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TIM BERKEL
DATE OF BIRTH:
BORN: 29/06/84
LIVES: Port Macquarie NSW
NICKNAME: Berkel
MARTIAL STATUS: n/a but looking for a nice bit of crumpet
HEIGHT: 180cm
WEIGHT: 66kg
EDUCATION: School
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 5th Australian Long Cours Championships 2007
- 3rd Gold Coast Half Ironman 2006
- 1st Victorian Olympic Distance Championships U23 Elite Geelong, VIC
- 3rd Busselton Half Ironman Pro WA
- 9th World Age Group Championships 20-24 AG Hawaii, USA
- 3rd Australian Olympic Distance Championships 16-19 AG Mooloolabah
FUTURE GOALS IN TRIATHLON:
- To win a ironman
- to make a living from the sport
YEARS IN SPORT: 4 to 5 years
COACH: Grant Giles (Aeromax coaching)
TRAINING PARTNERS: Tim Prowse, and who ever tags on but my favourite partner is Doris
HOW I SPEND MY DOWNTIME: Sleeping, eating, dancing, going for a surf and having a bash on the mtb out in the bush
FAVOURITE TRIATHLON/S: Busselton Half Ironman -always a good weekend
MOTTO TO LIVE BY: The man who wins is the man who thinks he can
BIO
Tim is a shy man who doesn't like talking about himself, He's coming up fast as a young triathlete so he might have to get used to it.
BERKEL NEWS - OCT 06
GOLD COAST HALF IRONMAN RACE REPORT - 1/10/06
The week leading into the Cannibal Gold Coast Half Ironman I spent with my coach Gilesy and his family at Lennox Heads. It was a relaxing week with plenty of surfing, training and a few brews along the way.
Tim Prowse and I headed up to the Gold Coast on Friday and the weather was perfect.
I woke up race day feeling very nervous with such a strong pro field to compete against. We headed down to Coomera Waters to get ready for the race.
In the swim I tucked myself into a group and I swam 24:06{pb}. I mounted the bike feeling pretty strong and I mixed it up with some strong riders, I came in off the bike{2:20:30} feeling pretty smashed but pumped and ready for the 21km run.
It took me a bit to find my legs, but running with Craig McKenzie for a few km’s kept me motivated, Craig pulled away from me and I dug deep to get a good result. I ran myself into 3rd place with Prowsie 12 seconds behind me finishing 4th.
RunnIng down the finishing line I was lapping it up and it was awesome to have competed in such a good race with such a strong field and especially finishing with Prowsie after all the hard work we have been doing over the couple of months.
I would like to thank my coach, Gilesy, Lloydy and Billy from Gordon st Cycles, Vannesa and Darren from Coastline Chiropractic and Mizuno.
BERKEL NEWS - AUG 06
YEPOON HALF IRONMAN REPORT - 13/8/06
Sunday morning 5pm 13/08/06, I woke full of excitement to be here at the Yepoon Half Ironman. I got up had my usual brekky for the day and went through my usual routine. I headed down to transition, ready to race and totally focused on the day ahead, knowing it was going to be tough with Luke Bell and Jason Shortis leading such a strong field. We headed out for 1.9k swim, my swim wasn’t going quite to plan with a few ups and downs along the way. Although disappointed with my swim, once I mounted my bike I refocused and put my swim behind. I knew I had some hard work in front of me. I really enjoyed the bike ride and I had some good company in my good mate, young gun pro, Johnny Cornish. We encouraged each other and settled into a pretty good pace. After getting off the bike in 8th position, I felt pretty smashed but I dug deep because I knew I was capable of running a good 21ks with all the work my coach, Gilesy, has been putting into me. After running down a few competitors I had Boyd Connrick in my sights, when I caught up to him he let me know I was running 4th. As I saw the finishing line approaching I was overcome with excitement at getting 4th in such a strong pro field. I had a brilliant weekend at Yepoon, the resort was great, the race was run really well by all the volunteers and the weather was beautiful. The meltdown party was awesome, I met some really great people.
Thank you Yepoon.
A special thanks to my coach, Grant Giles
Tim.
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