Apr 28
My First race of the season and therefore my first race as a junior rider took place nearby to Grantham at Barkston Heath RAF flight school; the track is narrow and has relatively tight corners but very fast long straights. After warming up on the rollers beneath the shelter of our car boot, I set …
Apr 12
Last night saw the first Lincsquad club TT of 2012 attended by a massive 54 riders. The tea time weather seemed to be looking OK but with the darkest of dark clouds looming it wasn’t long before the heavens opened. The rain came down heavy and soon left large areas of standing water for riders to negotiate. …
Apr 09
More than 1,000 runners took part in the first Hull Marathon on Easter Sunday 8th April 2012. The race, which started in Alfred Gelder Street at 8am, weaved through some of the Hull’s most historic streets. The route included landmarks including the KC Stadium, The Deep and the Humber Bridge. The event, sponsored by Hugh …
Apr 08
The ‘Buxton Mountain’ is an early season open time trial over a very hilly circuit in the Peak District and is renown as one of the toughest in the UK covering a total of 33 miles (for Seniors and Vets) and 22miles (Juniors and Women). The event traditionally takes place on Good Friday and this …
Apr 01
The Apollo Triathlon took place on Sunday 1st April at South Hunsley, East Yorkshire. The race consists of a 400m swim in the South Hunsley pool, followed by a loop around the undulating and scenic bike course. There are one or two climbs along the route and some sweeping, long descents through rural East Yorkshire, …
Mar 28
A weekend of action with Lincsquadders racing at Clumber Duathlon, Oulton Park Duathlon and Lincoln 10k. Clumber Duathlon (Report by Steve Dolby aka Dobbers) This was the second of three duathlons which Lincsquad had representatives in through the month of March and the field was split between Saturdays Clumber park and Sundays Olton Park event. The …
Mar 11
The day started with the alarm ringing out reminding the Dobber house at 04.15 that the season was just about to begin. Quick shower, pack the car and we was off, arriving at Rutland water just after 6.30. We weren’t the only early birds though as Marcus Plume, Emma Phillips and Mark York had already arrived and …
Feb 25
After having such an icy winter I spent quite a bit of time out on the mountain bike instead of the road bike and although having had my mountain bike for nearly four years this was the first time that I had actually used the thing properly! Then one evening while browsing twitter I saw a tweet …
Oct 07
Lincsquad take Team Prize at Humber Sprint. In complete contrast to last year’s flood drenched conditions competitors at Sunday’s SIS Humber Sprint enjoyed perfect racing weather as their 2011 triathlon season came to an end. This little gem of a sprint organised by Toro oozes a local, family atmosphere pitting the regions premier Tri clubs …
Sep 25
WOW, what a great race. Many thanks to all the competitors, especially all the first timers, well done you are now triathletes. Also a huge thank you to the registration team & many marshalls out on the course, we’ve had lots of comments from competitors thanking you for the great jobs you all did, as well as all the cheers of encouragement you …