It had been a hard winter in Cape Town and many sacrifices were made along the way to fulfil this dream of mine that has been there since I first learnt about triathlon. Indeed, my highschool physical education teacher had raced there, and seeing the potential I had from running and swimming, he coaxed me [...]

Conrad Stoltz is uploading photos to his flickr.com account from Kona, Hawaii. His fiancée Amber Monforte (web.mac.com/AmberMonforte) will race Ironman World Championship tomorrow.
More info on Ironman World Champs will follow…

It has been a little more than a week since I crossed the finish line in Busselton and I have had time to reflect on the race and to try put it all in perspective. So what follows is as much a race report as it is a therapeutic exercise for me.