Massage and biodynamics in Wellington

A quick shout out to my friend Emily at healthscape for her great massage and other help with keeping me fit enough to keep playing all this sport!

We've moved

It turns out 'One Night Stand', when googled, doesn't find this blog, so we've shifted to http://toughlikejelly.blogspot.com/, which is a lot more search friendly

Osprey Packs/nitelights.co.nz

we're proud to announce that not only will be using fantastic packs from Osprey, world leaders in pack technology, but we'll also be using the awesome 900 Lumen dimmable bike lights from nitelights.co.nz. Not to be confused with Nightlightning from Christchurch, these high quality, low cost no nonsense LED lights are a new product shipping out of Auckland, and we'll be spearheading their first major foray into Australia, the home of Ay-Ups.

New Name? New Logo!

XPD is being raced as (Osprey packs/???) Tough Like Jelly, and as
we've invested in the logo, 'One Night Stand' may be retired in favour
of 'Tough Like Jelly'.

Boxes done!

Apparently it takes 2 people about 4 hours to cover 2 boxes in Duraseal,
strengthen the handles, number/ name them, and hopefully make them
distinctive enough to stand out in transitions.

Shame they'll probably only last 1 race ;-(

Thankyou Osprey packs!

we're currently going into XPD as Osprey packs/ tough like jelly (though
we're hoping to announce a joint naming sponsor very soon), and were very
pleased to take delivery of a box of very nice Osprey Talon packs from New
Zealand distributor southernapproach.co.nz today. With tow rope loops and
shoulder holsters already built in, these could be the first packs I've
been able to take straight out of the box and race with!

The insect repellent, gaiters and potable aqua water purifying tablets will
hopefully keep us pretty safe in the harsh environment that we'll be racing
in.

Well apparently it's not too bad

Despite trying to ruin XPD 2 weeks out by having a reasonably big off at
the crazyman on saturday, my wonderful physio reckons that keeping up with
the compression and a bit of gentle massage should see it right by the time
we head off to Cairns in less than 2 weeks time!

Another trophy for the collection ;-)

Despite serious pre-race jitters, and the horrible weather forecast, the
hutt valley turned on a stunning morning, with the weather deteriorating
while 'local adventure racing standout' rachel demolished the women's field
to bring another trophy home.

I think I might have been part of the winning mixed team with a mana
paddler called Kayla setting jamie stewart up for the run, before I limped
home on the bike.

home again ;-)

A year after we had to hand the trophy back, she's been returned to us
after we managed to make less mistakes than all the other mixed teams at
the moonshine24, the 2010 silva national rogaine championships.

That's right, One Night Stand are 2010 NZ champions, after 24 hours where
Rachel showed that her XPD training is really paying off, and Liam showed
that a cold and a few hard sessions in the week leading up to an event of
this size can leave you feeling a touch flat!

Oh dear

Well i have a history of annoying little injuries just before coast, so
this little disaster ahould comme as no surprise .... Not the crocs, but
the burn from where i managed to drop solder on my foot!

Oh well, nearly 3 days for it to heal, so here's hoping!