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Chris McCormack partners up with Star Production SARL for the growing TriStar Series. Macca will participate in many of the triathlon events focused on fun, environmental protection and social responsibility. Besides taking the well known role of a professional athlete, Chris McCormack becomes long-term ambassador, member of the technical board, the advisory board and will help implement the TriStar Series on his native continent Australia. 

 Well I am in Haikou China, sitting in my hotel room and the Ironman is still racing. I am pretty bummed but to be honest it was a big ask in the end. I picked up a little stomach bug about 36 hours ago, and have been on or near a toilet ever since. I felt pretty good waking up this morning and decided I would make my mind up out on the course. I had come such a long way and it is always difficult to not start one of these events, when you have done so much work to prepare for them. As you know with Stomach bugs you don't really feel that sick, and as I was in taper mode I was really putting any huge demands on myself physically, so I just hoped I would feel ok race day.

 I wont lie, but had someone told me 12 months ago that I would be returning to China to compete in the Ironman I would have laughed at them. Actually it was only 11 months ago, but I did the Ironman 70.3 race last year in China, in what was without question the toughest day in the history of the sport. The conditions were ridiculously hot, and I was lucky to make the finish line in China. I ended up winning the race, but as I crossed the line, I dived straight into an ice bath, looked up at the thermometer that was situated in the shade and read 48 degrees celcius. For the Americans that is 120 degrees, and the humidity was incredible. I called for the medics and told them they had to get people out there as these conditions were just inhumane.

 Chris McCormack along with BPM Sports and Andrew Tierney from Fitness First Singapore have put together a 90 minute spin class, followed by a 45 minute Question and answer session at Fitness First in Singapore on March 16, 2010. 

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Ok I thought that might look like a strange heading for a blog, but after ripping my ears out at the AC/DC concert two nights ago, the old classic song has been running through my head. I have to say, for a band that has been pumping out hits since the early 70’s, AC/DC put on a stellar show. Lead guitarist Angus young still holds the audience captivated and front man, Brian Johnston still screams with the best of them. Angus has aged since I first saw the band in 1985 (now I am showing my age) and again in 1991, but I tell you what, they rocked hard. It was a great night and really entertaining. I had a ball after a solid weeks training. It was great to unwind and enjoy some legends of rock perform. Great stuff.

 Ok, so this is not really a flat out blog. As with my last blog I have cheated a little bit and uploaded a magazine piece I recently wrote for one of the major Triathlon magazines in the USA. I was asked where my competitive drive came from and why I was so vocal about what I wanted to achieve in this sport. When speaking with the editor of the magazine they actually said, "Macca, to be honest your probably the most colorful interview we ever do with an athlete, you are a interviewers dream as you never know quite what your going to get. I mean that in a positive way, but where does this fire come from."

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Triathlon is infectious! It really is that simple. Actually I think what is infectious about our sport, is positive energy and just plane positivity. The word, lifestyle, gets tossed around a fair bit nowadays as people are looking for other ways to get the most out of their lives while they have it, but Triathlon is positive lifestyle.

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Happy New Year