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| date feb 2005 feb 2005 2 april 2005 17 april 2005 25 april 2005 30 april 2005 8 may 2005 21 may 2005 28 may 2005 29 may 2005 5 june 2005 11 june 2005 19 june 2005 25 june 2005 9 july 2005 17 july 2005 7 aug 2005 13 aug 2005 21 aug 2005 28 aug 2005 10 sept 2005 11 sept 2005 25 sept 2005 2 oct 2005 |
| race coast to coast 2 day team race with Ben Fouhy tokyo marathon pacing zurich marathon otzi alpin team marathon ponte in valtellina 4 giro lucerne stadtlauf, 10 laps in old city moelten berglauf gp 1 gp of bern course des deux bains gamperney berglauf feurkogel osteriech meisterschaft giro al marinella corsa in bosca chsua nova Graubunden Marathon 3rd grossglocknerlauf (wmra gp) karwendellauf 13th schlickeralm-berglauf (wmra gp) world cup & athletic chmpionship 15th challenge stellina (wmra gp) kitzbuhlerhornlauf (road race) dolomitan mann drei zinnen alpin half marathon wolrd mountain running trophy morat - fribourg |
| time n/a 2 hr 16m 42s 37m 21s 24m 56s 25m 03s 41m 12s 48m 41s 54m 14s 43m 11s 56m 12s 29m 52s 1hr 19m 35s 3hr 24m 1hr 12m 55s 1hr 58m 41s 2hr 23min 1hr 17m 58m 15s 1hr 20m 19s 1hr 40m 30s 53m 20s 55m 18s |
| result 1st n/r 12th 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 7th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 43rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 7th |
| location Christchurch, NZ Tokyo, Japan zurich. switzerland naturns, sud tirol, italy ponte fiore, Italy lucerne, switzerland moelten, sud tirol, italy bern, switzerland ovronnaz, switzerland grabs, switzerland ebensee, austria molinella, italy erbezzo, italia Lenzerheide, Switzerland heiligenblut, austria mittenwald, austria telfes, austria Helsinki, Finland susa, italy kitzbuhel, austria lienz, austria sesto, italia wellington, new zealand fribourg, switzerland |
| distance mtn run and cycle marathon (42.2km) marathon (42.2km) 10km uphill road 8.2km road 8.5km road 9.5 km off road 10 mile road 12km 1000m + 9km 950m + 11.5 km 1000m+ 10.5km road 23km 770m+ 390m- 42.2km 2727m+, 452m- 13km 1079m climb 11km 1425m climb 11km 1310m climb marathon (42.2km) 15.4km 1500m climb 12.9km, 1234m climb 12km 1800m climb 21.1km 1650m climb 13.8km 900m+/- 17.17km road |
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| rr: race record nzr: new zealand record dns: did not start |
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| tour 2005 |
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| new zealand 2005 january - march new zealand based for the summer |
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| graz and leutasch in march |
| schi touren mit markus mayerhofen, austria |
| leutasch had a good season, lots of snow. sign points the way to our haus ___, in ahrn locals kim and imke showing good form on the sleds |
| starting my pro cycling career in italy |
| cinque terre, 5 lands and 5 towns nestled in amongst small bays and headlands. |
| bike tours in leutasch can start in april still a bit muddy tho from all the snow melt pauls corratec team car in the background |
| otzi alpin team marathon with mtn biking, running and ski touring climbing from 500 to 3100m. over night snow forced a course change for the run |
| cross country skiing in italy - passo di lavaze |
| the rover on the arlberg pass in austria cruise control is a god send on the autobahns |
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| the red kite in livigno and below salvadeli still in pink (just) at the giro d'italia. this is the final climb of the day which included the 2700m passo di stelvio and di luca and simone are up the road with the columbian para winning the stage |
| new corratec bikes for sella italia and plenty of traffic. cycling back to livigno was interesting as hundreds of other cyclists and workers breaking down banners on the course mix with camper vans motorbikes and police |
| my team car and bike for the rest of the season in livigno at the giro. staying with friends outside the 3k to go banner. spot the deliberate mistake. |
| europe 2005 april / may the otzi alpin team race kicked off the season proper but things really got going with a nice 8km 4 lap (giro) race in italy at ponte valtelina. this is north of milan and not far from mountain towns such as bormio and the swiss border as well. a solid field and no speed work of any sort saw me a bit sluggish in the beginning but came good later on and the 2 tight hairpin corners and a small hill on each lap worked for me and came away with a win and about a tonne of apples! luzern was the week after and i returned to try to defend my title but pipped at the post this year for 2nd on a hot night in this 10 lapper 8.5km stadtlauf around the old cobbled streets of the city close to the lake |
| europe 2005 may the first mountain race grand prix event was in the north of italy and its a nice race - a bit cooler conditions helped a lot this year and was great having another kiwi in the race, martin macdonald in the midst of 3 months touring europe with the kids. mini golf in seefeld saw me choke under the pressure and marty came away with an under par win over rodley back for the gp of bern again this year and it was another hot race. the field sat on me and couldnt hold off everyone so setlled for 2nd. early start the next day and we legged it across switzerland stopping at davos for running and then to livigno (italy) for the giro. livigno is an interesting place, all roads in have borders, inc italian as it is tax free here, petrol is 50 euro cents per litre (ie half price) and things like sugar, meat, clothes, purfume, electronics, booze (inc the dreaded braulio) etc etc have no tax. of course you are only allowed to