UltraHumps – Jacobs Ladder 7 Peaks Challenge
With being overseas for a number of months, one often finds themselves wondering what training can be done when events are generally off the cards. You can always bet the Physical Training Instructor (PTI), which Coach Ray is also highly…
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: Always Listen to Coach Ray’s Advice
Hi Blog Followers Welcome to another addition of the journey I am undertaking for the Cameron Brown Award and IronMaori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series. This journey is 8 events and as you will know I have now completed…
UltraHumps: Back To Swimming
Hi blog followers Welcome to my blog as I continue my journey towards the Cameron Brown Award and IronMaori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series. As you all know I have been plagued by injury with my upper left arm,…
UltraHumps: A Game Of Two Halves
Hi Blog Followers I thought I’d aptly call this blog “A Game Of Two Halves”! As reported in previous blogs I trained whilst on holiday in the USA, but primarily trained using gym equipment to avoid the heat, particularly in…
UltraHumps Journey to Cameron Brown Award and Iron Maori Legend Series
Hi team, Since my last blog I have attended a family celebration of my mother’s 75th, a family wedding, and I am now on holiday with Mel in the United States. This is a holiday we have had to plan…
UltraHumps – Struck By Injury!
Well the journey has started and so has a niggling injury. The next event in the Cameron Brown Award / IronMaori Legend Series is the start of November, being the IronMaori Quarter Ironman. I have events almost every couple of…
UltraHumps – Cameron Brown Award / IronMaori Legend Series Journey
Hi team It’s time to write my journey, so I thought I’d focus on the first of the 8 events I am to complete as part of the Cameron Brown Award which I have culminated with the IronMaori / Port…
ULTRAHUMPS is back…
Well I never actually went anywhere, but here is my story! When I completed Ultraman Australia 2016 on the Sunshine Coast, I won the Military and Emergency Services Division Trophy. Me being me, I knew I had to return in…
ASA Supports UltraHumps At Ultraman
515km over 3 days An extreme event strictly for triathletes seeking a tougher challenge. Day 1, a 10 km swim and 140km cycle; Day 2, a 281km cycle; Day 3, an 84km double marathon – madness! ‘UltraHumps’ John (Humps) Humphries…
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Shit views on this todays brick session ♂️♂️ Shout out to everyone down at the Mount, give it heaps tomorrow, be your best you #IMNZ #Ironm āori #portoftaurangahalf #qwikkiwi #IronmanNZ #swim #bike #run- 6 days ago
Spot the green cap! The local Athletics & Harriers Masterton (ACM) Club put on the first in a series of fortnightly 5km run/walk events this morning. Given the leg session I had in the gym on Friday (my quads are still sore from sissy squats) and the park run at Greytown yesterday, I wasn't sure what my legs would be capable of today. My training has been lacking consistency so this might help me get back on track. I have not done this course before. We went twice around the deer enclosure (flattened grass) and then up onto the stop - 3 weeks ago
Rode the iconic #bluespurmtb trails today. This is some of the best #mtb riding on the West Coast. #slowgirls #elevator #tunnels #qwikkiwi #coachray - 3 weeks ago
Nice day for a #run . I’m wanting to reset the #lactatethreshold on my @garmin as there is no way I’m in the form that I was when the lactate threshold was detected so I manually reset it ridiculously low but it doesn’t seem to have auto detected I was running faster/harder than the current set threshold #coachray #qwikkiwi - 6 days ago
Finished my 44th park run this morning. Legs were a bit like "really? " before I warmed up and reminded them what they needed to do. Lack of running over Christmas New Year showed in my results Photo credit - Dave White #parkrun #parkrunnz #greytownparkrun #run #runner #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #movingforward - 2 weeks ago
First run for 2020 this morning. My legs felt fine however I was puffing more than usual for this pace. A bit more consistency in my training will fix that. . . . #fitness2020 #run #runner #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #maturerunner #stretching #chickenlegs #muscles - 3 weeks ago
Another park run under my belt. Perfect conditions this morning. It was kind of cool (till I started sweating), overcast and not much wind. I did my best to catch the woman in front of me and closed the gap a little however the gap then stretched a bit in the last kilometer and the results showed that we finished 5 seconds apart. . . . #parkrun #parkrunnz #greytownparkrun #woodside #run #runner #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #parkrunnersofinstagram
Ironman Swim PB
I’ve taken my most popular training plan and given it a make over for 2020. I’ve taken the 12 Weeks to an Ironman Swim PB – Swim Faster with Smarter Training and I’ve modified to to expand the programme from 12 weeks and include an option for more than 3 swims per week.
Now the programme has created some great times for athletes competing at Ironman events around the world, but it was overly set in stone. Now if you have got between 8 & 24 weeks to an Ironman and are consistently swimming 3x, 4x or 5x per week, I’ve created an option for you. This is regardless of the length of pool 25m, 33⅓yd or 50m pool.