UltraHumps: Cycle Event With Corruption Or Confusion…You Decide
Hi blog followers By now many of you would of picked up that I am overseas with work for a number of months, so Coach Ray and I had to stretch our brains on what training I should be able…
UltraHumps: Overcoming The Bad Habits Of Demons And Winning!
My last three articles were about ‘Can Ya Do An Ironman….My Story’; ‘Finding Qwik Kiwi Through Coach Ray’; and ‘Finding Ultraman With Qwik Kiwi’s Coach Ray’. The intent of these three articles back to back were to reveal how this…
UltraHumps: Finding Ultraman with Qwik Kiwi’s Coach Ray
My previous two articles are a preparation for this one, with the first article indicating my journey to my first Ironman, showing ‘you’ can do it; and the second article telling how I ‘fell off the wagon’ in life, but…
UltraHumps: Finding Qwik Kiwi Through Coach Ray
Hello team and welcome to my Blog. Before I get into future plans for myself with Coach Ray I have chosen to write a few blogs with a difference. Last week I wrote about “Can Ya Do An Ironman”, this week I will refer to a period where I lost focus completely and without even being a Client, Coach Ray got me to a finish line when stumbling across me at an Ironman event…
UltraHumps – Can Ya Do An Ironman…My Story!
I discovered Ironman simply by chance which I will describe in this blog, I was intrigued, in my mid-forties, but also over weight, high blood pressure, unfit, couldn’t swim, didn’t know how to use clip in shoes on a bike let alone know where the gears were in the brakes, ate crap food, drank to much alcohol and when I look back I was on a path of self destruction. So when I turned a leaf and signed up for my first Ironman ‘then’ decided to change my ways described above, people even told me or laughed in my face that I was kidding myself and couldn’t do an Ironman… This is my story to hopefully encourage others, Ironman motto after all is “Anything Is Possible”!
UltraHumps: Tackling Insomnia with Qwik Kiwi Assistance
Hello blog followers and welcome to my article with a difference, where I tackle insomnia with the assistance of a Qwik Kiwi athlete by the name of Janne Falkner…
UltraHumps switches from the Cameron Brown Award to Erin Baker Award
Hi blog followers and welcome to my final blog of this particular journey before I switch to another journey later that I come up with in consultation with Coach Ray. This seasons journey has seen me focus on the 3 events that make up the Iron Maori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series and the 5 events that make up the Cameron Brown Award. To refresh the memories the Iron Maori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series is made up of the Iron Maori Quarter Ironman in November; the Iron Maori Half Ironman in December; and the Port of Tauranga Enduro Half Ironman in January. These are 3 amazing events about promoting health and wellbeing and a great stepping stone into each other, and a great build into an Ironman if wanting to take that further step.
Ultrahumps: Swim Across Lake Taupo
The last event of the Erin Baker Award is the Swim Across Lake Taupo before one continues to the Cameron Brown Award, the difference is the addition of Ironman NZ. So in summary for the 5 events I completed the Taupo Half Marathon in August, the Around Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge in November, the Kinloch Triathlon in February, and now the Across Lake Taupo Swim also in February. This has all been on top of the 3 events that made up the Iron Maori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series. So how did the Swim Across Lake Taupo go…
UltraHumps Journey Heads To Across Lake Taupo Swim
After completing the Kinloch (Erin Baker) Triathlon, I had to get ready for the 4th event out of 5 for the Cameron Brown Award a couple of weeks later, being the Across Lake Taupo Swim. This is approximately a 4 km Swim, which starts in Acacia Bay and you swim across Lake Taupo finishing at 3 Mile Bay. Pretty straight forward, well…
UltraHumps Competes In The Erin Baker Kinloch Triathlon
UltraHumps journey to the Cameron Brown Award includes the Kinloch Triathlon with the Erin Baker Category. Hello blog followers and welcome to this edition of my journey to the Cameron Brown Award which is event # 3 of 5, having also completed the 3 events of the Iron Maori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series (all in the same season). So how did the Erin Baker Kinloch Triathlon go…
2 weeks ago Warm up, 10x 100m Stride Outs on 60sec; Cool down was my training session this morning. I ran past Dish cafe on my way to the old Lansdowne School field. It takes me the warm up 10 minutes to get there and run part of the field before it's time to do the stride outs. . . #strideouts #intervals #100m #repeats #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #coachray #coachraynz #qwikkiwi #qwikkiwiendurancetraining #dedication #consistencyisthekey #consistency #fitover60women #maturerunner #womenrunners #mizuno #fitover60 #oldandfit
2 weeks ago Gotta love the private gym I go to with its outdoor area. This afternoon I did circuit training with my oldest granddaughter. I bet there are not many grandma/granddaughter combinations who work out together in the gym. I feel like we are on a level playing field. Age difference is irrelevant as we each work the hardest we can to reach our own personal goals. Today's circuit included Goblet squats. . . #timetogether #goals #gym #gymtime #gymopenallhours #granddaughter #circuittraining #waiweight #waiweightgym #strength #strengthtraining #muscles #muscle #gobletsquats #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #qwikkiwi #qwikkiwicoaching #consistency #consistencyisthekey #fitover50 #fitover60women #maturerunner
1 day ago Images courtesy of Karen Ellis taken at this morning's Greytown Woodside Park Run. The @wairarapaballoonfestival balloons landed adjacent to our run course. What a spectacular sight. How many park run venues can equal this I wonder? . . #run #runner #running #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #coachray #coachraynz #qwikkiwi #qwikkiwicoaching #consistency #consistencyisthekey #parkrun #parkrunnz #hotairballoons @mymasterton @parkrun .nz @nztravelmagazine @greytownvillage @n #nz #newzealand
3 days ago Dots in the sky this morning - hot air balloons. Although overcast, it was a perfect morning for them with very little wind - at ground level anyway! This is the Wesley Wing Church - part of Aratoi Museum in Masterton. It is often on my run route and was again this afternoon. I did an hour long run in my endurance pace zone. As a result of a much improved recent 5km result, my pace zones have changed. I managed to be inzone for 81% of the run, which I was very happy with. . . . #hotairballoons #athlete
4 days ago Got buzzed by these guys during my run yesterday. #omakaairshow tough tempo session. It’s been a while. #qwikkiwi #coachray
1 week ago Beautiful cloud colour at 6.30am today as I got ready to run to the track to do 6x 800m. It was a taxing session. Because of a recent great 5km run, my pace zones have been reset. I didn't make it into the V02 zones (Level 5) today but was reasonably consistent with each rep. 10min Warm Up Level II; 6x 800m Level V, RI equal to the target time for the 800m; 10min Cool Down Level II; #run #runner #running #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #coachray #coachraynz #qwikkiwi #qwikkiwicoaching #consistency #consistencyisthekey #fitover50 #fitover60women #maturerunner #womenrunners #mizuno #trackworkout
Cycling FTP Power Boost Training Plan (Intermediate 16 week Plan)
This 16 week programme will take you through challenging sessions that will build your speed and power in order to develop your FTP by the end of the programme.
Designed for an intermediate cyclists and triathletes aiming to get faster. The primary goal of this training plan is to prepare you to CYCLE FASTER.