Sick new ride with Ceepo

I've had the pleasure of working with the good folk from XU1 sports and Ceepo in Perth.
Big thanks to Ian and Andy for being so easy going and welcoming over the last 2 weeks.

I'll make sure i pull myself inside out for you boys... both on and off the race course.

Here are a few pic's of my new machine... ( Only thing missing is my awesome Rolf Prima wheel set )

I'll have more pictures from the race next week. Exciting times ahead for the Viper and i ... First race outing is 70.3 Busselton. hopefully i'll be able to hold the bars as she takes off.


Self Portrait






Ceepo is new to Western Australia. If anyone has any interest in riding one of these machine or getting a little more info on Ceepo's in general, We'll be at the race expo in Busselton. Drop bye if you have the time. Just don't drool on my machine... It's going to get enough slobber on it race day.

travel safe , see you in Busso

Guy

Pro Triathletes: Arm Length And Stroke Style

Both Kate and i have very different swimming styles due to our body types.

Kates a midget and i'm a skinny Giraffe like creature.

Anyway have a look at the swim smooth video our good friend and swim coach took of us .

Big thanks to Paul and Adam for putting this together.... it makes me chuckle....

want to swim quicker? check them out www.swimsmooth.com it'll be worth your while.

Guy

K-Swiss Rocks ...

K-Swiss have bought out some new shoes that make me cry with excitement ..My tear are tears of pure joy..

Photo's below are of me a little over excited ... i can't really explain the tread mill shot.. ... i was going for a model beach pose and i think it got confused along the way... but still i show the world.....

Big shout out to Erik, Ivette, Ben , John and Beau from K-Swiss.. you keep me clothed both on and off the race course.. If it wasn't for you, i'd be butt ass naked, last time i checked no-one wants to see that...

Check out www.kswiss.com for some awesome new innovations in footwear including the Kwicky Blade Light.






Boom!!

Pocketman

KALGOORLIE

Who said driving 1200+ KM in a weekend wouldn't be fun... Ok so maybe the driving part would have been ok to miss.

Anyway where do i start, i know how about the part where Kate her mum and i get in a car and drive to a very cool town some 600+ Kilometers away to do a triathlon ....yes ...... i think thats a great place to start..

So Friday morning rolls around , Kate , Karen ( Kates mum ) and i get the car packed full of tri gear , clothes we won't need , a Chilly bin , cooler or eski ... whatever you call the thing that keeps your drinks cold...
The we hit the dusty road ... no word of a lie , it's dusty for the next 7 hours as we make our way to Kalgoorlie....
We pass some very small , yet awesome in there own right towns...












Anyway to cut a long story short , we made it to Kalgoorlie in the early evening on Friday after spending quality time in the car and staring out at the desert....Needless to say my hamstrings hated me!!
That night we had a relaxing meal and few beers and just generally chilled.

the Following morning Kate and i were to meet the local president ( Geoff ) and a group of riders at 6:30 for a spin on the bikes.
When we turned up it was like meeting relatives from years back , Except we had never meet these people. it's just there way to greet you with open arms and smiles, Easy to talk to you and real people with hearts of gold....maybe that comes from being close to the biggest gold mine in the southern hemisphere!! In any case it was very nice of them to be so welcoming . Something Kate and i won't soon forget..

The gold mine/ Super Pit below ( one big as hole )





We then had a presentation for those that wished to attend .... To be honest Kate did most of the talking and i just cracked in with my smart ass comments every now and again... occasionally putting in some worth while comments... such as my addiction to chocolate milk .

The in the evening we were invited to a pasta dinner, which again was a great time.. then soon after 8:30 it was time for bed...I'm a bit of a nana these days ... gotta get in bed before the sun does.... ok i am kidding.... Kates the nana in this relationship...

Next thing you know ... alarm is going off and i'm having my chocolate milk and muffin for breakfast preparing my mind and stomach for an olympic distance race.....
Now being in the Desert, we swim in a pool and you self seed yourself with the others in your lane.... Much to Kates dislike i got in her lane.. Only because i'm use to swimming with her and she knows how to lap out with me ....She hates it ... i love it...

