Perth's Best Triathlon Club
The day started with a 3.00am alarm before departing Gunzenhouzen at 4.00am, making our way on a very packed but quiet bus to Roth. A short walk over the bridge to T1 and we were one of the first athletes through T1 to
On Sunday 9 December 2012 FTC’s Johan Borg made his name known in the Ironman World, placing 6th overall at Ironman Western Australia in a time of 8.43. Have a read of how Johan’s day played out: Swim – Before
Johan Borg’s race report from Ironman Melbourne! Johan is one of the four athletes that were successful in applying for our U24 Athlete Assistance program, a new initiative we have implemented this season to help our ‘up and coming’ long
I woke up on race morning to the sounds of fellow Fremantle Triathlon Club Members Todd Panietz and Elyse Cripps rushing around packing the car preparing for the long drive to Karri Valley. This was to be the longest race
Mark Luckin’s race report from Singapore 70.3! Mark is one of the four athletes that were successful in applying for our U24 Athlete Assistance program, a new initiative we have implemented this season to help our ‘up and coming’ long
Where to start…? Firstly, a big thank you to everyone that has supported me over the last few years to get me to where I am today! As of Sunday, I became and IRONMAN. I went into the race with
Not what I was hoping for! That is the only way to unfortunately describe my Kona experience in 2011. Yes, I am bitterly disappointed. It had been such a great build and lead up to the race with consistent training
The day started early for this cowgirl. Up at 3.30 am for a good breakfast and time to get gear on and collect the thoughts, wake up the family (Aron & Avery) then make the 60 minute drive to the
That is pretty much how the conversation went between Guy and I. After the disappointment of Lanzarote I was looking for another Ironman to race, I needed more points if I wanted to qualify for Hawaii and Guy was after a 70.3 and redemption following Boise 70.3. Why not Korea? We could both go and race in the same location on the same day and besides the fact it was going to take us 5 flights and a day and a half to get there, there was no reason not to!
Going into the race, there wasnt any actual pressure on me, but being my first ITU race and against 19 year olds, I was more than fairly nervous. I was looking at it as more as an experience, then aiming