Well done Trevor
Trevor Mallard knocked a very impressive 30 minutes off his 2008 time for the 160 km Taupo Cycle Challenge.
In 2008, Trevor got 5:35:32. This was at the 50th percentile for male competitors so dead on the median.
In 2009 Trevor’s training got him 4:58:40. This is the 22nd percentile for male competitors. That is a huge improvement. All that training paid off.
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December 1st, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Do you think he could take it up full time?
December 1st, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Not bad for an old bugga either.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
But would he have beaten Nikki Kaye? Sadly, we will never know.
Still, that’s an impressive effort by Trevor Mallard, and it would be churlish not to compliment him on it.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:29 pm
heh..put the seat back on Trev..
December 1st, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Can you see the Standard putting up a similar post congratulating a National party MP?
Kiwiblog continues to prove that those on the right of politics are decent people while those on the left are bitter, nasty little losers.
Carry on…..
December 1st, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I think he could shave another 30mins off by riding with only the seat post, no seat.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:50 pm
He’d replace it with a Heinken bottle, shirley?
December 1st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Would that be a screw top bottle?
December 1st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Bruvs Kiwiblog compliments quickly undone.
December 1st, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Sub 5 hours is the goal of most mere mortals doing Taupo. It takes a fair bit of hard work for someone with a fulltime job, so I say congratulations Trevor
December 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
a pretty good effort .. MP for Taupo soon?
December 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I agree with bruv.
At the risk of sounding uncharitable, who gives a rat’s about Mallard’s (aka The Thug) performance in Taupo? The trougher could win it or come last and wouldn’t make a difference to anyone.
December 1st, 2009 at 1:18 pm
To bad he also ruined NZ’s education system.
December 1st, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Trevor probably stopped several times to remonstrate with stupid drivers and to slap around a couple of the most deserving. If he hadn’t performed this valuable community service, then I’m guessing he would have knocked another 15 minutes off his time.
December 1st, 2009 at 1:30 pm
well done trev.
what sort of training did you do? just cycling? or did you throw in a bit of boxing?
December 1st, 2009 at 1:36 pm
“or did you throw in a bit of boxing?”
Yeah. Boxing, shouting, smearing, threatening . . the usual stuff
December 1st, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Pete George – Bruv’s world is an irony-free zone.
December 1st, 2009 at 1:57 pm
He’d have done a lot better if Tau Henare was in front of him.
But I reckon Tau’s put on too much weight.
Trev could loose more weight and do better too – like take out that 10 kgs of ugly fat between his ears.
December 1st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Is it true that he was being chased by a guy trying to hit him with a bag?
December 1st, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I’m with Coventry on this one and in fact would go a step further in suggesting that an identical seating arrangement should be made for him in Parliament.
David, I cannot for the life of me understand your preoccupation with publicising the cycling activities of one of the most disgraceful pieces of slime that ever crawled across the political landscape. You appear to be somewhat naively trying to separate Mallard the person from Mallard the politician. Whilst that is possible in principle where individuals are charged with making unpopular decisions that they consider to be the right thing to do for the public good, or where one disagrees with an individual regarding a political persective or leaning, there is a line to be drawn where the public person is a pretty good indication of the private person in terms of ethics and standards of behaviour.
Mallard was central to everything you railed against when Labour was in Government. He was up to his neck in some of the worst political behaviour in living memory. It is a very long list as we all know. There is nothing he has said or done in opposition to in any way contradict the very reasonable expectation that the private and public persons are indeed one. The same naivety is reflected in your calls for Goff to apologise for the former Government.
People are indeed only human but the behaviour of Mallard, Goff et al before and since the election provides an excellent indication of exactly which direction their moral compasses are pointed. How anyone could ever form the impression that Mallard was even remotely worth the respect implicitly accorded an individual when separating the private and the public persona is beyond me. If Mallard was indeed a man of sufficient principle to warrant that separation, then he wouldn’t have stayed there and remained party to everything they did.
What’s next? Big raps because Graeme Burton wins the prison hopscotch competition? Weatherston the biggest priz hairdo?
And yes I KNOW, Mallard isn’t a stumpy Burton or a Weatherston by any stretch. He didn’t cross the line nearly as far as they did. But he did cross the line by a healthy margin in the context in which he operated.
You may feel that you have to maintain a modicum of civility with the politcal spectrum in order to sustain your business and political networks. But it doesn’t follow that you need to indulge in this obsequious preoccuptation with Mallard’s cycling endeavours. You could just as easily say nothing.
December 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I don’t really understand the point of this entry, unless it was a veilled dig at Mr. Mallards priorities (all that training etc…). I didn’t know that Mallard was cycling in Taupo because I didn’t care. But now I do know that he did, and I still don’t care. Pointless posting? Nah. I’m sure I’ll be able to bring out this little nugget of information and impress my cycling friends. Cheers.
December 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I’ll take Nickie on in a endurance race if I can set the rules, on foot over 5KM with 50KG in the packs.
Hell, it wouls be a lot harder for me as I would be carting 170KG including body weight
On a serious note I would expect any male up to say 55 to beat a woman in a bike race if they are both of equal fitness and both amateurs.
December 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Agreed. The spelling is atrocious.
December 1st, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Squawks like a duck, flaps like a duck, scraps like a duck, and even flies like a duck. It must be Mallard.
December 1st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
You have to respect that, its a gruelling race. I was part of a relay team at the Taupo Challenge and that was hard enough just doing one stage. Planning to do it solo next year…
December 1st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Gruelling? No, it’s not, it’s a nice wee spin round the lake with a couple of average hills chucked in that you’d hardly notice if you encountered them on a normal training ride. Now K2 on the other hand…
(Yes, 5.34 on barely two rides a week of training a couple of years ago)
December 1st, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Thanks David and those who can respect a bit of effort, my quick summary here :- http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2009/11/29/taupo-not-the-same-without-nikki/
December 1st, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Having done Taupo, well done Trev.
Did you see Big Bruv there ?
December 1st, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I don’t respect Trevor – he’s a thug, bully, and a poor example of ‘leadership’. However his Taupo achievement does merit some kudos. Well done.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Go stick ya filthy links somewhere else mallard.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:08 pm
getstaffed….. Don’t forget all the rest please, the shit didn’t do it all on his own!!
December 1st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Michaels – fair enough. Kudos to anyone who participated. I did the 160k loop a few years (and a few kilos!) ago and it’s an achievement. Not just the event, but surviving the all training rides
December 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
trev must be glowing
with pride at all these “decent”
congrats, eh big bruv?
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 am
Just curious, was that time with, or without an altercation break?
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 am
when you grow up you’ll
find vice and virtue on both
sides of the house, bruv
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
What can I say to best sum up my feelings on this issue?
Plop plop.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
I’m with ‘thedavincimode’ on this one. Mallard is a despicable person who deserves no respect in any shape, way or form. He has no moral compass. My colleagues and I will will never forget the time he deliberately mis-led Parliament to destroy the life of a powerless ex-civil servant. I don’t care how fast he can ride a bike and I don’t read this blog site in order to find this information out. Enough greasing up of the politicians!
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
“I’m with ‘thedavincimode’ on this one”
Me too. Mallard is a lowlife.
the divincimode said – “What’s next? Big raps because Graeme Burton wins the prison hopscotch competition? Weatherston the biggest priz hairdo?”
LOL !