First post while away...

Well, I've posted quite a lot in my triathlon blog and also put some pictures in there too, so be sure to have a look in there for updates.

Right now it's hot here, too hot to be out all day through the day. Further what I'd normally be doing with time off is to be out training but with the Ironman coming up I can't really do too much. Subsequently I'm eating more ice cream than even I know how to... actually I'm just eating an amount of ice cream that I normally would be.

At the moment I'm betwixt a holiday and a lifestyle. Need to find a job in order to feel settled into the lifestyle, can't feel like I'm on holiday as I don't have a job at the end of it to feel safe financially. It's quite an experience.

Biggest part of the trip so far was undoubtably the flight, got sent to Sydney from LA instead of flying straight to Auckland as apparently I couldn't make the flight... turns out that I could make the flight they just wanted to book me off the flight in order to free up some seats. In this process my bags got lost. But have them back now.

Been down to Taupo to see the Ironman course, all looks good down there, am back up towards Auckland right now but it's not quite what I want, definitely liveable but not really my sort of place. Subsequently I'm staying in a beachfront village 20 miles north of Auckland.

I'll soon be switching over the km, so that will become 32km before very long.

Accommodation in Taupo is superb, staying in a B&B with an old Scottish lady who is looking after me really well, which is what I need to be able to destress before the big race. The only thing that would take more stress off is to have a job lined up, but we can't have everything I guess.

Right, this is rambling on, will leave this post for now. Will update again soon.

Andy