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My First "Run for a Reason"

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Last Sunday I did the 14km run in the annual HBF Run for a Reason. I've been seeing another physio since doing the Half (now 3 weeks ago) to get a second opinion on the ongoing knee pains I get ...

Created: 30 May 2012 11:34 Views: 13636

2011 Ironman WA Photos & Story

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Yesterday's Ironman WA saw around 1300 entrants front up to start the 226km race. Amongst them, were some 44 members of the North Coast tri club, many doing it for the first time,...

Created: 05 Dec 2011 15:27 Views: 12602

Photos from today's Women's Triathlon (with Tadpoles) at Hillarys

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Beautiful conditions and a massive turnout for today's racing at Hillarys. Everyone in Perth was celebrating a day with temps below 35 degrees!...

Created: 06 Mar 2011 15:17 Views: 12523

My first Ironman 70.3 experiences

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This year I've prepared specifically for this race and sitting here with just the lingering pains in my legs to remind me that I did it,...

Created: 09 May 2011 19:25 Views: 10886

Busselton Half Ironman 2010

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I've been to 3 previous Busso Half Ironman races, but always as the spectator/supporter for my husband. This year was my first time in the event but not yet as an individual racer,...

Created: 01 May 2010 15:55 Views: 10725

Blackwood Marathon Team Relay (Bridgetown)

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Yesterday was the 33rd Blackwood Marathon Team Relay. I have no idea why it's called a marathon, its an adventure race really, with a 12k run, 8k river paddle,...

Created: 31 Oct 2011 18:36 Views: 10321

WA TriSeries Race 5 - Hillarys #2

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Hillarys Triathlon #2 was a couple of weekends ago now, but I wanted to wait until I received the event photos before I published this blog about the race. Mostly,...

Created: 20 Apr 2011 16:50 Views: 8881

MTB Crash at Rapid Ascent X-Adventure!

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Last weekend I was in Dunsborough for the X-Adventure offroad triathlon. 3 events were held over the weekend, with both a Short Course and Kids race on the Saturday and the Long Course on the ...

Created: 28 Mar 2013 16:10 Views: 8619

Making Kefir - Instructions

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The following step by step instructions was written by me with photos of my culture. I hope that you'll find this useful. If you wish to find out more about kefir,...

Created: 10 Apr 2013 11:22 Views: 8152

Healthy breakfast

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I've made an effort to have my favourite healthy breakfast twice this week and thought I'd share it with you... I buy "Cutting Edge,...

Created: 16 Dec 2011 13:41 Views: 7994

Triathlon Pink - Perth 2009

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After my first competitive running event last weekend in the Blackwood Marathon Relay I felt full of euphoria and somehow found myself keen to see how hard it would be to do a triathlon....

Created: 08 Nov 2009 01:00 Views: 7738

2010 Interclub Triathlon - Mandurah WA

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As a member of NorthCoast tri club, we were all encouraged to head down to Mandurah for the interclub race to try to win back the trophy. Rather than our individual results being recorded,...

Created: 12 Dec 2010 01:00 Views: 7631

Australia Day Triathlon 2010 - Point Walter

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The Australia Day Triathlon at Point Water is an annual event. Having watched both Leah and David compete at this venue last year I had a pretty good idea of what to expect and it terrified me....

Created: 26 Jan 2010 01:00 Views: 7546

My first medal win at triathlon - Left Bank, Perth

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Today was my second ever entry into a triathlon - the "Fun" category. 4.50am the alarm clock went off for a 5.15am depature. For the first time ever,...

Created: 29 Nov 2009 01:00 Views: 7239

Blackwood Marathon Relay 2009

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The Blackwood Marathon event is made up of 4 stages (5 if you do the equestrian section), the run 12km, canoe 8.5km, swim 1km and into the bike 20km....

Created: 31 Oct 2009 01:00 Views: 7233

My Race Story - IM70.3 Busselton

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Probably like most competitors the night before the race, I didn't enjoy listening to the terrible storm during the night. No matter what the morning's conditions would bring,...

Created: 07 May 2012 15:29 Views: 7228

2012 Corporate Teams Triathlon - Photos & Story

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Created: 05 Apr 2012 11:54 Views: 7143

TriathlonOz Cake !

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Thanks Kate for the yummy chocolate cake ! Ommnomyum, much appreciated.

Created: 03 Jun 2011 19:34 Views: 6877

Training/Weight Loss Progress Report (Week 3)

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Since I made such a song and dance 3 weeks ago about my intentions to train off the weight gain, I thought it was time to write a little update on my progress to far....

Created: 07 Nov 2011 13:25 Views: 6835

My Raw Food experiences

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A few months ago, I was introduced to some raw vegan foodists and thus began a whole new journey of discovery about food. I've always been interested in nutrition, cooking,...

Created: 21 Feb 2013 13:43 Views: 6751

Training continues - but injuries bite me!

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Since writing a blog a few weeks ago for the start of my Busselton 70.3 training (Weeks 1 & 2) I've now completed my 5th week but things have not b

Created: 19 Feb 2012 17:27 Views: 6744

My 8 year old just got her first road bike

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We've feeling very lucky to have picked up a wonderful junior road bike for Chardae through another family in the tri club. Chardae had outgrown her MTB bike (that was previously Leah's) and ...

Created: 20 Nov 2012 16:52 Views: 6716

Sorrento Challenge

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Last Saturday (22nd October), I found myself in the Sorrento Challenge as part of a team with my friend Kate. The Sorrento Challenge is a bit like a triathlon starting with a swim and ending ...

Created: 31 Oct 2011 17:21 Views: 6672

A night of high-tech body testing at PIH

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It must be fate... a few weeks ago, I was invited by a friend to attend a workshop for triathletes about swimming biomechanics. Not one to avoid an opportunity to soak up new knowledge about ...

Created: 20 Mar 2012 15:25 Views: 6661

Albany Half - Race Report

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Last Saturday I did a half-ironman distance triathlon in the beautiful SW WA town of Albany. This was my third triathlon of this distance so I knew what to expect in many respects,...

Created: 10 Jan 2013 15:04 Views: 6613

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