to Kaiteri 20th Dec 2008 - Krefty and I are currently training for a big mission from nelson port to kaiteri in sea kayaks, after a few training sessions and close calls with Seals we are looking good, the only barrier we are facing at the moment is krefty is to big and cannot fit in your standard humans kayak, we are looking at other options to accomodate big cliff...Watch this space.
Kahurangi Classic Adventure Race Dec 13th 2008 - As team leader into this race i have been the slackest on the training front. The staff from school are involved in this and i will be partaking in the 30km mountain bike leg from the cobb valley to upper takaka....watch this space
Contact Energy Wanaka Sprint Triathlon 17th Jan 2009 - Turnz is taking on the big dogs in wanaka in his first triathlon...after spending 15 days in thailand prior to this week i will be a little bit under the weather, but im looking at the postives to come out of thailand, huge weight loss in short time if i get food poisioning, the heat will help me train hopefully providing advantage over dog roll and his mates. Training has started for this and im currently working on the base fitness at this stage of my program, as daylight savings rolls around ill look to step up the training time and make use of this wonderful training facility we call Nelson.
Keep an eye on these races/events
