So what about training

In september 2012 I started training for a mountain bike race called the Mont 24, I had helped out around these races for years and finally it was time to race in one. After a very short time it became apparent that a rigid 29er bike was just not going to do, My form of CMT means that I just can't hold onto the bars for long enough. So in October I bought a 5 year old dual suspension bike, the difference that made was huge, now I could realy start putting in the hours of training I needed. The race was run in march and our team came 28th out of 160, not a bad result at all.

This got me thinking, What else can I do? all of a sudden the world of activities closed by CMT was open again!

What had changed? Not my physical abilities, but my mental attitude towards the world. all of a sudden the world became why can't I? rather than I cannot

 I have said before that training and indeed general exercise should be fun, if you can't walk maybe you can Rollerblade or ride a bike? I can't walk long distances, with out a bit of pain but I can run (different muscle group). So when I went to New Zealand just after the race, and wanted to stay fit I took up running. Like any one taking up a new sport I was a bit crap, but I had a good level of basic fitness from the riding and most importantly the right frame of mind, I could do it.

Skip forwards to Tuesday and My good friend Paul and I were going to try and do the distances for an Olympic length triathlon in one day.

We rode 17km, ran 9.6km, rode another 10km just for the fun of it, then...

It all came a bit unhinged in the swim, we were realy struggling at 800m and decided to call it there rather than drown in a public pool with all those people watching.
 next time we'll make the full distance I'm sure.
I also videoed some of it as a bit of a test and here that is.

This is not a normal training day but it is a more interesting one for you lot, there will be plenty more to come stay tuned...