2008 Rydges Half Ironman

The Half Ironman I will be competing in will be held at the Rydges Capricorn Resort in Yeppoon, Queensland, on Sunday the 17th of August.  Yeppoon is a small town situated 45 minutes north-east of Rockhampton, along the north eastern coast of Queensland.

The Half Ironman  begins with a 1.9km swim, then a 90km bike ride, finishing with a 21.2km (half marathon) run.   The course is apparantly relatively flat (thank God) and I am hoping to complete this event in under 5 hours and 30 minutes.  I have competed in a number of shorter triathlons, including an olympic distance triathlon (1.5km swim, 40km ride & 10km run), but I have never done any tris this big!   For more details on the event please visit:

http://www.capricornhalf.com/default.asp?PageID=6

I have been training for just under 1 year now and have a lot more training to do before I am ready for this challenge!  I train 6 days a week, so that I train each of the discpilines (running, riding and swimming) twice a week.  I am a member of the Western Suburb Triathlon Club and attend some of their organised training sessions, which are fantastic as it is very motivating seeing other people pushing themselves to their physical limits as well.  For more information on the Western Suburbs Triathlon Club, please see their website at: www.wstc.org.au

Leading up to the event I will be running a number of half-marathons around Melbourne and Victoria and will keep regular updates on any results that I achieve along the way!

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