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Gerrans wins Tour Down Under

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:50:41 +1300

As a huge cycling fan, I really enjoyed watch the final two stages of the Tour Down Under on TV over the weekend. I'm a absolutely over the moon that not only did Simon Gerrans win but that GreenEdge had a race win in their first outing as a Pro Tour team.

However this joy does leave me with a little bit of concern. Yet again an Aussie has won the tour. My fear is that with the race ...

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Macca's I'm here to win

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:36:00 +1300

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Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:53:00 +1300

It has been quite a while since my last post, over 7 months! But lots has been happening.

Let's start with the biggest

August 28th saw the birth of my daughter. Her first 4 months have been an interesting ride. Learning to be a father has not been easy. Especially while training for the Auckland Marathon (more on that shortly). The one thing I will mention is that there ...

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Breaking through barriers

Sat, 07 May 2011 13:38:00 +1200

So many would be forgiven for thinking that I have fallen off the wagon again, after not having posted anything in some time. Well, I'm pleased to say that I haven't. Actually if you follow my Facebook or Twitter feeds you would have heard some more (though not much more) from me.

Anyway, I have great news. For the last 4 or so weeks I have been stuck with my weight fluctuating ...

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It's time for a personal trainer

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:44:00 +1200

Updated 7th May 2001: Added link to Brad's website

It has been a busy last 5 days on the fitness front. It all started on Saturday when I met Brad McCullough a new client for my website company. The backstory that lead to my deciding to meet Brad (I don't usually get to meet our new clients at ...

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What is balance? Really?

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:54:00 +1300

The biggest thing I decided at the end of last year I wanted to work on most this year is balance. In particular finding the way to do everything I want to do without letting anything slip. My wife will tell you I'm trying to be Superman and doing too much, but I truly believe I am capable of both achieving everything I want to achieve and still enjoy the little things.

So lets start ...

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Of Little Athletics

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:21:00 +1300

From the outset I should mention that this post is inspired from a great friend of mine, Simon, who wrote a recent post "Of Athletics" about taking his kids to try athletics.

I first started "Little A's" just before my 7th birthday, and right from the beginning I enjoyed it. I was always tall for my age so I didn't do ...

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Under 120kg! just...

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:38:47 +1300

Happy news, I have managed to get on the scales and be under 120kg's. This is a first at least a couple of years. So progress is definitely happening.

At this point I should give full disclosure and mention that I was 119.9kg's, so certainly a bit touch and go really. However, my scales also measure body fat percentage and this had quite a bit of change. Since starting this journey ...

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Shall we try that again...

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +1300

Shall we try that again?

When I started this blog in June 2008, two and half years ago, I was planning on finding some balance in my life and loose weight and get back to being generally organised. However as you can see from some of the early posts to the site, just after starting the site, my wife and I spent a month traveling in Europe. It truly was one of the best times of my life. ...

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Test post for Hoosuite

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1200

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Learnt a blood pressure fact

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1300

So it is fair to say that the fitness thing hasn't been going too well in recent months, as with the blogging too I guess. There are always a million excuses but lets just say that I am mightily disappointed that there are still only 24 hours in the day. Anyway, as I am finally getting a level of balance back into my life, I went to the Dr this week to just get a basic check up and found out from ...

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The new inspiration on the block

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1200

I am blessed to work with a lot of truly amazing people and these last few weeks have been no exception. A few days ago we went live with stage one of a new website for Kate Nankivell's new Force of Nature site. For those of you who haven't been as blessed to meet Kate, let me tell you that Force of Nature is a perfect description of ...

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Weight Management Product for Athletes

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1300

Trijuice have just put up an interesting article about a new meal replacement and hunger supression product designed especially for athletes. The weight management product for athletes, is the first time I have come ...

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Achieving goals and milestones

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1200

As training progresses achieving goals progresses. What I mean is that it is not possible to put in the training and not be achieving a few milestones along the way.

Following on from my last post, I have started to get a little consistency in the training. The goal for this week was to do at least 30 mins each day with Sunday off for recovery and reward and I know it is only ...

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Forming new habits and self discipline

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Forming new habits can be very difficult. I have been back from Europe now for almost two months and I really have been struggling to get any kind of consistent training in. If you are reading this blog cause you relate to my situation then you'll understand. I haven't been waking up when I should, been focusing on work too much, you name it I have done it to avoid training. Basically my self ...

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