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		<title>The Sufferfest: Using a Power Meter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ‘Sufferfest’ videos are by far the best training videos that one can use (www.thesufferfest.com). One challenge that I’ve found with the videos is relating the Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale of 1-10 used in the videos with the &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-sufferfest-using-a-power-meter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2125&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outside Magazine&#8217;s Take on Ironman Kona</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a brilliant magazine article at Outside Magazine on Ironman Kona. I love the way they observe … “the event is filled with unlikely apostles: mothers of young children, three-limbed amputees, octogenarians, all ticking Kona off their otherwise divergent &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/outside-magazines-take-on-ironman-kona/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2118&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So You Are Training For An Ironman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across the video below on a triathlon web site. Although the language is a bit too coarse for my liking, the sentiment is correct: one is mad to do an Ironman. On the flight from Nelson I was &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/so-you-are-training-for-an-ironman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2115&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Busy Sunday: Cable Bay Triathlon and Rameka Track Mountain Bike Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With my itinerant lifestyle it is very unusual for me to get many races in over a year. The stars aligned for me this weekend when I was here for the annual Nelson ‘Cable Bay’ Sprint triathlon. However, my wife &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/a-busy-sunday-cable-bay-triathlon-and-rameka-track-mountain-bike-trail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2113&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kiribati &#8211; Sufferlandia Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arrived in Kiribati and after checking in at the hotel went over to the New Zealand High Commission and retrieved my bike and trainer. Unfortunately, the High Commissioner Rob Kawai has been transferred to Hong Kong so I can no &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/kiribati-more-sufferfest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2091&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Sufferlandia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in Sydney for a few days for meetings. Was nice to be reacquainted with my old Cervelo P3 which fits like an old shoe. Unfortunately, time was at a premium so I decided to just ride my bike &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/back-to-sufferlandia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2088&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running in New Caledonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I’ve visited a completely new country so I was very interested to have to attend meetings in Noumea, New Caledonia. For those who are geographically challenged, it is a French Department (actually colony) about &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/running-in-new-caledonia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2085&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Triathlon: A Contact Sport</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those considering taking up triathlon, the photo below from the EverymanTri.com newsletter captures the most intimidating part of the race: the swim. Depending on how you approach the swim you get bashed, bopped, kicked, pulled under, pushed aside … &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/triathlon-a-contact-sport/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2082&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Cheater&#8217;s Bike for the &#8216;Tour Divide&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was waiting for my wife to check her e-mail at the Takaka (New Zealand) library when I saw this very unusual bike packer. He had fitted an engine to a mountain bike! There was a separate chain connecting the &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/a-cheaters-bike-for-the-tour-divide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2079&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christchurch Triathlon Festival is On!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christchurch’s House of Travel Triathlon Festival will be back again this December and it’s promising to be bigger and better. With the success of the inaugural event last year, which attracted nearly 500 athletes, the Canterbury aftershocks haven’t deterred event &#8230; <a href="http://triduffer.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/christchurch-triathlon-festival-is-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=triduffer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1537623&amp;post=2067&amp;subd=triduffer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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