{"id":486,"date":"2010-09-22T07:03:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T21:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/?p=486"},"modified":"2014-08-12T02:31:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T16:31:09","slug":"see-you-on-the-gold-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/see-you-on-the-gold-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"See You On The Gold Coast!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a beautiful summer here in Boulder CO – and an excellent chance to train with my friends. Now it\u2019s to time to pack it all up and head back to Port Macquarie Australia to prepare for one of my favourite events of the year. The Gold Coast Half-Ironman<\/a> will take place on Sunday, October 3rd at Calypso Bay in Brisbane. It will be a race to remember.<\/p>\n

Boulder is such a fantastic place to train, and it\u2019s a bit of a shame I have to leave (although It\u2019ll be great to see my family). You get the high altitude exertion and a fun community with lots of friends who lead very active lifestyles. I spent most of the summer hanging out with Tyler Butterfield, Matty White, James Hadley, Matty Reed, Joe Gambles, Mitchy Robins, Tim Reed, and Adam Hoborow. You guys are the best, and I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll keep crossing paths.<\/p>\n

What a rush these last few months have been. I still can\u2019t believe I made away with the [intlink id=”456″ type=”post”]Copenhagen win[\/intlink]. It\u2019s really exciting because it\u2019s going to set me up pretty good for next year. And what a fun competition. You almost never see an Ironman that goes through a city, with one monument right after the next. Team Challenge<\/a> did an awesome job of making us feel relaxed and at home. I rarely go to an [intlink id=”21″ type=”category”]Ironman[\/intlink]\u00a0where I get to let down my hair and party like a rock star afterwards. I\u2019m definitely looking forward to this competition next year!<\/p>\n

So after about a month and a half in Australia, I\u2019ll be back in the United States for the World Championship 70.3 Ironman in Clearwater Florida<\/a>. It\u2019ll be nice to get a bit of a recharge back home before tackling this race. I can\u2019t wait to take my bike into Gordon Street Cycles<\/a> to get it tuned. I\u2019ve noticed it hasn\u2019t been running quite the same, and they always do a banger of a job. I can\u2019t thank them enough for what they do.<\/p>\n

If all goes well, I\u2019ll get my 2011 Canondale Slice in time for the Clearwater race. The Slice has a whole new design this year, and it\u2019s performing better than ever. I would say my win in Copenhagen had a lot to do with this bike. My best mates were getting punctured tires, and I somehow made it through. But what can I say? I\u2019m a sucker for that new bike smell.<\/p>\n

I love this time of year. I travel so much I barely get a chance to be in a place I can call home. If you\u2019re going to be in the Port Macquarie area, I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll run into you.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to seeing you on the other side of the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}