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Race Reports

We have a selection of recent race reports written by our athletes for you to read and be inspired by. As we get new reports, we will archive some of the older reports but they will still be available to read by clicking thorough the Archive Race Reports link: archived race reports.

Fluid Cycling - Amy's Gran Fondo 2017

For our last race for the season the Fluid Racing crew lined up for Amy's Gran Fondo on Sunday, and true to form the forecast was rain, wind and cold. It seemed that all season, for us to go racing we needed at least 4 layers - five for Steve. Hamish had worn his Fluid Movements jersey about 20 times and I swear I still hadn't seen it....

 

Fluid Cycling - South Gisborne, Northern Combine

South Gisborne Road Race, Northern Combine - We are excited to share the race report from Fluid Cycling Coach and Captain on the road Aaron Keeffe after the squads first road race at South Gisborne last weekend...

 

Lesley West '15/'16 Season

Season 2015/16 is done, we’re in the ‘off-season’ so it’s a great time to do a roundup of the past 50 weeks. No one can be at the top of their game all of the time and being the typical over-achievers that we are, this can be pretty tough to take. And like most things in life, there is no magic formula, but as I’ll say to anyone who will listen, one thing is essential – consistency...

Chris Rancie, Ironman WA - December 2015

The swim was ugly, I had worked so hard in the pool on my technique and it went out the window on race day, but despite that I powered on. At about 3km into the swim I said to myself time is irrelevant here, today is a race. I swam 1:01, so considering the conditions I was really pleased...

Steve Guy, Hawaiian Ironman - October 2015

So sitting around waiting for my start time for my next race is a great time to write a race report from 2 months ago! Feels like Kona was only a couple of weeks back. This was my third race at Kona, and a race I was looking forward to immensely after another winter of training in Melbourne...

Ken Murley, 2015 Worlds Championships Campaign

After coming back from the World Championships in Canada late last year with 3 wins under my belt, and a really bad back which had been killing me with pain for 2 years, I had to make a decision whether I would continue on in the sport...

Vanessa Jackson 2015 ITU World Sprint Duathlon Champ F30-34

I’m meant to write a race report. But really all I want to say mostly is “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does…”
That’s what it feels like sometimes...