Where the heck are ya?

I owe you this one. 

Where the heck have I/we been? Well I'm glad you asked. 

The answer is EVERYWHERE. Vague enough for you?

Well lets go on a journey that leads from where we were to where "The Heck" we are!!

Not to worry this is a picture book for the most part. 

In my last post (back in 1952) we had just raced Challenge Taiwan and were preparing for our wedding, yep we got hitched. So lets start from there and break this down in Months.

May: I  raced 70.3 Busselton (The 8th time in a row for me)

Ended up 6th and surprised myself with a 1:19 half marathon after doing an Ironman a week earlier. I thought I was going to run a 2:19 so this was a pleasant surprise. 

Sadly Kate didn't race as she got an inner ear infection which then gave her vertigo. (BAD BAD TIMES)

Our GK Endurance Crew prior to race day in Busso

Me enjoying the run in Busso. Crowd support is AWESOME

Then on May 13th we got married. YEAH

Kate road this to the service, I found the handlebars rather comfortable. Thanks Profile

Then we had a few days celebrating with friends and family down in Margaret River before jetting off on our honeymoon. We went from Perth to Dubai, Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and then back to Boise USA to start working off our honeymoon weight!!

May-June

Just the one picture from our honeymoon. yep it was amazing.

Once back to Boise USA  it was time for some hard work and fun.
 June-July

Our first race back was Rolf Prima Tri At The Grove in Eugene OR. Loads of fun! They even had us doing some very different stuff in T1 and T2. Like riding children bikes.

July-August

Then we raced Emmett Triathlon. A classic event that is also the state Olympic distance champs for Idaho. Very happy to come away with a win and see the fitness start to come back.

August: We flew to Bintan 70.3 where we stayed in the MOST AWESOME place and were really spoilt by the team at MetaSport. I ended up finishing 4th and Kate came 3rd.

September

The week after Bintan we flew to China for 70.3 Qujing. The race started at 6300feet which made for a brutal swim. A tough day and a sprint finish left me finishing in  a very close 6th place. Kate finished 3rd (2 podiums in two weeks)

From here we went back to Boise for a little recovery before heading to 70.3 Worlds. Sadly I was a bit sick and didn't start and couldn't have a crack at bettering my 18th place from the year before. But the positive is I got to support our GK Endurance athletes who flew from round the world to be in Chattanooga for the event.

Coach Kate making sure our athletes get the best out of themselves. 

October

Before we knew it. We were back in Taiwan for Ironman on Penghu Island. Last year I thought I was the hottest I've ever been in my life. But maybe this year I got hotter. 2 IV's later and I started to function properly again.
I finished 5th and Kate finished 2nd. (Always out doing me)

Then we were Kona bound. I worked for blueseventy and helped my other sponsors out as much as I could during what is always a fun and busy week.

After a quick trip back to Boise we were Perth bound before we knew it. We were lucky enough to be selected for a race that involved jumping out of a plane at 1400feet and sky diving first then doing a triathlon. It was an amazing experience that hopefully you'll all be able to watch on TV very soon.

November

Some of the cloud to coast crew!! (me, Jonney, Kate and Beau)

THEN is was back to Asia. This time to Phuket to race the Laguna Phuket tri and then the following week 70.3 Thailand. At this stage all the travel had caught up with me and to this point it had been a successful year. But when your fried it is even harder! The mind and body rejected the effort leaving me quite far down in the pecking order at the finish line. Kate did ok for Laguna Phuket tri finishing 4th but like me had a rough race at 70.3 Thailand. We made it to the finish line though. YAY

December

Back to Perth WA and down to Ironman Busselton to support our crazy crew of GK Endurance athletes tackling the 70.3 and IM.


And that ladies and gentleman is a wrap for 2017.
Since then we've spent our time training hard, working on GK Endurance. Re-signing with our awesome team of sponsors and catching up with friends

February

We've also been tackling some local events and last weekend I managed to snag a win at Sufferfest Bunbury. Good to see the hard work paying off in a race environment. 

So coming back to where the heck are ya.  The Answer is Perth, WA , Australia but not for much longer. Our next adventure starts on Sunday the 25th of February.

Thanks for taking the time to follow our journey. Hopefully my next post doesn't take 7 months. (sorry)

Guy and Kate