take about one bottle, and 200 euro worth of electronic goods out of there.....but come on.....this is italy! watched some pre season testing at the hospital in sondolo for the xc schi di fondo squadra on the biggest treadmill i have ever seen, about 4 x 6 m. dangerous stuff since now they want me to come back and do a test to compare with the mens team. up to stevlio and drove a nice pass down - umbraille and passed from italy to switzerland to italy to austria to switzerland to austria all in a few hours as its the fastest way back to leutasch believe it or not had to get over to graz for servicing the car and had it all looking good and driving back in the rain a lady ran into the back of me on the autobahn - so its hassles all round with the insurance. not so much damage except mysteriously the gas struts in the tail gate have lost their gas and its hard work holding the boot open over to the french side of switzerland and its yet another hot hot race in there. 35 degrees on the startline at 4.30pm and i tried not to push too much at the start. nice race and some massive hunks of rock to take back home plus did a couple of bombs in the thermal baths with marty's kids - just to show them how its done mind. foolishly decided to drive to the other side of switzerland at night and ran another nice small race the next day - again really hot but nice event and a long line for autographs after |
| grabs - switzerland, from here you can see four countries: switzerland (of course), liechtenstein, austria, and germany |
| europe 2005 june into austria this time and staying with our paraglider pilot from last years dolomitenmann in halstatt. we visited the oldest salt mine in the world at 7000 years but the high light was the slides and the great looking outfits they give you to wear in the caves, plus not forgettingthe two japanese girls who decided in the middle of the tour that it was time to go now as they had a train to catch! the race up the feurkogel was nice and incorporated the austrian championships and was plenty steep up the ski piste. good to see flo heinzle, markus kroell and helmet schiesel all putting in good performances before the european champs road racing out here can be tricky, especially in italy. they have some very nice races but only some races are classed as international and the rest either local or regional mean that i am not allowed to run - unless i am in an italian club and basically cut ties with any club or federation in nz. this happened again on the 11th of june. there was a nice race in trentino - quite close to austria but instead i had to drive 5 hrs to near bologna and marinella where i raced at 10.30 at night! it was a very good feild thoand a nice race with 14x750m laps making something over 10.5k. however i struggled to get myself fired up - or i should say, i struggled to stay awake! back to austria and some good training in leutasch every day 2hrs in the morning plus and then some easy training on the bike or some tour de swiss watching in the afternoon. a quick trip back into italy for opening night of opera in verona, a great spectacle in the colluseum with candles and where people watching is almost as interesting as the opera itself. very passionate crowd and warm even at 1am when its finishing. combined this with a small training race near to verona but up in the hills above. it was a nice consistent but not steep climb and then over rolling hills where they have cross country skiing in winter - looks a bit like belmont regional park. a morrocan athlete was there to keep me honest. we will be eating cheese for a year too! europe 2005 july A busy week included trips to frankfurt, chur in switzerland and vienna for a press conference. time to get back into the training now after too much time with the bum sitting down or putting diesel into the wagon at around $2 per litre. had a worrying moment barrelling along at 240kph and the engine died - well it didnt stop but one second there was power and the next i am struggling to break 100! fortunately it seems the computer chip that was put in to boost horsepower must reset itself at high speeds (and they call this a safety feature??) and so a quick stop and go and its business as normal ok, now i am over to heligenblut in austria to watch the european champs in berglauf. its a really proffessional and well organised event. i have been busy helping out with kids races and giving the organising team advice. the races were of a very high standard with deserving winners flo heinzle in the mens and andrea meyer the women�s. all the athletes are looking forward to coming down under. i ran the open race, which included the regular race and runners - now about 800 starters. some photos of this race are on the previous years on tour info. had some flooding on the drive back and even some snow over the road back from heligenblut. a sponsor event in ramsau for suunto. i also had the opportunity to check out europes largest outdoor trade fair in friedrichshafen. all latest clothing, climbing, tramping and gadgets on display. next up was an interesting excursion out to sicily. expected some high temperatures but pleasently surprised by nice conditions and very nice old town of castelabouno. its the oldest road race in europe with its 80th edition this year - big festa but didnt see any mafiosi, just molto sympatico locals europe 2005 august finished marathon prep with a final blow out weekend. a race for leingruber outdoor team where lele manzi ran a 12km up and down cross country leg, me, i ran for 7km with 1000m climb up to the top of a ski piste and through forest tracks early on and then i handed off to a downhill mountain biker. We had some rain so made