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Ironman motivates Bromley
Taupo's Fleur Bromley. Picture: Andrew Warner (010305aw4)
By CHRIS BRAMWELL in Taupo
Just 18 months ago Fleur Bromley was lying in an Auckland Hospital bed with a fractured neck, a punctured lung and a cut liver after being hit by a bus.
Tomorrow she will line up on Taupo's lakefront with over 1000 other triathletes to take part in the Bonita 2005 New Zealand Ironman race.
The determined 26-year-old said the accident was part of the reason she entered the Ironman this year.
"I decided that life is too short and you just don't know what is around the corner, so I should just do it," she said.
After spending a week in hospital she was down at the bike shop getting a new bike, and within only two weeks of having been knocked unconscious in the accident, she was on her wind trainer stacking up the miles.
She moved to Taupo in June to start a new job and be part of the town's thriving sporting community.
Bromley has already shown her multisport ability this year by taking out the Kinloch standard distance triathlon and finishing third in the Tauranga half-ironman.
"I am good at longer distance - I have never been much of a sprinter. I think I am built for the longer stuff, I can keep going and going and I like to be out there for a long time," she said.
Running is Bromley's strength, and she usually makes up good time on the runs, it is the bike section she thinks will present her biggest challenge.
"Mentally and physically I am prepared, but it will be the uncontrolled factors on the day such as the weather and any kind of mechanical issues that will get me," she said.
Since the 2004 Athens Olympics, triathlons have received increased attention, which Bromley said makes it really exciting time to be involved in the sport.
"It is awesome the attention tri is getting these days, everyone is having a go. It's great in New Zealand as the big name athletes are all right there.
"They are accessible to people, and so the sport itself becomes accessible," she said.
The Ironman will be the biggest sporting challenge Bromley has faced so far, but she says finishing this will not just be a sporting achievement.
"When life throws you tough times you can look back and think if I got through that then I can get through this - there is nothing tougher."
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Just 18 months ago Fleur Bromley was lying in an Auckland Hospital bed with a fractured neck, a punctured lung and a cut liver after being hit by a bus.
Tomorrow she will line up on Taupo's lakefront with over 1000 other triathletes to take part in the Bonita 2005 New Zealand Ironman race.
The determined 26-year-old said the accident was part of the reason she entered the Ironman this year.
"I decided that life is too short and you just don't know what is around the corner, so I should just do it," she said.
After spending a week in hospital she was down at the bike shop getting a new bike, and within only two weeks of having been knocked unconscious in the accident, she was on her wind trainer stacking up the miles.
She moved to Taupo in June to start a new job and be part of the town's thriving sporting community.
Bromley has already shown her multisport ability this year by taking out the Kinloch standard distance triathlon and finishing third in the Tauranga half-ironman.
"I am good at longer distance - I have never been much of a sprinter. I think I am built for the longer stuff, I can keep going and going and I like to be out there for a long time," she said.
Running is Bromley's strength, and she usually makes up good time on the runs, it is the bike section she thinks will present her biggest challenge.
"Mentally and physically I am prepared, but it will be the uncontrolled factors on the day such as the weather and any kind of mechanical issues that will get me," she said.
Since the 2004 Athens Olympics, triathlons have received increased attention, which Bromley said makes it really exciting time to be involved in the sport.
"It is awesome the attention tri is getting these days, everyone is having a go. It's great in New Zealand as the big name athletes are all right there.
"They are accessible to people, and so the sport itself becomes accessible," she said.
The Ironman will be the biggest sporting challenge Bromley has faced so far, but she says finishing this will not just be a sporting achievement.
"When life throws you tough times you can look back and think if I got through that then I can get through this - there is nothing tougher."
Fleming determined after chilling disappointment
Other goals will take over after Ironman 14
Ironman marks end of heroic battle
Lawn shooting for Ironman triple crown
Friendship key for Ironman competitors
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