So there we are sitting in the pool getting a 10 second count, and we're off... weird thing about swimming in a pool....you can't cheat your time... long course 50 metre pools don't lie about your time... it is what it is ... lucky for me the swim went relatively well and i swum a 18:44 ...sitting on 1:15's .. which is about where i want to be , Out onto the bike and we had 9 laps ...this was great once you got past 5.... then onto the run 4 laps of 2.5 k.... feeling a little sluggish from all the miles my body started to hate me at about 6 k , but came good soon after.. So all in all and pretty good day at the office with a 1:56:03 olympic ...

Kate and i pre race


Transition



Post race lunch under the Kalgoorlie tri club banner



Ernie ( AKA Kates bag carrier ) ohhh and her Dad




It was great to see the local talent shine too. There are lots of guys and girls out there who are so strong and have a lot of talent and room to grow as athletes. Big shout out to Shannon .... next time go the right way mate ....

Thank-you Kalgoorlie , you are a awesome bunch of people...
See you in Busselton....

Cheers
Guy

PS: next tmie i might fly...the last 3 hours of driving nearly killed me..... night driving = bad times...lol

The LONG drive home... damn WA is big

Western Australian 80 K TT Champs

This morning was the WA 80k TT champs...
I was kind of looking forward to this , I've been riding well in training and in most races.. So i thought I'd be able to have a reasonable day if the body decided to play along...
The joys of being a triathlete is you are never tapered for these events. Saturday was long run day, so you always go into these races a bit cooked..." time to roll the dice and hope the body has an ok day"

With two time Olympian Matt Illingworth starting , I was hoping 1) to have him not lap me and 2) ride close to or just under 2 hours

The conditions weren't to bad, a bit windy on a rolling course with a cool temperature ( for Perth ).

My body decided to play along today and i could get a fair amount out of myself...
I think it was the pre race chat i had with myself. I told my body if it didn't play along i was going to throw myself off my bike at 60kph into a ditch....lucky it listened....

With my slick Rolf Prima wheels ( see picture ) i managed a 1:59:29



RESULTS

1st Matt Illingworth 1:51:16
2nd Tim Roberts 1:58:34
3rd Guy Crawford 1:59:29
4th Troy Coulthard 2:00:33
5th Scott Neyedli 2:00:35
6th Brynt McSwain 2:01:32
7th Cam Berg 2:01:34
8th Nathan Jones 2:02:02
9th Paul Taseff 2:02:42
10th Chris Roberts 2:02:45

Singapore 70.3

Well its that time.
Lets cut to the chase..
Singapore was not the race I was hoping to kick off my 2011 season.
But we train, we race and we learn…
Travelling to Singapore and spending a few days looking round pre race was great. It was kind of relaxing me….but at the same time I had a lot of nervous energy… So race day couldn’t come round quick enough…



Finally race day rolled around and it was time to go.
Guns goes off :
My swim 9 times out of 10 will get me in the lead group… but as it turns out this was that 10th race and I had a shocker…. Loosing Faris’s feet at about 500metres and swimming at warm up pace for the remainder of the race… really not sure why I couldn’t push any harder.. ( getting soft in my old age perhaps )
Onto the bike and we had a great group including James Cunnma and Scott Nedeyli .. We rode well together to rejoin the lead group just before half way through the bike. Coming off the bike we were in a huge group and it was time to run like a scorched cat…. Unfortunately for me I ran like a beached whale…Slowly. I wanted to run faster but I was deep in struggle street trying to survive….At the end of the day I did survive and finished in 12th with a time of 4:09… Not my best result to date. I did manage to take the fastest bike split of the day so it wasn’t all bad.


Picture below Of me smiling pre race... the smile that was soon to vanish



Still Busselton 70.3 is just round the corner and I’ll be hoping to redeem myself.
Singapore is a great place. You don’t have to leave the air conditioning.. as there are under ground tunnels, trains and plaza’s. If you fancy shopping, Singapore is the place for you..
If you fancy a drink , it’s expensive.. they do have some very cool, unique bars and pubs, but you pay for the experience.
Post race Kate and I ventured out to Sentosa and Universal studio’s where we had a great time riding rollar coasters…( you get wet on some of them… take spare clothes… I didn’t , it was a bad choice ) chilling on the beach… trying to stop monkeys from stealing my shinny stuff….





