After only two weeks after 70.3 Kraichgau. I ran this race. I had a similar race as in Kraichgau but felt a little better. I was able to finish with out any health problems HOWEVER, I did feel flat and empty. I was happy with my race effort for the race and I am starting…
So after a great season start in Australia I was hoping for a good race today and I had a good feeling about racing back in Europe. At the sametime I had, on the advice of my (ex) Doctor begun anti-allergy injections. This timing was wrong. I had a number of problems due to the…
My first race of the year was the Tweed Enduro. The swim started in the Tweed River and was in the direction of the current. This resulted in a really quick swim and in 2nd place for my age group. That was temporary as I was in the lead 5 minutes after the start of…
Juices are great to get all your vitamins. A Cold pressed juice is how I make mine. I have a Oscar Neo DA-1000 and its very easy to use and the best part is, it’s easy to clean! I sometimes make a little extra put it into bottles and pop it in the fridge to…
As The Crow Flies. This book is a great motivational book and a nice little story about Craig “CROWIE” Alexander’s journey to his 3rd World Championship Ironman and the Ironman 70.3 World Champion in the same year. It is an autobiography with amazing pictures from the photographer Paul K. Robbins. The book starts with on…
I found this recipe in a magazine and renamed it to The Nuke bar. Makes 25 x 50g bars Preparation time 10 mins Cooking time 25 mins Equipment Needed: a saucepan; mixing bowl; baking sheet; baking parchment or greaseproof paper. Ingredients 150g dried cherries 75g whole almonds, husk on 75g brazil nuts 75g walnuts 75g…
Adidas Energy Boost. This shoe is a solid performing workout shoe. The energy return from the shoe is quite amazing as a result of the new technology from Adidas. With a shoe Claiming it does everything. I could not resist trying them out for myself. They are a light workout shoe with a 10mm heel…
What an important race this is for me. I so wanted to finish a long distance race. My main goal for this race to finish healthy and test a new Nutrition plan for the Frankfurt IM 2014. At the race start I was extremely chilled out and there was absolutely no pressure. I was not…
MY FIRST DNF! I never felt so fit in my life before this race. I was feeling great and Could not wait to race. At 7 am the race gun went off and we started to swim. I felt pretty good in the swim. HOWEVER I did get caught between 2 gumby swimmers that did…
This Maratrhon I ran with a good client of mine Lothar. This was his FIRST Marathon and I was running with him for support. We trained well for this race but because of work travel he wasn’t able to fit in enough long runs. Which started to haunt from kilometre 35. Other then that we…