Not only has Blair been busy settling into Dunedin and our clinic, but he has been making the most of Dunedin’s great playgrounds – he and Geoffrey have been enjoying the weekly “Sam’s” evening rides, and rumour has it, Blair took the crown one night (although he modestly disputes that!). It has been fantastic training for them both as they prepare for the National Road Cycling event in Alexandra in a few weeks time (Geoffrey’s quaking at the pedals still in contemplation of the calibre of competition, but at least they have had these great fiercely competitive weekly jaunts to hone a few skills!). Heather, Blair and one of their friends also returned to Triathlon in Dunedin, competing in the Triathlon at Mac Bay a few weeks ago (doing extremely well – not surprising as both have competed at a very high level in the sport, so well done Heather to be back on the scene in your sport, and am sure that felt fun again with your mini fan team in attendance for the first time – Alex and Ruby looked justifiably impressed with Mum and Dad!). Geoff and Barbara decided to do another duathlon this year too, and were thrilled to gain a silver medal – maybe all of us at Caversham Physiotherapy should do it in 2018!!
Also to add to the excitement of the first two months back in Dunedin, Blair was asked to present an award at the National Track and Field Champs here – as you may have read he was (and still is) a very classy runner, and still holds some records from school and varsity days, although one of his 1500m records went after 25 years last month! Anyway, it was a lovely honour to be selected to present the 5000m medals at the Caledonian Ground at Nationals – he was in great company with many of New Zealand’s top athletes in town.
We have had some really interesting work experiences for Blair too since his return. The High Performance Triathlon NZ team asked Blair to use his BikeFit skills to set up some of their elite athletes at the Snow Farm at Cardrona. He was pleased to meet up again with some of his friends there and work with these elite NZ athletes. Another group of elite athletes to benefit from his skills were the NZ Ballet, when they were in town. A friend of ours works with the troupe in Wellington, and asked if we would be able to look after the dancers whilst they were on the Dunedin leg of the tour. We were very keen to help and be involved, so Blair had some VERY busy days with these amazing athletes, helping them with their various injuries prior to their performance. It was awe inspiring to see the athleticism and understand just what their bodies are required to be able to do within the various performances, and we are delighted to report that they are very keen to have us look after them again during future tours to the city. It was a marvellous performance from all accounts, and I do hope some of you were able to watch and admire them too.
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