conditions for them pretty dicey but he got down the 5km course in about 8 minutes! Finally a cross country mountain biker finished off and we were comfortable winners in the end with a 5 minute cushion - bring on the dolomitenmann! a run in the snow at telfes (yes it is august but it doesnt feel like mid summer) before jumping on a plane for helsinki for the world trasck and field championships i arrived with said guerni the defending 800m champ from algeria who was complaining about the athletes who put on the show are given the second rate treatment while the iaaf 'family' are chauferred around like pop stars. certainly true when it came to athletes seating in the uncovered area of the stadium. its a good stadium though, designed by finnish architect alvar aalto for the olympic games in 1952(?). all the field events are on the inside of the track so you really feel close to the action helsinki is a very nice city, its in the far north so weather can be changeable and it certainly has been. i arrived in heavy rain and the next day was 25 degrees and then a huge lightning storm caused the cancellation of some of the track programme. i was out running when the lightning hit and had to stop under a bridge for fear of getting hit as it was coming down all around me - spectacular (and loud). team spirit is good with big b's 4th place and our mid distance guys giving it an excellent shot of making finals. dissappointment for craig in the walk getting dq'ed which was a shame. mellina was really close to making the pole vault final and val villi is in awesome form breaking commonwealth records in qualifying! kim smith ran a smart 10k race which was v fast almost breaking the nz record on a windy night. tatts is up here as team coach looking after all the distance guys, looking forward to a new hip and counting the world records he has witnessed, another to the stella russian simbeyeva (excuse the spelling) in the pole vault - signalling to her coach that this time she was going to get it - that's another 100 grand US plus the 60 for the title. its nice just to raise the bar 1 cm - not so easy in the running events! speaking of which the marathon for me was not so good (to put it mildly) and the thought of dropping out did cross my mind at the odd stage. at 25k i stopped to be sick but ended up continuing just running in to finish. a very nice championsip tho, spoiled a bit by the weather (where i was caught running in the middle of a lightning storm, v scary) and plenty of good action. a few eyebrows being raised about a certain non smiling, bahrainien by way of morocco. |
| typical swiss - keeps his machine gun behind the bedroom door! |
| mollinella with its own leaning tower and my leingruber mercedes |
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| europe 2005 september now its full on time to get ready for world mountains in nz. not easy in the time available and a few niggles that have cropped up and now need addressing. starting with a run in susa where we again stayed at the bolaffi equestrian centre 15km outside of torino. then kitzbuhel to race once more at franz pukl's road race up to the top of the famous ski resort. met johann muleg if you remember from salt lake city olympic games the german competing for spain who was unbeatable - turns out of course he got busted. at 85kg he was only 10mins behind me going up to the kitzbhulerhorn. then on to the dolomitenmann - our leingruber team are defending champs so pressure was on and it was a real testament to the proffessionalism of our outfit that we got across the line again first with no mishaps and christian our paraglider took a huge chunk off the record speeding down at 80kph in a parachute! here for the first time in weeks i felt strong racing and was the turning point in my bid to defend the world trophy. i backed up the next morning with a half marathon in the italian dolomites at the drei zinnen. just managed to finish before it rained but thankfully the sun came out for the long walk down and we left with about 20kilos of apples and massive cakes left over from the after match - pity really, couldnt polish off that lot in the one day i had left in europe but they went to good homes. and so to finish off the year i flew back to nz for the world trophy. its very strange after a long flight to be back home, in the supermarket and bumping into helmut schiessel from germany. it seemed very out of place, but was a real pleasure to be able to welcome so many great people from all over the world who i know and race overseas to my home town of wellington mild weather and huge turnout and support for the event was fantastic. so many people have worked so hard to put this together and the level of organisation and support as well as media and crowd support was a notch up from any previous world trophy i have experienced. i felt it was now up to me to do my job. the parade of nations was well recieved and marching down lampbton quay was again a strange but nice experience. most impressive for me was a race day where 10000 people were out on the course yelling and screaming at you to give it your best. and they didnt leave disapointed with 2 golds for Kate and myself and a real highlight was our mens team silver medal - our best result ever and a great reward for the years of effort that mike wakelin and callum harland have given to the sport and vindication of the selection of dale warrender who stormed through to 6th place. ben revels excellent run shows there is young talent and phil costley was able to provide the platform both during all the team camps in the lead up and on the race day to secure our result. what a fantastic way to finish off a very challenging year for me. |
