Endurance Training Experiments In Rotorua, New Zealand

Looking back on some of the beauty and humour of training for an off-road triathlon and Ironman 703. while traveling with the Crankworx World Tour.

In July 2017, I raced the Squamish Triathlon's first off-road event. Here is my race report and some on course thoughts. 

I signed up for the XTERRA Motatapu as a goal race to train for in my first “Double Summer”, back to back summer seasons. What seemed impossible, soon became a beautiful part of the journey. 

From the moment we started riding through Ho Chi Minh's (Saigon) wild busy streets, we knew we had to absolutely send it straight into the cycle touring deep-end to enjoy Vietnam by bike. Our route took us through the Mekong Delta and we pieced it together on the fly. Here are the thoughts, maps and logistics of our trip. 

On our first cycle touring trip, a couple of things left a profound impression on us. We now have hundreds of memories of Vietnam. Some we love and some better left in the Mekong Delta. Here are the top seven:

I thrive on a good challenge. Queue up: Eating fresh, nutrient-dense meals while training for an off-road triathlon and constantly traveling. I’ve been reading loads of articles, books, blog posts about sports nutrition for endurance athletes and hitting the supermarket isles across New Zealand, and this is what I found. 

I'm documenting my own adventures, focused on some of the best New Zealand rides and runs I've done. The Nydia Track is one of both and the next in my series of bite-sized trail reports.

The Wakamarina Track is the first in a series of of bite-sized reports about the best New Zealand rides and runs.

Hunting down pools with lanes or beaches without waves, can be an interesting challenge while traveling.

On a high from the rugged beauty and raw challenge from bike packing the St. James Trail, we set out for Kirwans Hut just outside of Reefton, NZ. 

Check out the trip report from our first bike packing over night trip in New Zealand. 

I'm planning to keep up my off-road triathlon training to race the XTERRA Motatapu in Queenstown, March 4th. To kick things off, here are my favourite training spots in Christchurch.

Here are five things I'll pay special attention to, in order to avoid a future DNF during a multi-day race. 

Dan and I have left our jobs in British Columbia to explore the Southern Hemisphere for a while. I'm planning to mountain bike, hike, swim and trail run my little heart out. Our adventure begins now!