Let me preface this that William is currently well as can be expected. However having a child who is deemed to have a terminal genetic...

Yay we made it. Yay for William our strong and courageous little man. Six months and one day ago our little boy William Bradley Martens...

With a screech louder than a train horn blasting beside your head my daughter announced to the world that she was awake. The time was...

Having kids is by far the most rewarding thing you can do. The love you have for your kids compares to nothing else. If you want it bad...

Its been a couple of weeks since I raced at Ironman Western Australia and whilst I could have sat around the house moping I am excited...

The morning started off great. A 3:00am wake up, quick bite to eat then in car.  Did all my bike setup at the car is pumping up of tyres,...

I never originally planned to run this race. That is until my last two marathons were complete disasters. One I had back spasms and...

First thing I want to say is…. I made it!!!!! I didn’t drown, I didn’t crash and I didn’t cause any havoc out on the course. This race...

Its so good to be fit and firing again. Since the disaster at busso I have been head down and bum up and just focusing on executing each...

I arrived down the south coast the night before the race. It was raining on the way down, which didn’t look promising for race day....

At the end of 2017 I sat down with my coach to talk about my training, after not achieving results that were expected of me. I was...

My honest and open account on the changes becoming a dad again has brought to my personal life, my working life, my training and me as a...

So we get up at 7am, and I felt the nerves kick in. I waited around for a bit because I didn’t want to have my breakfast too early. For...

I love racing at busso its my favourite race of the year so it pains me when I think of IMWA it is a day that I want to forget. However...

Pre Race The best nights sleep I have had before race day ever. Managed to get a reasonably early night and was in bed asleep by 9pm. My...

Pre-race was something of a comedy of errors! Having arrived at the G at 5.30 for a 7 start so as to not be late I then missed the start...

This was my fifth marathon in 15 months! This is something that I am proud of considering where I started. I wasn’t going to run this...

Pre Race The morning started out well. Yet again my sleep before this race like most of my races is almost non-existent. My alarm went...

First race since Cairns and I am freaking excited. I couldn't have been more ready for this race mentally or physically and I was very...

Lead up My lead up to Cairns 70.3 was fairly unconventional and massively interrupted by having to work two full time jobs starting from...