This Saturday a fun local triathlon race will take place in Kilrush, Ireland.

Gavin will race it.

Great opportunity to cheer for Gavin and other athletes:

Step 1 – Download the A4 PDF cheering poster.

Step 2 – Print the poster.

Step 3 – Write the names of people you wish to cheer for. One name per poster. Make sure to include Gavin as well.

Step 4 – Tell your friends to do the same.

Step 5 – As athletes you cheer for pass take out the poster with their name and scream: V for Victory. Go! Go! Go!

Step 6 – Let us know on Facebook if it worked. Maybe send us some action photos of your cheering.

Have fun in Kilrush.

Gavin was injured for a large part of this season.

As much as I enjoyed looking at an MRI of his ass already in March, I did not enjoy knowing he is not accomplished.

To see someone so dedicated to performing, not being able to perform, is not good.

What would happen if I would not be able to do my work for 6 months? I would explode!

Gavin never said it but he was thinking it: “I will be back!”

And he is back.

Today he won Dublin City Triathlon and became the Irish National Champ.

This is only a step – he needs and wants to be back in the ITU World Champ Series.

He had a great result in Yokohama 2009 which showed his quality.

But then the injury came…

Fraser also had problems with injuries and overcame them to have the best season of his career in 2010.

Dan and Conrad had their share of injuries.

Lisa had a back problem which did not allow her to perform well earlier this season only to come back with a World Champion title.

Step by step.

We are with you Gavin!

Never never give up.

Now that dust settled here is a nice overview.

Aleksandar was an overweight scuba diving instructor and teacher.

He decided to do triathlon to loose weight and stay in shape.

He liked it and somehow managed to do 8h 31min in Challenge Copenhagen in spite of a flat.

Aleksandar was never an elite athlete but – I guess – he is one now.

He really is just a guy who took up the sport few years ago as he had nothing else to do.

Also Aleksandar has an audience of some 300 people a day on his site.

These are not big numbers.

If you put up funny videos or celebrity gossip you should get much more attention.

But for a small country triathlete’s non-English personal blog it is quite good.

He cares to share what he learned and people appreciate that.

It is great to be part of Aleksandar’s journey.

Thanks!

Please spell his name with KS, not X.