Ironman Stuart Fraser is trying to set a meeting up for the distribution rights. I am an official tester.

Thats a lot of running ……
some are good to rock, some are old rockers, some are heading for the locker in the sky - playing them out is ‘Sinnerman’ on my blip.fm, my favourite training song . .

“The smart money does now indicate that the Helix TST is the preferred suit”
tri247.com wetsuit review
In 2009 I’m going with the smart money . . . .

Date: April 25th 2009
Session: 4hrs hilly ride
Training partners: Specialized Tarmac, Willy Watts and David McNamee (ladies call him Maurice)
Fuel: A large bar of Nougat, 65p from the corner shop (corner shop also used to supply ‘black doctor’ and ‘code brown emergency towels’)
Weather: some boys were a walking past our house with their tops off and [...]

Running hard hurts. Running hard 4 times in a week hurts. Running hard 4 times in a week as a triathlete makes swimming and biking hurt ….

LA Olympic Marathon from sporting- heroes
John Treacy - Irelands Olympic Silver Medalist from the 1984 Olympics - Quotes of the week:
“Your confidence comes from your preparation and Training . . . the gun goes, you get off the line and you take it from there”
“”Fear is a great motivator”
“Believe in yourself, know yourself,  deny yourself, [...]

What would Ernie say in this situation ???
He would say ” Hey listen Boykie, you’ve had a great winters training, you just need to start adding to the account again instead of using up any interest dividend”

It is his tri-suit that I want and her that I dream of !? In fact they both deserve a “yeeeooooo” shout and a shake of the fist. Anyway, moving swiftly along -  you should go out and buy Irish Runner Magazine this month. Why ?

My first day back in the Shire (Stirling) and its back to business. My brother and I got the boat back yesterday - he told me his joke about the Psychiatrist, the 4 Women deemed OCD (obessive complusive disorder) and a child named Dick …. I laughed out loud, tooted my car horn and shook [...]

 Here I am ‘going with the flow’ and following 2 Keynans in a recent 10k . . . . “balls on a plate” as my Dad would say. I’m not going to lie, I felt good for that 2k - unfortunately for me there was 8k to go and a headwind and in hindsight I’m [...]

I finished in the main bunch each day in Gorey and have ridden my Specialized S-works Transition TT bike for a total of 5miles . . . . I am happy enough and although I didnt do anything special during the race I got what I went for - some fitness gains and a new [...]

MA LADY AND I, LEADING THE PACK IN GOREY ……. ILL TELL SOME STORIES SOON .. . . .

photos by Peter Purfield

April 9th 2009: A swim, A great run in Castle Archdale, a big box from Specialized ….

I woke early on wednesday morning, had some breakfast and hit the road again to the Sports Institute Northern Ireland. “Maybe if the dissidents see the new Irish Budget from yesterday they will realise they are better off where they are” was my initial banter ….. that was also the last of my attempted humour [...]

 Its raining outside, searching for flights to Asia has put me in bad form, im tired and not looking forward to dodging the blue rinses in the public swim session. I am in SINI in the morning for a run test. I need motivation, I need a cuppa, jam on toast and a film . [...]

Titanic Quarter 10k was the focus today and although it was cold and windy, 32.40 wasn’t very pleasing ….

Are you a Pole Vaulter ??? … No Im German but how did you know my name was Vaulter ? …. thats my pole vault joke ….
I dont think a naked run would be tolerated here in Enniskillen …. luckily I have Saucony - check out the current range here
 

 http://www.saucony.co.uk/index.php

Shortly after I set on eyes on ‘Ma Lady’, Mr Pink took the hint and the huff and left …. I AM SPECIALIZED.
The following post and Blip.FM song is dedicated to my new girl