I came out of the 2009 soccer season injury free and decided that I wanted to keep up my fitness.

I used to be a competitive swimmer over 28 years ago and thought that I'd love to have a go at a triathlon. I started doing a few small ones to get started, and then did one that had an ocean swim - I loved it so did the Surf and Turf series of ocean swim

I came out of the 2009 soccer season injury free and decided that I wanted to keep up my fitness. I used to be a competitive swimmer over 28 years ago and thought that I'd love to have a go at a triathlon. I started doing a few small ones to get started, and then did one that had an ocean swim - I loved it so did the Surf and Turf series of ocean swims here in Christchurch. I then set myself a goal to do the Corsair Classic 750m swim. As I said, this is my first season doing this and I looked at the 2009 results and set a goal of finishing in the top ten based on the finish times of the 2009 event and the times that I had been doing. I finished the swim in 4th place overall and won a gold medal in my age group (40-49) - this just blew me away and I am hooked big time. Already looking forward to next year.