Lorne and Melbourne, round two
The night before race day we had our lovely friend Megs come down from Melbourne to hang out and help cheer on Sean! Here’s some pics of the night before…
Megs and I eating the amaze ice cream at Lick and Sip
Crazy kids... if Megs have captured just a few secs later, y'all would've seen Sean make a play for the last bit of my ice cream.
Race day…
Eerie grey skies as Sean heads to race start with the number one race singlet - the marked man
A sea of orange, Sean seemingly staring down opposition
Swimming around the pier... Sean reckons he freaked out over a swirly bit of seaweed that looked sharky - i'm not the only one!
Coming out of the water 3rd individual and around 6th overall, such a good effort (I think i've lost the "swimmer" mantle in our house boo)
Megs in super supporter mode, overlooking Lorne in background
Sean smashing the run, makes his way into first and has a 3 minute gap and even claims Luke Bell's scalp - whoop
And then there was ice cream, after crashing 5 times on the bike and settling for 2nd, Sean gets some ice cream love
Sightseeing, the holiday begins!!
Sean writing his race report when we're supposed to be sightseeing - you lucky blog fans!!
And my reaction... waiting in a stinky fish n chip shop while Sean blogs, the man is dedicated to his fans, no?
Yes that is a creepy face, Sean was scared.
Maits Rest Rainforest... very pretty, felt like another world in there
Some deets fo yo peeps
Hello happy! in the rainforest, happy to be away from stinky chippie and slow internet
Coffee in Melbourne... we are not coffee snobs, we love Starbucks and their flavoured goodness (ps hubba hubba)
My coffee was gingerbread spice flavour... that's Christmas in a cup and I was delirious with festive joy
Southbank, Sean with his chocolate loot the only thing that got him through shopping
Sweet ending to the holiday, cupcake shop on Collins Street... strawberry vanilla with buttercream frosting that looked like a Xmas tree, we shared it and i still felt sick, but it was worth it 
Next race is Rockingham which Sean is doing an me… undecided. I will probably be taking loads of happy snaps to supplement Sean’s race report!! This weekend is UBER family weekend, with my British cousin and fiancee arriving, Sean’s parents in town and my bestestest friend in the whole world flying in from Dubai with her fiancee. Holler if you’re pumpeddddd!!!!
Have a great Friday and weekend y’all, hope you enjoyed the photo session.
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Lorne & Melbourne in pictures
Hi all!
Hopefully you’ve all had a chance to read Sean’s race report. He was pretty awesome on race day with a lot of improvements evident. It took a fantastic race from Grant Suckling to beat him and I have to say, if anyone beat Sean I am glad it was Grant because he is a top bloke. Just hope he doesn’t do it again o)
So here’s our 5 day holiday (well with a little bit of “work” for Sean!) in pictures, hope you enjoy!
Meet Jade Thorstensen! The night we left, we met some of our best friend's (Kelly and karl) little girl... it was very special and she's gorgeous
Back to his roots, Sean is once again Captain Ford Falcoooon and loving it driving along Princes Highway to Lorne
His first mate! C'est moi, Lisa head of the music and yes we do singalong
Carboloading at Mark's Restaurant in Lorne... Sean ate 3 bread rolls, there he is on his third
Helloooo lover, a little red wine for this weekend's non-athlete
Erskine Falls at Lorne, we loved the lush mountains around Lorne
World class booty right there... Sean working it at Erskine Falls
And from the front
Sean said the picture looked cooler if i stood far away... now i look the size of an ant i'm wondering if i should be insulted...
Pre race food... brownies at QDos in Lorne, amaze...
Alright, people be back for round two tomorrow as I’ve run out of time… come back Thursday afternoon for race pics!!!
Lisa xo
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Anaconda Lorne Race Report
Just a quick update on yesterdays Anaconda Adventure Race as we are currently touring the Great Ocean Road and stopped at Appollo Bay while a brief shower passes. Well, after almost 4hrs of racing yesterday it came down to a nail biting finish where i crossed the line in 2nd place, 30sec behind the winner Grant Suckling. I have to admit that i’m a bit disappointed in yesterdays result after being in such a commanding position (3min ahead) before the final mountain bike stage. But Grant did execute a perfect race and he deserved the win in his home town in front in front of friends and family.
Luke Bell came down to race and led the individuals out of the water with a slender gap of just under a minute. I came out in 3rd and began the paddle with a 3.5min lead over Grant who i knew would be chasing me down. I felt as though i was paddling ok and managed to hold my position until the 5km mark where Grant and another individual Glenn Kirby went flying past. I did as much as i could to limit the damage but by the end of the paddle the gap was now out to 3mins.
Hitting the run i finally found my legs and started to make up some ground, catching Glenn Kirby after approx 2km’s. I was hoping to see Grant sooner and began to worry when i hadn’t caught him after 5kms. Finally, going up a steep climb, i caught and passed Grant to take the lead. I was feeling good on the run and worked hard over the final kms to establish a decent lead. By the end of the run my advantage was 3mins but i needed all of that on such a technical bike course. The hills worked to my favour for the first 12kms but i was feeling a bit average and just couldn’t get any power from the legs. Not knowing where others were in the race was hard and i just had to keep plugging away. The second half of the mountain bike was all descending and i lost a fair bit of time being cautious but it was the final descent that was my real undoing. I went over the handlebars at the very start then tripped over again while trying to run down with bike on shoulder. Grant passed me about half way down and amazingly stayed on his bike the whole way. I stacked it another 3 times before i reached the bottom and was a good 1min behind Grant when we hit the beach. I chased hard and left both Mtb shoes and helmet on for the final beach run not wanting to waste any time in transition. Unfortunately the gap was too much and Grant crossed the line comfortably with a 30sec lead.
It was an awesome race and an even better course. I’m looking forward to tackling the next race over in New Zealand and hopefully resetting the scoreboard in my favour.
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