3.45am. After almost a year and a half of training, the day had finally arrived. I was going to attempt my first Iron distance triathlon. After a surprisingly good night’s sleep the adrenaline soon kicked in and I got going with everything I needed to do before the race. Which […]
So the first race back after Covid for many and it was a great day at Lochore Meadows with fantastic weather at last and a great club turnout.
2020 ETU Duathlon (Standard) GB Age Group Championship – Punta Umbria, Spain 8th March 2020 Encouraged and supported by Colin, I entered the Standard Duathlon qualifier in Bedford on 13th October 2019 – the dangling carrot was also a visit to see our daughter Caitlin in Loughborough on the way […]
Competing in the world’s biggest triathlon is exactly what you’d expect it to be like EXPENSIVE bikes, shaved legs, and loud hubs. I was racing on the Sunday morning, however Noosa Triathlon festival had 13 different events starting from the Wednesday with a run, swim, run (1.5km, 750m, 1.5km). Somehow […]
Surrounded by mountains, Lake Geneva is beautiful but it’s not flat. Not today. Today, it feels like I’m swimming in open ocean. I have to be at the top of a wave in order to spot the next buoy , my swimming form is all over the place and to […]
Monikie triathlon club had put on a weekend of racing with a youth drafting race on the Saturday and the Scottish mixed relay championships. This was followed with the individual Scottish Championship and ETU Age group qualifier race on Sunday. Plenty of the club had turned up to take part either […]
Wanting to do longer rides in 2019, I signed up in August last year. The plan was to go with Hugh initially, cannot recall why that did not work out but having signed up for Liege too I thought this was a nice follow up. However at the time of […]
It feels like it was only a few weeks ago that I took the bold decision to push my newly found sport to, what I would consider, my extreme. I only did my first novice triathlon in January 2018 and since then only did one sprint in August 2018. It […]
The Goal Age group GB Team qualification in either Sprint Triathlon or Standard Duathlon. Qualification Events Ashridge Standard Duathlon Monikie Sprint Triathlon Bedford Standard Duathlon The Standard distance Ashridge Duathlon is part of a winter series run at the Ashridge Estate near Tring and as well as a working estate, […]
