We have finally arrived in Taupo and are now in Ironman Central. Tom, you would love it here. Triathletes everywhere!

We left Perth at 7.00am Tuesday morning and arrived at our airport accomodation in Auckland at 1.00am, not a lot of sleep gained and the body clock a little all over the place. I was voiolated twice by random security screenings and these things are so random that I get chosen every time… Go figure!

This morning we left for Taupo in our hire car, called the Break Your Limits ‘Buzz box’. It makes noises similar to that of a lawnmower and a chainsaw. We (JP) hired it from a rental company called Juicy Lucy and needless to say, there were no Juicy Lucy’s in site. We drove down in a Daihatsu Sirion, I think JP is as long as the car is long and lets just say I am lucky I don’t take up to much room.

Taupo is around 3 hours from Auckland airport. Time just seemed to fly by and we needn’t ask for directions as a Triathlete can be spotted miles away.

Check in complete and now we will be calling Taupo the Break Your Limits headquarters for the next 5 days. We will post updates as they come to hand.

Friday I leave here to travel to a place called New Plymouth, a coastal town 300km to the West of Taupo. JP will be staying here in readiness for Ironman on Saturday.

Stay tuned!