Category: Lincsquad

This Month’s Q&A with Lincsquad’s Louise Beedham.

How does it feel being recently crowned British Quadrathlon Age group Champion? I feel amazing it has taken a lot of hard work, determination and training over the last two years to make it possible for me to complete the Quadratholn series.

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“On it like a car bonnet” Graham Cowan’s IM Barca race report

I’m an Ironman! That sounds really great, and for me I’m so proud, this was a step into the big league of triathlon and if I’m honest one I didn’t really think I could achieve. It all started a couple of years ago when after several years of inactivity due to work commitments, the naturally …

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Cannings can can at IM Barcalona

2nd October 2016, 08.00am Calella beach the start line of Ironman Barcelona. How the chuffing hell did I end up here? To paraphrase my culinary hero Keith Floyd “Well dear reader if you’ll come over here you’ll see”. Indulge me in a small Scooby Doo moment and step back in time, to 11.16am Sunday October …

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Team Saxon become Team Animis

Many of you who have attended our coached swim and run sessions will at some time have been under the watchfull eyes of Fred,Jacqui and Oliver Saxon – Formerly Team Saxon and now Team Animis. They’ve been with the club a long time and given Ollies recent race success we thought it was time to …

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Just another weekend for Team Butterill? – 3 first time triathletes, 2 birthdays and 1 fire alarm

Not a family to do things by halves, we thought let’s have a two birthday celebrations and three first timer triathlons jammed into one weekend. Would like to say it’s as we are enthusiastic and can take on anything but afraid it’s more stupidity!

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Team Chappill Team Relays Team Quads

As some of you may now it has been quite a while since I had to do one of these and having been quite vocal about the lack of race reports posted on the forum thought I better put pen to paper (for you young ones that’s how we old one’s used to write stuff …

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The Sundowner (Half Iron Distance).

The Sundowner Half Ironman, the event name at least sounds…….sunny? The Chuck-it-Downer would be a more accurate description of last weekend’s racing.

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The Mac lads (Martin McLoughlin and Ciaran McDonald) IMUK Report

IM UK 2016 race report This is more of a journey than a race report really, from deciding to commit to the race until the finish line. It’s a bit long so grab a coffee, a beer or whatever, you may need it to stay awake. I do apologise……….

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Steve Clark – Norseman 2016. Chase to race for Black

Wow where do I start maybe with the race directors opening lines in the Briefing “this is not a race it’s an adventure”

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Chair to Ironman – Nickys IMUK race report

A lot of you reading this will be aware of my experience last year at the Outlaw, following that I had a choice to make…do I forget my dream or pick myself up and get on with it…I went with the latter!!

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