The Edinburgh Triathletes Gullane Beach Triathlon has been a staple in the Scottish Triathlon calendar for almost 30 years now and I had looked at it several times in the past, this year the stars aligned and I entered. It was 3 weeks ahead of the Restless xTri event I […]
Sean MacBride-Stewart Race Report Weather: air temp at start 14°C and at end 23°C; water temp 19°C, sunshine, no cloud with a light breeze Race course: swim 3 laps around 500m triangle of buoys, ride 4 laps of a 10km waterfront road (start finish half way along the loop), run […]
The club has partnered with Magic 5 goggles, so you now have a club shop to get discounted products. As a bonus during September, we have 2 sets of goggles to give to members attending swim sessions during the month. See you at the pool!!
In the years BC (Before Children), Claire and I discussed a plan to cycle the length of the Western Isles. We joked that perhaps not wearing ponchos would be a good idea. And we’d have to have decent bikes. And we’d need a week. And then children came long. 20 […]
At the end of May I was looking forward to this race (to complete, not compete), we’d had a good club bike weekend in Morzine and I’d done the Inverness half marathon at the end of March fairly comfortably. After returning from Morzine I got a chest infection which didn’t […]
The visit to Club la Santa in Lanzarote has been a regular in the E#3 spring calendar for several years now. This year 13 of us headed out for a week of warm weather training. There is a packed schedule to give the week some structure but it’s very much […]
The ancestral home of Powerman is Zofingen. A typical Swiss town sitting around 400m above sea level with cobbles streets, a range of hotels restaurants and chocolate shops! The ITU long distance duathlon world championship is hosted by Powerman. A run, bike, run format around hilly roads and trails, with […]
If I remember right, I got sucked into this event because a friend (Jill Muirden) wanted to take on a half IM before she reached 50. I agreed I’d do it with her – this was back in 2021. Jill, however, had injuries that completely hampered her running programme – […]
After a disappointing 2022 Team GB qualification due to getting Covid at the wrong time I had decided to really focus and train properly for 2023. My experience in Munich at the Europeans which are now draft legal meant I had to significantly improve my swimming to be competitive and […]
Four months after the event it has taken substantially longer to write up this race report than it took me to recover from it, and that was a while! Here is a brief summary of the day.. On Saturday 18th June I raced The Celtman Extreme triathlon. The race is […]
