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Thursday, November 23, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
K2 - Coromandel to Coromandel: 185kms.
K2 is a 185 kilometre bicycle race held on the Coromandel Peninsula. The race starts from a different town each year. Coromandel, Thames, Tairua or Whitianga. It has more hills than any other race I have seen in New Zealand. The weather is always good, and the scenery stunning.After...
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Windy Wellington
Looks like paradise right?I nearly went insane last year with the weather, and I am the biggest apologist for the wind that there is. Here is some video from my lounge window.... (very short)And some more that someone took of planes landing at our airport....
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
MTB worlds Rotorua
MTB Worlds... bad taste photoHere is a comment from Geoff Kabush's diary... and the accompanying photo that explains it all...The Kiwis tried to cheer me up the steep hills but I was doing all I could. There were a bunch of hecklers in red capes that I was afraid to look at for the first five laps for fear that they were naked. It ended up that they...
Monday, August 28, 2006
World MTB champs
World MTB champs last weekend in Rotorua Central north Island.I only have a small camera so I had to throw it about a bit to get these shots....
Friday, June 16, 2006
Tip Track Vertical challenge? 495 metres straight up!
The "tip-track" race was held a few weeks back with great success.Its a race of legend in Wellington with talk of a time of 18 mins flat, from gate to gate by the legendary Trevor Woodward.This was to be an entirely different event with the race starting at sea level and finishing...
Friday, May 12, 2006
Crazyman multi-sport triathlon duathlon
CMAN The Crazyman is the biggest multisport event in this region, and at 574 competitors, 2006's race was the biggest field yet. More details here: http://www.crazyman.co.nz I can hardly walk now, (the next monday) not from running pain, but from the damage the cramp spasms...
Monday, March 06, 2006
Sarah Ulmer wins World cup by 4 mins
Wow. Sarah Ulmer broke away with 12 laps to go in a 20 lap race at the Wellington Round of the Womens World cup. It sure looks good for her change from the individual pursuit to the time trial at the Commonwealth games. Straight after the race she spent the next 30 minutes signing...
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Wellington Centre Track Champs Feb 06
It was a fun weekend. I am still recovering actually. The first night was rained out with thunder and lightning so they shoe-horned the rest of the events into the next 2 days. I did the 8km points race, the 500m TT, the 3000m Inividual pursuit and the 5km scratch race - all...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
National track champs IP 3000m
This is a shot from the NZ national track champs. 3000 metres for Vet2 (45 +) Its the same distance as Sarah Ulmer did.... just a good 35 seconds slower in my case! The helmet is the same one I borrowed off Jason Eady for the TT champs in Ashhurst, a LAS. I think the rear disc...
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