The online home of Guy Laister, containing news of past, current and future activities as well as photo’s of trips far and wide. I was born in South Africa with the benefit of Her Majesty’s passport, and I am currently living in Surrey with my wife. I am a civil/environmental engineer and a founding director of an engineering consultancy in London.
Posted in General at 11:37 am by Guy
By the way, I have turned comments off as it was a breeding ground for spam, and one of the reasons I stopped writing posts was because I spent most of my time sifting through comments to weed out spam. I know there must be a wordpress solution so when I find it I will open the platform for public abuse again.
Posted in General at 11:35 am by Guy
2009 has been a quiet year, with only a few small trips. The social year has been defined by triathlon a Roger and I spent 2009 effectively goading each other into longer distances, harder races and just generally a level of training my body has never seen before. Competitive? Who us? Unfortunately we have established that we are WOEFULLY short of talent so the times haven’t got much faster! The training has however meant, that races have become more enjoyable. Although not the last race on the 2009 calender, the highlight was no doubt the Ironman 70.3 in Switzerland where we tackled a 1.9km swim in Lake Zurich, a 90km bike ride through the Swiss Alps, and a 21.1km run alongside the lake. It was nearly the end of me but epic at the same time. With the right opportunity I would do more 70.3 events, but Switzerland taught me that a full Ironman is beyond my capabilities.
Photo’s from Ironman 70.3 have been uploaded to my Flickr account
I’ve uploaded more from other events, including the Reading Half marathon (my first), Burnham Beeches Half marathon and the Hever Castle triathlon as well.
Posted in General at 11:27 am by Guy
So, over a year has passed, and its about time that the site was resurrected. The previous post serves as a fitting launch pad, as clearly I was wrong, and the recession has been deep, which has meant a tiring year running a small construction-industry related business. The good news is that we are thus far been left unscathed by the banking crisis, and with a recent serious up-turn in workload thee is bright light at the end of the tunnel. The national election next year will have a major bearing on prosperity in 2010 so we are not getting ahead of ourselves yet.
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