Steelman Race Report Following a pleasant drive up the A1 on Friday afternoon, Team Hobley had high hopes for the weekend. The first team activities started shortly after arrival as tents and the event shelter were erected, the barbecues were then lit just as the first rains of the evening began to fall. We soon …
Category: Lincsquad
Jul 18
Duathlon Results 12th July
Wednesday 12th July gave birth to round 8 of the Scunthorpe Triathlon clubs Duathlon series training races, yes that’s right only three left. 48 keen competitors signed on ready for the 1.89 mile run up and down the hill connecting the Flixborough industrial estate to the Orbital road, the 12.8 mile ride (proving to be …
Jul 13
Three is the charm for Isabel at The Lincolnshire Edge 2017
I set myself two goals for my third Edge Sprint; not to panic on the swim and to finish in under two hours. I prefer swimming pools with clear chlorinated water and defined lanes. In 2015 and 2016 I did not manage to put my face in Cadney Reservoir and breast stroked all the way …
Jul 07
TT Series round 7
There was a heightened sense of optimism of PB’s falling like ball bearings out of a wheel hub as the evening promised low wind and a dry day. Unfortunately having zero wind can actually be detrimental as it means the rider is pushing into the wind at whatever speed you are riding in both direction as …
Jul 04
Scooby Malcs Ripon Sportive
I thought long & hard before entering the Ripon Sportive never having biked more than 65 miles on a sportive did I be brave and go for the medium route of 75miles – at least a bit closer to the magical 100. The trouble was with the 1800metres of climbing involved. I finally decided to …
Jun 30
Duathlon Results 28th June
Wednesday 28th June was possibly the worst conditions we had seen for a Duathlon in a long time. We still had 24 brave (fools) athletes turn out for training race 7 of the 11 training race series. This was supposed to be run as a handicap start but due to numbers and the conditions we …
Jun 22
Lincsquad TT Series Round 6
Sooooo…………approximately halfway through the TT series and numbers have risen again following the blip of two weeks ago with 37 riders taking part in this weeks “The Race of Truth”. Personally I’ve never understood that description of time trialling – Race of sweating, race of gurning, race of shortness of breath five minutes after you’ve …
Jun 19
Duathlon Results 14th June
Wednesday 14th June, round 6 in the 11 training race season, not only saw the return of the sun but the return to racing of Scunthorpe Triathlon secretary, Lincsquad coach, Curly’s athletes event crew member, fastforward part time marshal and off that coach poster boy (Have a missed anyone?) Jeff Chappill.
Jun 15
Josh Blackley experiences the Windermere Great North Swim “washing machine”!
So after not swimming for at least 15 years, I decided I would like to give it a go. Somehow I found Lincsquad. (yep the guy who wrote his own sick notes to get out of PE at school joining a tri club??) madness, but anyway, I found everyone very welcoming and friendly. I headed …
Jun 13
Hold onto your paddles! It’s a QUADRATHLON race report!!!!
Amanda Clements joins the Quadrathlete honour roll at the recent Dearne Valley Quad event. Heres her story… Manvers Quadrathlon 11/06/2017 write up So quite a while ago I entered my first Quadrathlon, the Manvers Quad, fully intending to get some kayak training in before the event. I then forgot all about it until the day …