Rolf Prima Update..
thanks team
http://www.rolfprima.com/news-11-5-9_crawford-70.3busselton.php
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Busselton 70.3
Another Race but a better result..
The plan was to try and swim at or near the front and hopefully get a gap on the boys if i could.
Turns out i had the strongest swim of the day and lead the swim out in 23:22..... Big shout out to the team at blueseventy, the Helix is definitely helping me swim like a dolphin on a sugar rush!!
After a quick transition i was on the bike an straight to race pace...
Now here i had an issue.. sit back and wait for a pack of 10+ guys to catch me ... or just go?.... " i went "
I felt good on my new bike the "Ceepo Viper" and really felt like all those TT i have been doing were paying off... I was pushing hard and trying to maintain an effort which wasn't going to totally kill me for the run..
Entering T2 i had 2:30 on two guys and 3mins on the main pack ...
I managed the fastest Pro bike split of the day on my Ceepo Viper and riding my totally awesome Rolf Prima wheel set.
I really needed 5 mins off the bike and a 1:20 run to guarantee a podium finish..... however a 1:23 half was all i had in me today...turns out i didnt pack my 1:20 legs.... i always forget something , But usually it's a racebelt or timing band.... bugger!!
Tough day , but a good day... i have no complaints.... i'm very excited about the year ahead.... This race caps off 1 year as a professional .. almost to the day....
Many thanks to all my sponsors and supporter old and new.... your all legends... We're getting closer by the race....
Cheers
Guy
The plan was to try and swim at or near the front and hopefully get a gap on the boys if i could.
Turns out i had the strongest swim of the day and lead the swim out in 23:22..... Big shout out to the team at blueseventy, the Helix is definitely helping me swim like a dolphin on a sugar rush!!
After a quick transition i was on the bike an straight to race pace...
Now here i had an issue.. sit back and wait for a pack of 10+ guys to catch me ... or just go?.... " i went "
I felt good on my new bike the "Ceepo Viper" and really felt like all those TT i have been doing were paying off... I was pushing hard and trying to maintain an effort which wasn't going to totally kill me for the run..
Entering T2 i had 2:30 on two guys and 3mins on the main pack ...
I managed the fastest Pro bike split of the day on my Ceepo Viper and riding my totally awesome Rolf Prima wheel set.
I really needed 5 mins off the bike and a 1:20 run to guarantee a podium finish..... however a 1:23 half was all i had in me today...turns out i didnt pack my 1:20 legs.... i always forget something , But usually it's a racebelt or timing band.... bugger!!
Tough day , but a good day... i have no complaints.... i'm very excited about the year ahead.... This race caps off 1 year as a professional .. almost to the day....
Many thanks to all my sponsors and supporter old and new.... your all legends... We're getting closer by the race....
Cheers
Guy
Friday, April 29, 2011
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
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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
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
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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
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
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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
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
Sunday, April 3, 2011
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
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
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