Bryton Cardio 60 Review - OC Bicycles

With the recent Australian release of the latest Bryton Cardio range I thought it was the perfect opportunity to share my thoughts on what products I’ve been using for the past few months.  I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Bryton Cardio 60 and Rider 40 a few months ago and didn’t realize how lucky I was to get my hands on the Cardio 60 in particular before it had even been officially released into the country.  The guys at OC Bicycles have been of great assistance to me and I’ve been using the Bryton range of products for close to three years now and these products have come along in leaps and bounds.  Previously...

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Hervey Bay Triathlon 2013

All of the event organizers and the locals made the 2012 Hervey Bay Triathlon such a memorable event that it was with no hesitation that I accepted an invitation to return in 2013.  Last year this race drew a pretty stacked field with some very good prize money up for grabs and this year was no exception.  With returning champion Joey Lampe headlining a field including former pro-cyclist Casey Munro, Josh Maeder, Luke Farrell and Brad Clark; among others it was always going to be a well fought out race.  As if this wasn’t enough Brad Kahlefeldt threw his name in there for good measure to ensure whoever came out on top of the podium...

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Gold Coast Luke Harrop Memorial Triathlon

It has now been two weeks since my last race and a much longer time since my last blog but this isn't to say that the race or everything else that has happened in between isn't blog worthy, it is quite the opposite and it is only now that I am getting the opportunity to reflect on the race and put pen to paper on everything else that has happened since. Leading into Gold Coast I had a lengthy stint away from racing with my previous racing being the long course race in Geelong. I made the conscious decision to have a light race schedule this early in the year so I could get the work done in training and to avoid over-racing when my focus was more towards a block of races in September, October and November. However, any triathlete will admit how competitive they are so it's safe to say I...

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2013 Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival

Although I ruled out any idea of racing over the Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival weekend, there was no way I was going to miss out on an action packed weekend.  And with so many DAT athletes in action in almost every event for the weekend it's also a perfect opportunity to get stuck into some writing and give those guys and girls some recognition as we come towards the end of another domestic season.  My journey to Mooloolaba this year was slightly different, choosing the man powered two wheel option over the standard motor vehicle.  The usual one hour trip straight up the highway turned into a four and a half hour, 130km journey...

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Geelong Triathlon: the fact-finding mission

One year ago I was down in Geelong racing the ITU sprint distance race but with a shift in focus to a distance that I feel I am better suited to I again returned to Geelong to compete this time in the Hotel Urban Long Course Triathlon which was also doubling as a national championship race.  As you would expect with any national championship a stellar field was set to compete and it was even mentioned to be the best Ironman 70.3 field ever assembled in Australia.  I went in to the race essentially as an unknown having not yet finished a long course race after my Yeppoon mishap but was keen to not only see how I would compare in such...

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Caloundra Triathlon

Being a week out from Geelong, Caloundra was never really on my radar but after what has felt like so many missed opportunities and missed races thus far this season I was itching to race. With Caloundra being raced over the super sprint distance of 400/15/4 I thought it would be a good pre-Geelong tune-up and a chance to go through some of the little things such as pre-race nutrition, warm-up routines and transitions ahead of the 1.9/90/21 race next weekend. And who could pass up an opportunity to race in an event run by Brendon and all the guys at The Event Crew!   Wyatt getting his nutrition practice in...definitely no bonking...

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Robina Triathlon

The domestic racing season has well and truly arrived and there is hardly a weekend on the calendar that isn't filled with triathlon commitments it seems. This weekend has been particularly busy in the DAT Racing camp with our junior elite athletes flying down to Penrith for the second race in their ITU Junior Elite National Series, just days after settling in back home after our week long training camp. Exceptional results were recorded all round with Jodie winning the women's event, Anna 5th, Holly 7th, Jenna 10th and Jake in 25th in the men's event. Jodie, Anna, Holly and Dan are still based in Sydney for the remainder of this week...

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