I still can’t answer that question…. From starting Couch25k in March 2105 my only plan was to get fit. After suffering a mini stroke in October 2014 and following a 6 month recovery I decided I needed to get off my backside and do something. So how did I get from ‘I need to get …
Category: Results
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 …
Jun 10
TT Series 2017 Round 5 results
So the TT season is almost halway though and perhaps due to the weather leading up to this round attendance was a little down on usual numbers.
May 25
TT Series 2017 Round 4
It was hot! If every there was a need for the homemade ice cream from the ice cream hut in the car park behind the King William it was that day. Ok so some should ve waited until after they had ridden the 9.8 mile course but you’ve got to fuel the machine right? Speaking …
Apr 13
TT Series 2017 Results
No April Showers as sunshine tempts out 38 TTers Entry numbers had increased for this weeks club tt no doubt due to the big bright thing burning out every ones eyes…no not Lincsquad Coaching Secretarys brightly coloured bike but the sun! Ideal conditions meant many marshals were cursing their early selection but a appreciative nod …
Sep 26
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!
Sep 09
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……….
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 …
Jul 26
Garyoke Ironman Bolton 2015
“Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you” Never a truer word said, after feeling pretty pleased with myself last year after entering Ironman UK the race came thundering like a runaway juggernaught, thoughts of what am I doing? …
May 13
Alex Walls LONDON MARATHON 2015 – CLUB ENTRANT REVIEW
So going back to the Summer of 2010 I remember saying on completion of the Cork Marathon that I would never do another marathon again (Unless it was London) and by 2012 I found myself applying each year to get into London as I really wanted to find out what all the hype was about!