All and all i had a great trip , but a very average race.
Untill the next time

Guy

Kates mum, Kate and me

Ok Blog update
It’s been a few weeks or four , but who’s counting

So a few weeks back I thought while I’m in base training faze it’d be a great idea to ride with Kate Bevilaqua down to Busselton ( roughly 220KM ) So off we set with another triathlete Scott into a head wind ….. yes a head wind.. ohh bugger.. after a stop at about 130k , I was feeling great, I had the legs and thought this wasn’t going to be so bad.. then at 200k I thought the same.. “ohh I’m having a great ride” then at 210k I was lying on my back in the middle of the road with a broken and dislocated finger , also sporting some new road rash on my hip and elbows.. ohh how 10km can change ones ride….




Long story short , I clipped the side of a stick with my wheel, it bounced into my spokes and then hit my fork on the way round and my bike stopped instantly…
I actually got very lucky… thought I’d broken my collarbone, but after a quick self check i realised it was ok..then I looked at my finger and thought hmmm that’s not pointing where it was about 30sec’s ago..
So off to the hospital in the back of some nice peoples car. In Hospital the doctor came up to me and In his words said“ your finger it bent “….. WTF? ..”Yeah mate thanks for that information”…. So there I was sitting in a room in a dodgy hospital with a doctor who’s diagnosis was “ your finger is bent”??? So I clenched my fist and relocated my own finger…. I would not recommend doing this….it stings a bit…
Anyway… after my relocation, and the great assessment, the nurses told me it’s only broken , patched me up , tapped my fingers together and off I went .. another successful day at the office… yes yes… OHH and check out how the hospital spells Emergencie???



So then it was back to Normal.. training ( with a sore body ) getting ready for my next race 70.3 Singapore… only to be surprised with a last minute trip to New Zealand to watch Kate race IM …. I haven’t been back to NZ for 15months.. so I was more excited than Monkey in a banana farm…
The days rolled past really quickly and it was time to pack my gear and head back to NZ for a week….
I flew over with Kates dad and had my first experience of first class lounges. It’s all table service and they offer massages.. yes that’s right I got a massage between flights… it still makes me laugh.. the lovely lady had to use her elbows…. I wasn’t into the touchy feely massage, I wanted deep tissue on my calf’s….. good for me… not good for her..



So then I land back in Aotearoa / land of the long white cloud , otherwise known as New Zealand. Race day rolled around pretty quickly and I thought it best to be quiet and try as hard as possible to keep out of Kates way and pretty much do whatever I was told.. Race morning can be stressful , but everything went really smooth and soon enough the pro gun had sounded and they were on there way.. Albeit in the most miserable conditions I have ever raced or spectated in, it rained and rained and then rained some more….

Picture of a lone rider in the rain




My attire for the day was, t-shirt, garbage bag, jumper, jacket and another garbage bag… At 8:54Am I remember the rain dripping down my chest onto bare skin… then the next 9 hours were spent shivering uncontrollably… Oh the good times… now all I need is the ebola virus and my life will be complete… HAHA.. Ok I joke… The day wasn’t to cold and it was great to be home to support all my friends and Kate..
Funny enough the next few days were great and the sun came out , it got warm and I had a great time showing people around my home town and getting in a bit of training in a cooler climate.

Swimming in Lake Taupo



I also got to see my mum .. see the picture of me mum and Kate




Time flys… Now I’m back in Perth getting ready to fly to Singapore in a few days to compete in a stacked field at 70.3 Singapore. It should be a lot of fun and I look forward to avoiding getting heat stroke or hopefully avoiding getting heat stroke… Until after Singapore be safe , avoid dislocating joints , crashing your bike and standing in rain for 9 plus hours… I only give wise advice!!
Guy

My Mums Dog… why is this in here… I have no idea… just because I like random things and this dog is random…..