Summer's End BBQ

Well all good things must come to an end. Summer is finishing up and our people are scattering all over the globe. Noosa misses Hillary and all the others that have come to the train in the  haven of Noosa. The weather is now amazing but we know it will change quickly. Kristian and Lady Charlotta are having the "end of summer bbq" tonight. 

Belinda, Juz, Luke and I have bought out Dan Murphy's. We are feasting on Mahi Mahi! I will be taking photo's and posting them later. 

Our long National Park runs are nearly over. As sad as we are to leave our beautiful little house we will be back in November. In the mean time the Kiwi's will be visiting and making good use of it for their build up for Kona. I have yet to tell Gina about Albert our community carpet python. I am sure she will be fine ha ha ha . 

One more quick trip to West OZ next weekend for a half IM. I am getting ready to feel the PAIN dealt out by Bek Keat. It will be nice to see Sissy before I head OS. 

Stay Tuned 

Memphis x 

Ironman 70.3 China!

Ironman 70.3 China Champion!

Lukey and I on the podium! So much fun!

  At the finish line!

Running through the center of the city!

Before the swim start...cheering on the Ironman race.

Holy Cow ! I raced Ironman 70.3 yesterday and won!  After last year I was not doing the full as I just knew it would be the "death march no 2" .... and I was right. Temperatures reached 45 degrees(115). People melted and there was a huge drop out rate. 

It all started with large amounts of rain over the few days before the event. This caused the river to swell and the current to increase way beyond expected flow and strength. Poor Murphy (race director) could not control this. He had to make the hard choice of changing the swim. It now included a 200 mt shore run so that people did not have to swim against the current. Most of the pro's did not care and were more than capable however there was to be carnage in the age group events.  Pro's were without wetsuits and it was a mass start. In the 70.3 I was out in 10th overall and 1st woman. Not bad considering the boys decided to beat the sh%t out of me at every buoy. Out on the bike it was quite a lonely ride as the 3 guys who went past me were way too fast to go with so I pretty much paced myself out there the whole time. I was not sure how far back any of the other girls were. All I knew was the sun was up (we had a 9 o'clock start) and my skin was starting to BURN!!!!!! 

I tried to pace myself on the bike as I have done so much running lately I was pretty confidant of a good run. As I go to 60 kms I realised that no matter how much work I had done on my run I was about to SUFFER!!!! I put the hammer down on the last 30 kms and started to pass loads of guys. Most of them had started to blow up after going out WAY too hard. Into T2 I was sure I had a pretty good gap on the rest of the girls. Heading out to the 5 km turn around was horrible. The sun was scorching and the aid stations were few and far between. I was "Parched as Bro" I was so thirsty and hot I thought I was never going to make it. I got back to T2 which was the half way point and found some ice cold coke. I jolted back to life and found my run legs all at the same time. With just 11 kms to go I took off. 

Running into town was so much fun. Because of the timing of the half and the full Ironman these unsuspecting Chinese supporters were cheering me on extra loud as they thought I was leading the big race. I was not about to try to explain this situation. Instead I lapped it up and race with no pain to the finish line for my first win. 

Now I know I was the only pro girl but you can only race who turns up. A win is a win and a 70.3 is a 70.3. I am taking it as I won the hottest 70.3 EVER! Clearly the time was nowhere near spectacular but I worked my ass off for it. I beat the other girls by over 20 mins and was 14th placed over the whole event. 

I huge day in all as Lukey came in 2nd to Macca just a few weeks after being so sick. We got to be on the podium together which is quite dorky but loads of fun !!!!! It might be a while till that happens again so I enjoyed it. 

