Palmares (or Riding History)
In the About Us section I briefly touch on some of my cycling experiences and here I can share some of my more memorable cycling experiences and race successes. I've highlighted the most meaningful race results in yellow.
Results
1998 - 50 mile Time Trial PB: 2:06 (Never ridden another one!)
1999 - 100 mile 4:40 (as above and rode 14 miles there and 14 miles back. Raced on water, in a Camelback)
2001 - 2nd overall in the ZipVit 3rd and 4th Cat Road Race Series
2003 - 13th overall in the Rudy Project Hilly Time Trial Series
2005 - Auckland Half Marathon: 1:28:something
2005 - Taupo Half Ironman: 62nd Overall in 4:52:58
2006 - Xterra New Zealand: 1st in Mens 25-29 Age Group, 22nd Overall in 2:56:58 (First Age group win. Of two!)
2006 - Rotorua Half Ironman: 12th Male Overall in 4:48:31
2006 - Xterra World Championships, Hawaii: 12 in Mens 30-34 Age Group, 96th Overall in 3:31:33 (Dehydrated and Puncture)
2007 - Auckland Half Ironman: 6th Overall Male in 4:33:17 (Best swim performance)
2007 - Xterra New Zealand: 1st in Mens 30-34 Age Group, 12th Overall in 2:39:13 (Best overall race result)
2007 - Xterra Wales: 2nd in Mens 30-34 Age Group, 23rd Overall in 2:47:52
2007 - Coventry Half Marathon: 46th Overall in PB of 1:25:13
2008 - 5km run PB in 18:03
2008 - Ballbuster Spring Duathlon: 23rd Overall in 3:05:07
2008 - 10 Mile TT PB on K10/10 in 22:03
2008 - Xterra Wales: 3rd in Mens 30-34 Age Group, 26th Overall in 3:29:05
2013 - Xterra England: 2nd in Mens 30-34 Age Group, 34th Overall in 2:39:38
2015 - Xterra New Zealand: 4th in Mens 35-39 Age Group, 35th Overall in 2:37:38
2015 - Xterra Malaysia: 3rd in Mens 35-39 Age Group (Best Xterra course)
2015 - Shanghai Olympic Triathlon. 10th Overall. (5-lane wide roads closed for a Triathlon. Imagine that in the West!)
2015 - Beijing International Triathlon: 4th in Mens 35-39 Age Group, 7th Overall (Best run performance)
2017 - Snowman: 3rd in Mens Veteran Age Group, 17th Overall in 3:57:29 (Brief respite from Plantar Fasciitis)
2021 - 10 Mile TT PB in 21:47 on K11/10B
2022 - Escape to Afan MTB Duathlon: 9th Overall in1:57:48
2024 - Xterra Matterley MTB Duathlon: 8th in Mens 45-49 Age group despite enjoying the bike course so much I did an extra loop.
Joy
1998 - Lands End to John O’Groats (It rained until Scotland)
2002 - Cycle Touring in New Zealand and Tasmania (Living my best life)
2004 - Cycle Touring in Borneo, MTB-Bum in Fernie, BC, Marin County and Moab followed by Cycle Touring in New Zealand
2005 - Xterra New Zealand: 14th in Mens 25-29 Age Group (First ever triathlon. Panic attack in the swim)
2014 - Challenge Laguna Phuket (Raced during a very dark time in my life with no training. Best road triathlon course)
2023 - Riding for Fun (yes, just fun) in Mallorca. This may be the future of cycling for me.
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger:
Pre-2007: Persistent Lung Infections when I was at my best.
2007 - Ironman New Zealand: 79th in Mens 30-34 Age Group in 11:29:03 (Was supposed to qualify for Kona. Walked a lot. Didn't)
2007 - Ballbuster Winter Duathlon (Turned my ankle after 300m and ran 16 and cycled 24 miles over Box Hill in considerable pain)
2015 - Xterra England (Seatpost snapped after 3km. Rode 27km standing up. It was the Euro Championships and I was hoping to podium. I didn’t)
2015 - Plantar Fasciitis: In 2023 it may finally have gone?
2015 - Xterra World Championships: 35th in Mens 35-39 Age Group, 193rd Overall in 3:37:24 (crashed the day before and fractured my elbow. Finished just outside top half of age group)
2017 - Slateman: 134th Overall in 3:06:40 (The coldest swim ever. And with no training, the hardest run)
2017 - Faceplant (Things were going well. I was training for Xterra Poland. Until I ran in to a tree and had 25 stitches to sew my face back together)