257 Days And Counting

Some pretty decent training today. Managed to do over an hour of high intensity spinning and about 35 minutes in the pool. I need to get back on the road (on my bike) but they are having trouble making the stickers for TTMAD for the bike.

I am looking forward to getting some long miles done and Ivan has lent me an indoor resistance trainer and some videos to simulate the road on these cold mornings. One of them traces the road from George Airport to Mosselbay and although I never did it on a bicycle, I covered it many times on my Harley and by car en route to Cape Town. It is a bit of a trip down memory lane.

Work has been good but the end of month always seems to sneak up on me. Hope you have all visited TTMAD website and PLEASE pass the link on to others who are interested. I need to collect the profiles of all those who agreed to tri and a make a difference.

259 Days And Counting

The big news today is The TTMAD WEBSITE IS LIVE! I found a great website called freewebs.com and it took me a couple of hours to complete an entire website, publish it and put it live!

I had formulated what I wanted some time back so all that was required was time and testing. I have included a pledge page, a sponsors page, a visitors book... the works.

So as long as you don't mind having a website that looks like one of the 17 Million they claim to have built, it is a great start. Please follow this LINK to the site, I will be moving it to ttmad.com shortly.

Went to a Barmitzvah today so I know it is a piss poor excuse but training didn't happen. I suppose I could put it down to carbo loading but I don't think anyone will buy that. Bit of rough news today was hearing that my cousin Mike, the one who was shot in a high-jacking 3 weeks ago has developed an infection. I will go past tomorrow and as always my thoughts are with him and his family.

I really do believe that I will sit down with him one day and go through all these posting, and please G-d he will see me finish Ironman. Please visit TTMAD and let me know what you think, you can use the contact details there or leave a message in the visitors book. Mine is the only profile up at the moment but I will be contacting everyone during the week to get their information.

Me, I am off to the Barmy party now so more 'carbo-loading'. Enjoy the weekend everyone!

262 & 261 Days And Counting

Oh Shit, missed a day! (You can stop laughing now!) Lucky it was just a days blogging and not a days training. Been real busy as we head to the end of the month and if I could just turn this 'busy' into 'money' life would be dandy.

Plenty of meetings this week including one with Talisman Tool & Plant Hire. They are a South African based tool hire company that has franchises successfully throughout South Africa and they have invited me to speak to their franchisees at their annual conference in September. Ag shame, they couldn't find a REAL speaker! Well one thing I can assure them, things will be a little different from the next day.

I am gonna speak to them about the importance and value of brand and branding. So maybe a few laughs a few shocked faces and just maybe a few people looking at their company a little differently. I have never thought of myself as a motivational speaker (no standing on chairs or hugging or shouting 'amen') but maybe inspirational enough to make a difference. Time will tell.

Trying to work exactly to the Triangle Sports Program and this means time in the seat, time on my feat and time in the pool. The pool sessions are strange because I am trying to work on form first and distance next but don't want to be left too far behind.

Need to get in a long run tomorrow and a long bike ride on Sunday BUT my bike is still at the shop and that means extended spinning. Just a gentle reminder to those that have promised to comment on this blog... I AM STILL WAITING!

263 Days And Counting

I have been at it for almost a month now, some days it feel like a great start and other days I feel like I am going backwards. Spent the day in a strategy session today with a non-profit organisation called Women In Finance. I will never do justice by trying to describe what they do, so best you visit their website here. It was a long full day and unfortunately I missed my training session today.

So I will have to make it up at some stage soon. Strange when you start out you are so sure you can ALWAYS find the time to train but reality bites and you realise there are just going to be those days. Better make sure they are few and far between.

The good news is that TTMAD website is live, still missing a LOT of information but the design and functionality is there. Take a quick peak and feel free to send me your comments on it. Any suggestions will be appreciated. I hope to complete the content this weekend and make it official from early next week. I am not entirely happy with the way the colours are working together and we will sort through all that soon.

PS Happy training and thanks for visiting!

264 Days And Counting

Did you ever try to run for 1 hour and 10 minutes on a treadmill? To use a choice Afrikaans expression it is Kak. Well I have to learn to run at a lower heart rate for a longer distances so this is how I am going to teach myself. Sorta like a punishment for running too fast on the road.

Had a bio-kinetic assessment today and think my wife needs to visit 2nd-Hand-Husbands.Com wow I felt like an old man who couldn't bend or anything. Turns out I am a little out of alignment and need to start working on some core muscle strength. Well Jane did warn me. So I am gonna put in a little extra time in the gym for a while to build this up again.

I think the big mistake I made was stopping the strength training when I started the distance training thinking it may give me muscle I didn't want to carry. Turns out... I need it! So back to gym it is.

As for todays training it was an hour and ten minutes on a treadmill keeping my pulse under 150.

265 Days And Counting

Monday... kinda a rest day with a swim thrown in for good measure. Felt a little guilty that I hadn't run yesterday so hardly earned the rest day, but I know I will pay for it!

Had my first swim session today, spent about 45 minutes in the water. Did some TI (Total Immersion) Drills to warm up and followed the program. The swim will be challenging and I think my fear of swimming in a crowd and the sea will be the biggest challenge. James from Triangle assures me the swim is the easy part (this year the swells & currents were the big problem so they have moved the date out a bit)

Physio went well and Jane is a magician, if you need a physiotherapist drop me a mail and I will send you her details. She is also a nutter and that is a whole other story. She will be running in a race across the Alps in about 5 weeks and will be covering about 200k in 10 days. I will post the full details here and on the TTMAD Website shortly. Signed up for the hosting today and gave Siviwe most of the content so we should be live by Thursday!

I am not certain if this is the correct logo or even if this is the correct link (Click Here) if not I am certain she will let me know and I will correct it. So I suppose the nice thing about Ironman is it maybe late at night but I will eventually be sleeping in a comfortable bed in a nice hotel in Port Elizabeth that night. (PS I have booked in at The Kelway Hotel)


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Height 172 cm

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266 Days And Counting

So this was it! My last weekend day off, it was my niece's birthday party and I officially used up my last free weekend day to relax a little. With 266 days to go and a lot of miles to get in I thought this might be the last chance and I took it.

My back should be back by the end of the week so hopefully next weekend I will be on the road. Have physio tomorrow morning and although I have had no knee pain, the inside of my calves do stiffen up after two days running in a row.

Anyway Jane is great and I am sure she will sort it out and give me some exercises for it. So back to work and back to training tomorrow and of course back to school for Sasha who has just finished three weeks of holidays.