THE HEB – RACE ON THE EDGE 3-4TH SEPTEMBER 2016 RACE REPORT (Nicola and Sally) When Sally and I decided last year that we would enter a race in 2016 we had looked at half-ironman events but decided that we needed something a bit different, yet still multi-sport and […]
So today, September 18th marks the first anniversary of Ryan joining the club! It took me until April this year to follow suit after being gently reminded each week: ‘Dad, you fall asleep every session in the social room at Forrester so get your big butt in the pool.’ Anyway, Eyemouth […]
After 2 and a half years as a member of the club I did my “first” ever Triathlon on Sunday 15th August. So…..What took me so long? Well, although I love running and cycling I avoided any swimming as I was pretty rubbish and had a fear of putting my […]
The Race:Alpe D’Huez Long course Triathlon, 28th July 2016, l’Oisan, Rhone Alpes, France Background:A plan was hatched around December 2015 for a holiday in France to take in the Tour de France. It just so happened that there was an epic triathlon race on a couple of hours further south while […]
In telling my ironman story I guess it’s only right to start at the very beginning; my 18th birthday. With a bank account larger than I’d ever seen; I did what all 18 year olds do, I followed my dreams-just kidding! I hit the town and have little memory of […]
Knockburn and St Mary’s Loch Race Reports Often triathlons are like buses – none for a while and then two good ones come along at once. Knockburn Standard and St Mary’s Loch Standard are two such races , this year held on consecutive Sundays. Against my better judgement, I entered […]
The weather window was kind again for the Scottish Youth Championships held at Bellahouston. Fusion tri put on another good day of racing which seems to get faster every year. Once again we had a great representation from the club with approximately 20 juniors taking part. Notable mentions go to Lauren […]
Peebles triathlon was split across 2 days with the Novice event on the Saturday and the Sprint on the Sunday In the novice event we had some first timers taking part in Hugh, Karen and Jeroen who all got through it finishing in 10th, 22nd and 8th respectively. We are […]
The 2016 Duathlon World Championships were held over two days with the elites, para and juniors on Saturday and the Age Group sprint and standard on the Sunday, my qualification events earlier in the year had been for the standard distance a 10km run followed by a 42km bike finished […]
A big weekend of events with club members competing at home and abroad. First up and huge congratulations to Dave Smith who came 9th in his age group in the Duathlon World Championships in Spain and 3rd Brit to cross the finish line. On Saturday morning at Strathclyde Kevin MacArthur […]
