three peaks challenge

well at the weekend me and two friends attempted the three peaks challenge this involves climbing the three highest peaks in scotland,england and wales in under 24 hours but we wanted to go under 20 hours.well what can i say stunning views and awesome experience but we didnt complete it due to safety grounds. The break down of how it went is below.

Ben nevis (scotland)3hours 45 mins at the summit we ran in knee high snoe see attached pic

Then we had a 6 hour drive to the lake district to climb the highest peak in england scarfells pike but this is where it went wrong w got up to about 3/4 of the way up and where we had so much rain the river bed thats usually dry was like the rapids fast flowing water down the mountain side we searched for 2 hours to get across but could find no way to do it and after falling in the shallows a few times we had to call a halt to the challenge due to safety grounds,once we got down we had a group discussion and decided to carry on anyhow to complete the last mountain in wales which is snowden.

Mount Snowden (wales)1 hour 55 mins -picture of us at the summit of snowden

this race is unfinished business for us and we are going back next summer to complete it ,there is no doubt in our minds that we would have completed this challengee in under 20 hours with the way we done the other 2 major mountains watch this space for next years challenge.

ampthill trophy and three counties xc races

Well quite an exciting couple of weeks doing some xc races the first of them was the ampthill trophy where i finished 6th overall out of a quality field and covered the 5 miles in 31 mins,then the week after i was racing the first of 5 races in the three counties xc series and i finished in 7th overall again with some quality runners and i covered the 5 mile course in 28 mins ,the plan is to race as many xc races as i can to get the strength going in to the spring next year.

Bedford sprint tri and end of season

Hey this is the last tri race of the 2009 season i hope to get a good result to finish off maybe a top 5 overall and then i am geting my new bike after the race i have narrowed it down to two bikes top of the list is the trek ttx 9.8 i love this bike and looks like i will be riding it next season.

Friends and sponsors

I would just like to say thank you to all my friends and sponsors that have helped me get to the start line in perfect condition ready for sunday,Ed from skins who sent me my compression clothing that i plan to race in,newton trainers for my socks,hats,casual t shirts and my running trainers,sci-mx nutrition for the products to keep me hydrated and finally woodside clinic for the massage treatments and therapys that has been a massive help in keeping the training volume high,I hope i can repay you all with a qualification to the world ironman champs.This is my last post before the ironman on sunday see you all very soon thank you.

Ironman switzerland

Well ironman switzerland 12th july is only 5 days away now it has come around so quick ,this is the hardest i have trained and the most consistent i have trained and i am feeling really good going into the race.i am hoping for the following times

Predicted race times:
swim - 1 hour 2
t1-3 mins
bike -5 hours 15
t2 - 3 mins
run- 3 hours 15

total=9 hours 38
This is what i like but my first goal is to get under the 10 hour barrier and then what ever follows that is a bonus.

Ironman update

I have just over 2 weeks till the ironman in switzerland where this is the biggest race of my racing life to try and qualify for hawaii.

St albans midsummer aquathon

The picture is of the medal winners at the st albans midsummer aquathon i finished in 2nd overall and the winner was andrew jakeman who is on the british triathlon talented squad ,i managed to pull some time back on the run i had the fastest run of the day so the results in the end for 400swim/6km run

1st andrew jakeman-25mins 51-swim/t1 5 min 41-run 20 mins 10
2nd craig halsey-26 mins 47-swim/t1 6 mins 42-run 20 mins 05
I felt great out there and i cycled home after too.

6 n 6 Aquathon win

I got my first win of the season i did a aquathon race 600mts swim/6km run and i have to say i felt brilliant in the race considering in the morning i did 40 mile bike to the lake and swam 2500mts so it was a great days training i posted 8 mins 25 for the 600mts swim and 20.37 for the 6km run finishing in 1st overall great race.

Pictures from the beaver half ironman where i finished 21st overall and 8th in my age group and everything went according to plan i went there with the intentions of ironman pacing all 3 disciplines,i done the 2000mts swim in 32 mins with the 500 mts uphill run to transition it was 35 mins,the bike i averaged 34.5kph perfect ironman pace my time was 2 hours 37 for just over 85km,my run was nice and comfortable at 1 hour 30 for 12.5 miles giving me a total of 4 hours 45 mins very happy with the outcome.

ironman bike

This is the bike i am using for the ironman got some new wheels the other day and i cant wait to try them out ,bring on the ironman.

london marathon

This was a great day i finished in 350th overall out of 33,000 and i got a time of 2 hours 47 which i was pleased with on the day,i would like to thank everyone for there support.

woodside massage clinic

I would recommend these guys they are helping me out in my ironman hawaii quest they are giving me massage whenever i need it and this is a massive help cause it keeps them little niggles and injuries at bay thanks to the team from woodside clinic in dunstable.

training update

Just a quick update training has been going really well with just under 13 weeks till the ironman i am racking up the miles in all 3 discilplines and feeling like i am getting stronger all the time ready to peak for ironman switzerland july 12th,before that i have got london marathon and weymouth half ironman tri then its all out for the ironman.

newton trainers

I have just had some great news i have just picked up newton running trainers as one of my main sponsors for 2009/2010, i am very pleased with this as these trainers are made specific for forefoot runners and mid foot stirkers to give you a more balanced running style and in ironman this is very important i cant wait to try them out.

Watford half marathon

Well it was a good start to 2009, my first race of the year and it went very well i broke my pb by 1min 30 seconds which i am very pleased with it just shows that the work i am putting in is paying off.

I finished in 21st overall in a very good field of international athletes my time was 1 hour 16 mins 22 seconds.

Now i move on to my next race which is the national xc champs at parliment hill on the 21st feb a little sharpner for milton keynes half marathon on the 8th march.

Races for 2009

MY races for 2009 are as follows with the goal being on qualification to hawaii the ironman world champs.

1)watford half marathon-jan
2)xc national champs-feb
3)milton keynes half marathon-march
4)london marathon-april
5)grendon sprint tri-may
6)weymouth half ironman-june
7)cowman half ironman-june
8)ironman switzerland-july
9)bedford oly-august
10)hawaii ironman world champs-october

ely 10km road race

This was a great race to finish the year off on new years eve,it was not planned one of my friends called me up the night before saying there was a free slot if i wanted it,so i took him up on the offer and i am glad i did ,This race is a no frills race you dont get t shirts and medals at the end you get a bottle of beer brewed locally and a very warm atmosphere great race i will be back this year for sure.Onto the race itself i didnt have any aspirations i was just going to enjoy it which i did from start to finish,the gun went off and straight from the off i new there wwas some fast guys around me and went through the first km in 3 mins and this pace just continued throuhout i felt brilliant all race really strong and finished in 4th overall and a new pb of 33 mins 43 sec.