Ironman New Zealand!!

There's a bike in there, and a seat as well!

Well its finally here, time to head to NZ and hopefully come home as an Ironman!!  Its been a long journey with all the training and early mornings, but i'm sure it'll all come together.  We've got a great group of people heading over from Shep and i can't wait to actually get there and soak up some of the famous hot springs!

Anyway, for those who want to keep an eye on the day, you can keep track live on http://ironmanlive.com/  Race day is Saturday 5^th March.

 

The crew heading over and their race numbers:

 

Jo – 282

Anthony Rule – 228

Jo's friend Heidi – 277

Jon Griffin – 1312

Matt Lorback - 377

Chris Schirmer - 415

Anne Maclean - 771

Miah Franzmann – 1030

Ben Goodall - 349

 

 

With the time zone difference, we should all be safely on our bikes buy the time you're having breakfast (fingers crossed!)

Thanks everyone and we'll see you soon!!
Cheers
Matty

More Water Obstacles!

Annie & Jo 'riding'

The weather this year is getting ridiculous, yet another ride that presented a couple of "puddles".  This time we even had to de-shoe and throw the bike on our shoulders so we could get across!  Yep, i'm sure we looked pretty stupid, and i'm sure there's more than a couple of people thinking "why bother, stay in bed!"

 Another puddle, lucky not too deep, coz it was full of more worms than i have ever seen before! Way too squishy in the toes for my liking!

Sunrise when the rain clears!

Wet boots in the downpour!

When the rain comes down, what better thing to do than get out into it. The 'Sweet Ride' was ready and raring for a few laps up and down the street. It was all laughs and smiles until a car spotted Soph riding and decided to floor it, sending a wall of water flying her way! Then of course it was hilarious!