I got so many message from everyone which was awesome. I want to send out a huge big thank you to all the K-Swiss Team... I love you guys. You are the best and make me shoes that make the worst days faster and the best days even better. The K-ona got one hell of a work out yesterday with no less that 20 litres of water dumped over them. They have allowed all of my toenails to survive yet another brutal day. To Bernard .... you made the best looking kits out there and your record of winning kits continues. thank you so much for helping Team K-Swiss look so good when we all felt so bad :)

 

To Lady Charlotta and Kristian.... I knew it and  you knew it... no one else could believe it! Well done to you both on win number 2. Oh yeah and happy birthday chicken! Massive cheers for my friend Daniel Mac.... how easy it would have been for you to take a kona slot the other way. This slot and Ironman win you have is worth more than words can describe. I am so proud of you buddy. No one out there deserved it more. A big thank you to Belinda for picking a girl up when she was so down. My new out look and attitude is paying off already and we have only just got started. Saving the best till last...Lukey. How much fun is our life! It just keeps on getting better. I could never have done it without you :) 

Stay tuned 

Memphis xoxoxoxo

Races, Birthdays,Cancer All Clears and more Rain!!!

Since I wrote last we went and watched the Ironman Australia! Awesome day all in all. Chrissy smashed em and Patrick sported the budgie smugglers and taught the young pups a lesson in marathon running. Not that PJ and Berkel didn't have a red hot crack. They did have a good go at taking the old dog down but to no avail. 

Our dear friend Matthias did not have the day he wished for but he sucked it up and put it in the bank for Ironman Frankfurt. 

The Monday after the race I went to Sydney. I felt very adult about my life. A visit to the accountant confirmed that I have a rubbish tax system but am not beyond redemption.... for a price. 3 hours of being sensible and bonofied led a girl to the nearest cocktail lounge for real birthday celebrations with the nearest and dearest. Myself, Luke, Ado, Mena, Alice and Jimmy went to Longrain for beautiful Thai food and red wine. It was super awesome to catch up with a few of my old clients John and Issy.

With the party pants packed back in the carry on luggage we came home on Tuesday. We had just 1 more week of training before we head off to China. Shockingly it is still raining cats and dogs here. I also feel as thought the massive carpet python that has moved into our apartment building is worth a mention. "6 foot" is the reported size of this slippery bugger. I can not lie I have yet to see it myself but my very trust worthy next door neighbour informs me that it has been lurking around. I do suspect that he maybe self medicating with the hippy herbs so the six foot may be slightly exaggerated. I will keep you all posted. 

Lastly a HUGE shout out to my beautiful friend David Clarke! Today we got word that he is in the clear of his cancer..... now that's a good reason to crack a bottle of red with dinner tonight. 

I will check in from China! 

Stay tuned 

Memphis

Raining Cats and Dogs.

I don't understand this crazy country and its mental weather patterns at all. Since returning home I have experienced some of the strangest weather of all time. I have been in the following :

46 degree dry heat in Western Australia.... it was so hot my eye balls were burning!

36 degree heat with 100 per cent humidity in Noosa ..... a great way to loose the christmas pudding. Steaming your ass off. 

Bush fires in Victoria that killed 210 people.... one of the saddest things I have ever seen in Australia in my lifetime. 

Massive surf swells here in Noosa.... the boys are going nuts. 

Torrential rain.... todays ride had me returning home drenched and soaked like never before. 

Flooding up and down the QLD NSW coast that means that IM Port Macquarie looks like it will be a 3.8km swim followed by a 180km swim on your bike and finally a 42 km swimming marathon. 

Towns have been cut off and the roads are closed going up and down the coast. 

I keep thinking that Lilly should have signed up for this race as the Danish love the cold and rain right? Poor Matthias will not be happy. 

I think I may have to bust out some actual clothes.... up here in Noosa the standard attire is K-Swiss singlets and hawaiian short shorts and a bikini. 

Speaking of short shorts and bikini's Hillary will be flying to Sydney with us and then embarking on a road trip to see the race. Adrian is driving the Merc and it should be fun and games. I will be packing the K-Ona's to do some epic running over the weekend however in the top of the luggage I will be packing my party pants as it is my birthday and I have some red wine drinking to do with Miss Alice. 

I will keep you all posted of the weekends dramas :) 

Memphis x