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Future Events: 14th Feb - Hillary's Tri - Janet 6th Mar - Day at the Beach Tri - Janet 14th Mar - 5 Dams Challenge - Ann 28th Mar - Pt Walter Tri - Janet, Chris 1st May - Busselton Half Ironman - Chris, Janet and STC half group Recent results: 31st Jan - City of Perth Triathlon - Chris improved in the bike and run, but slow swim conditions, meant no PB :( Look out at Pt Walter. 20th Dec Rockingham Tri - Chris had a PB with excellent improvement on the swim and run. There was also plenty of happy faces in the Stadium Tri Club's Beginners course. With many completing their first Triathlon. Well done all! Bright Boot Camp - Ann I originally signed up with Pursuit PT to improve my cycling fitness while working a Fly-in, Fly out job. I hadn't been cycling long and after a few months of building my base fitness, Mike decided "we needed a race." So I decided to do the Bright Boot camp in Victoria, which is 4 Days - 425 km -6,395 vertical meters of climbing. I had never done anything like this before, so those numbers didn't really mean anything to me. Mike assured me, with the right training I would be able to complete the 4 days of riding. The training plan Mike wrote for me was tough and required commitment. I really wanted to do well in Bright and the little achievements I made each week fueled my enthusiasm. I also had a PT session with Mike each week, to keep me focused (...and honest!) When I arrived in Bright I wasn’t too sure what to expect of the rides and myself. I cycled to the top of Mount Buffalo and Falls Creek in decent times and I had energy oozing out of me. The scenery was beautiful and the achievements were sweet. Day 3 was a 121 km ride ascending a total of 1,735 vertical meters to the top of Mount Hotham. These numbers started to mean something to me on this day – I was tired. It took everything I had to make it to the top of Hotham and it wasn’t easy. The last 10 km were the hardest of my life - I wanted to turn around so badly. But it was the best weather they’ve had in 6 years and I thought I haven’t traveled all this way to quit, so I kept pushing through the pain – and I made it. Awesome! On the last day I was sitting in the cafe amazed that after joining with Pursuit PT 9 months ago, my little body had managed all that. Thanks to Mike’s effective coaching and the personal interest he had for me achieving my goal. I was in Bright, with tired legs and huge smile on my face. Thanks Ann. Ann worked extremely hard during her program, never quitting! No matter what I put her through. Well done, I'm proud of what you achieved Ann. Congrat to Geoff, has dropped from his holiday weight of 94kg in August down to 87kg. Keep it going! Update 86kg Janet ran another PB at the Freo half marathon and by a good 4 minutes. 30th Aug City to Surf half marathon was Pb'd by Janet on a much tougher course and Chris ran a brillant sub 1.40 on his debut at the distance. Michelle also got through the 12km in 1.20. Well done all!!! 23rd Aug Mark completed Eireman in Ireland in truely horrible conditions. Respect! 26th July Run for Gold - Michelle in 1.07.44! Next stop City to Surf. 14th June Beaulieu Triathlon - Age group win for Mark!! Keep having fun buddy! 2nd May Busso Half Ironman Pete got through in 5.32 with a difficult build up and Gem improved 12 minutes on last year with a 5.34. Great work you two! 26th Apr London Marathon Mark Duncan did an awesome 3.34 in his first marathon. 22nd Mar Darlington Half Marathon - Pete decided to back up this weekend after the tri with a lazy half marathon in the hills east of Perth with a 1h30min. Nice Work. Now do it off the bike!!! 22nd Mar Freeway Bike Hike - Ann showed up for Pursuit PT on her way back from injury and finished the 60k in the very nice time of 1hr46min. Coach Mike's Race Reports State Interclubs Champs First tri in a year and it was awesome to be back competing. Swim was ok, the bike was good fun. Was riding on a 15year old steel kojima. The brakes where questionable but got around in one piece. The run was the big suprise! Managed to run sub 20min for the 5km, which I hadn't been close to in training. Busselton Ironman 5k Busso is always intimidating when Ironman is on. So many super fit athletes and as there is more than a few visitors, you never know your competition. The conditions were windy, so my tactics were simply, sit it and wait for an opportunity. The pace was on early and I went faster than I wanted too, just to stay close to the pack. Managed to settle in and get a draft heading back into the wind, but 2 athletes had opened up a gap of around 50 -60m. With 2k to go I was feeling good and was in a pack of 5 or 6. Too many for my liking so I surged, got away and tried to run down the lead 2. Struggled back into the wind in the final km and was over taken by another competitor with 500m to go. I was spent and couldn't answer his challenge. Came home in 4th in 16.17 so was happy. Bunbury Classic Olympic Distance I had a head cold all week before the race, so I was well rested by race day. When I woke up I felt pretty good, my cold was the best it had felt all week and I was keen to race and see where I was at. The swim started well, a few went off the front, but I had Bulldog on my left, so I was happy with my position. After rounding the second buoy Matt put in a surge and I lost contact with him and swam on my own for the rest. I felt happy with my swim and was into T1 on 24minutes. A fast transition and I was away. My heart rate settled quickly and I was able to find a good rhythm. I had my power meter turned off and raced on feel today, when I reached T2 I was feeling good and knew I had plenty left in my legs. I was in 7th off the bike and moved quickly into 5th. But then racing with a cold had an effect. I couldn't get enough oxygen in running at threshold. I slowed down and got my breathing under control. I decided to cruise the rest of the run. This is the first time I'd ever done this, but I had an eye on my training for Canberra. Finished in 2.11 in 14th place. Looking back at the race, I shouldn't have raced as my cold is worse. But looking at the splits, I was only a minute behind out of the water and although I didn't know I was in touch at T2. Cool Night Classic 5k I wasn't expecting too much, but was keen to see how I was traveling after a recent break from running. Let a pack of 4 go of from the gun, but wasn't too worried as the two others I thought would win were back with me. I closed the gap to the front pack just after the Swan brewery and settle in to recover from my surge. There were 6 in the pack now, which was a little too many for my liking, so I put in another surge. This thinned it out a little, but prompted Paul Mckay to come through and thin it out a lot. I could hold the pace over the last k and a half and held onto third in a time of 16.09. Great Southern Adventure Race I headed down to Albany with Rob, with Pete and Mick in another car. When we arrived at our accommodation we soon the discovered the power had been cut off!!! The only way is up!! Back to the Albany visitors centre and we ended up in a really nice place on Middleton beach. This little stuff up put us behind a little with prep and it was after mid night when we finally crashed, with most of our planning done. Stage 1 was starting from york street and we could spilt up for this stage, so Mick went up Mt Clarence on his bike, Pete ran along the road to some other check points half way up the hill and I ran along the coastal path. I new all the landmarks and was at middleton beach in just over 30min. Stage 2 had us paddling 17k with the wind at our back. It was quite a nice paddle, great scenery and a couple whales too. Survived the breaking waves and onto the next stage a 17k run. Mick, Rob and myself set out and didn't have too much trouble finding the check points. We did leave the last 2 as we thought they would be too hard to find. Onto the bikes and we were a bit muddy but doing well. The bike leg was 40k but we ended up doing 55k. The ride was basically up to the porongurups which was also into a strong headwind. We made a few errors which cost a bit of time. The shitscared moment of the weekend was when looking up into the trees for a checkpoint in a swampy area, I stepped back and heard a strange noise. When I looked around there was a Tiger Snake in the strike position looking at my leg, which was about a foot away!! Thankfully he didn't strike. By the time we finally finished the ride I had been going for nine and a half hours and was completely stuffed. I enjoyed a break as the rest of the team scaled the porongurups. We weren't going to make the cut off for the final paddle so this last bike ride was to be our last stage for the day. 60k which started with a few tough climbs and then a steep downhill section in the dark (this is when my main light lost charge). When we got to the road we flew with the tale wind and then spent the next few hours lost in farmer's paddocks. We eventually made it out and got to the next transition. We were all fairly stuffed at this stage, then the official said if we still want to be in the race tomorrow we had another 26k ride(I HATE MY BIKE). I had had enough by the time we