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 […]
I always said I never wanted to do an Ironman but as I had coached people through them I felt I had to do it once to experience it and know what the training really felt like! My initial plan was to do the new event in Ireland which i signed […]
With over 3000 athletes representing over 50 countries for the ITU Multisports World Championships it was going to be great week of sport in Penticton BC, Canada. Race morning was an early start with the first waves going off at 7am and my wave, of around 150 athletes, starting at […]
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 […]
After recovering from a prolasped disc in August 2014 and only being able to swim 2 lengths front crawl in January 2014, 2015 was going to be a challenge for me in improving my swimming, getting my fitness back, and trying to run with a nerve damaged leg!!!. After having […]
Ironman Switzerland – race report Why on earth did I enter another Ironman? I blame Mark Rolland for getting me excited when he entered IM Quebec! With a month to go I was trying to find reasons to pull out as I knew that I had not done the training […]
The first Youth Triathlon relay in Scotland is now over and it was a great event for all that took part. Not the kindest May weather for the first kids team triathlon in the country but everyone arrived with smiles on their faces nonetheless. The course was out, signs in place, […]
