My Ironman journey started last year, when it seemed a good idea to join a group of Lincsquaders who had signed up for IM Austria. So it became a winter of base training many wet rides and getting into a routine of swimming before work. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go …
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Jul 08
Youth Academy Training – LTAD framework accepted
Following the end of the consultation period, the Youth Committee has voted to accept the Long Term Athlete Development framework as its training programme. The coaching staff will now work to build up the details over the next few months.
Jun 13
Sofa to Stafford by Darren Scutt
On 12th July 2016 I completed the Staffordshire Ironman 70.3 in 6hrs 34mins. Why am I delighted by this? Well go back nearly 3 years. An overweight (18.8st) 45 year old Sales Manager with high blood pressure and above normal Cholesterol decided that sitting on his rear all day was not good for him, what …
May 25
Capt Chaos, Crabbman and Slateman Savages
(Apologies for the lack of pics – we’re having issues with WordPress that is taking some sorting!) Slateman 2016 by Gareth Crabb Got a spare 15 mins? Grab a chair, a drink and have a read. The Slateman journey started as many other race pacts…at an award ceremony fuelled with alcohol. ‘Take a Gander’ for …
May 09
11 year old Jacob Riby takes on C2C for charity
My name is Jacob and am a member of the Youth Team at Lincsquad. On the 28th May, I am going to be cycling the Coast to Coast (160miles) from St Bees to Whitby with my dad over 3 days. This will be a tough but rewarding challenge for me as I have never cycled …
May 01
Sue Szenher’s Kalmar AG Duathlon report
As Jane Taylor said in her EU Duathlon Championship report, the experience was indeed surreal. Since Jane has done such a great job of describing the experience of being in Kalkar with the British Age Group Team, I thought I would write about my duathlon journey and how I came to be there.
Apr 26
This month’s Q&A with Lincsquad’s Youth member Will Walsh.
Will Walsh is Lincsquad’s first youth to feature in the monthly Q&A’s and it’s been quite a pleasure. Will has crossed over from racing to coaching relating to the kids in a way that can only come from, well ….a youth (apologies to the more mature coaches , no offence). Another feather in Will’s cap …
Apr 23
Jane Taylor ETU Duathlon Championships.
The only word for the experience is surreal. This was because It seemed utterly bizarre to be representing GB to the point where I never really believed it was happening. The setting was so extraordinary. The GB Hotel and HQ had to be seen to be fully comprehended but had the quality, not exactly of …
Apr 14
Hot-shot!
Hotshot! Once again we were treated to another evening of dry and relatively calm conditions for our second TT of the year. It was chilly though!
Mar 31
TT’s Are Back!
Hello TT’ers! It doesn’t seem 5 minutes since we last pushed our lungs, legs and minds to their limits in search of that ever elusive PB on our 9.7 miles course of pain inducing tarmac. It’s great to be back isn’t it!