got back and could have quite easily slept all Sunday. But my team mates got me going and once we were paddling it was ok again. We started the paddle late, which turn out to be a good idea as when we rounded the point (50metres in 10min) we saw the kaos the gail force winds had inflicted. Paddlers were being rescued by other races and there we so many kayaks and skis abandoned on the beach. We walked 5k into the wind dragging our ski's before paddling around the last headland. We also saw 10 to 15 whales on this stage too. I rested the next stage before going for a 14k run, then 35k ride and a 5k run home. Saturday was the hardest day, ironman included!! Was glad to finish, but I can't see myself doing another. We came 9th overall and 5th in our cat. Thanks Rob, Mick and Pete for being great team mates and Helen, EB and Erica for great support over the weekend. City to Surf Half Marathon Felt pretty comfortable as the gun went off and found my rythem quickly. Four runners moved away before the first hill and another 3 moved away from me on the first hill. I decided to let them go and hope they would come back later in the race. Felt ok as I entered Kings park, but was 50m back of the 2nd group. I tried to close the gap on the downhill, but it had little effect. Leaving Kings Park was good as I was finally heading for the beach. There was no one near by so it was a case of racing the clock again. Went through 10k in 35.24 and 15k in 52.30. Heading through Perry Lakes I could feel my left ITB tightening and had a bit of pain going up the last hill, but managed to keep the pace high. Ran the final 1.1k in 3.37 and was stunned by my time 1.14.38. I was aiming for 1.17 on this hilly course. Conditions were pretty good, which helped. Perth Half Marathon A horrible day on Saturday for running, wet and windy. I personally love a good storm and it seems I'm not alone as there was a big turn out. It was my first straight up half marathon so wasn't sure what to expect. The pace was fairly consistent throughout and ended up in 3rd place in 1.17.01, happy days. Thanks to the volunteers, it was a tough day for them too. Busselton Half Ironman 08 I was really looking forward to this race after a disappointing season so far, but still a little nervous since I hadn't raced for 7 weeks. The swim started with a laugh as the pro field all false started as they tested the buzzer. When we got underway I settled into a pack quite comfortably, but messed up 800 metres into swim as I let them get away. Got to the beach on my own and was surprised that I hadn't been caught by the wave behind and by the massive crowd at the swim exit. Onto the bike and I didn't feel great and my power output was low, but after ironman I have learnt to be patient and after my heart rate settled down the bike came good and I started picking off the other riders. I had moved into 7th early on the 3rd lap but was worried about my nutrition, as I decided not to pick up another bidon on the last lap. Into T2 and my left quad cramped, just like last year. Started cursing myself as I ran off while looking for some salt tabs in my fuel belt. Noticed I had about a minute over Lajos and was worried as I wasn't feeling great. I got through 4 salt tabs and 500ml of electrolytes in an attempt to keep from cramping in the first half of the run. Glanced at my watch, 43min for 10.5km was 4 minutes slower than I was aiming for, but I was starting to feel better. Heading back through the crowd I was feeling really good and running fast, but heard Lajos was still running me down. I felt like I was getting stronger as the race went on and negative spilted a run leg for the first time. Finished in 4.06.41 and 6th place. A big thanks to Sports Fever and Swimsmooth.com for their support this season and Congrats to Sean O'Neill (4th) and Lajos Varga (7th) in his first half ironman.
	Big Congrats to Liz who has drop 7kg since starting in November. Also congrats to Geoff who has dropped 8kg. Keep it up all!!

	Ann enjoying the satisfaction of climbing up Mt Buffalo. 1,723m above sea level.
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	Pursuit Flashbacks

	13th of August 06 Pursuit PT sent Lou, Naomi (both pictured above), Gem, Annika, Tamsyn and Sharon to the Joondalup 10k as a final warm up race for the city to surf. Weather was bad, but it was the fact I didn't tell them it was a state championship was apparently more anoying. My Bad ;-)

	A big congrats to Rach and Dave. Lil Angus was born in the early hours of Wednesday the 8th. Their first and Pursuit PT's first aswell.

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