*Trademark issues. We’re not allowed to use the word P0rtal00s.

So this was my 3rd attempt at a half iron man distance triathlon. My 1st was Grafman in May last year which was just a ‘get round’ then my 2nd at Steelman in July this year. I’d had a strong swim followed by a strong bike leg but fell apart on the run. Despite being able to comfortably run half marathon distance on its own it had proven to be a real challenge after a 1.2 mile swim and 56 mile bike. On reflection of the day there were a number of things I could work on but a big part was nutrition. No one feels like eating on the bike and Steve Cannings was right Haribos were never going to get me round the course that day. Continue reading

Many of you will be aware Chris Durham a “graduate” of the Lincsquad Youth Academy has just gained his 1st Category Race Licence from British cycling at age 17. This really is a huge achievement for Chris and means he sits just one level below professional cyclists. We asked Steve Cannings who knows a little about coaching and the world of cycling (!) for a few words on Chris’ achievement.

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We are stood on cold wet sand from heavy rain the previous night and penned in amongst other nervous looking men and women in neoprene and pink swim hats, goggles in their hands ready to start their attempt at slaying the Welsh dragon that is Ironman Wales. Continue reading

On Saturday 9^th of September both myself and Neil took part in the Vitruvian half iron distance triathlon along with quite a few other lincsquadders. I raced as part of a team, whereas Neil braved the whole thing.

So for those of you who don’t know where vitruvian is raced, it is based in and around the beautiful Rutland waters. The swim is a 2 lap swim, followed by a 2 lap bike which circles around rutland waters through the local villages, then the run is 2 laps running on the pathway that surrounds the lake. It’s a very spectator friendly race, with plenty of opportunity to see the racers and cheer them on. Continue reading

Based on the clubs participation levels within the East Midlands tri star series, Lincsquad were awarded VIP passes to the new elite mixed team relay event.   Julie England reflects on their day. Continue reading

So another year of bi weekly gurning, effort, scanning results and posing comes to an end!

This years TT Series has again been pushing riders to more and more PB’s and with added support in the form of more marshals than ever there was no hiding place in the Race of Truth.

Big thank you to our main team of Kerry, Ann, Rob and Cathy as well as the Jess and Dave who stepped up when needed (who can forget Dave not being able to catch Jacob off the line to shadow him during his ride 🙂 Apologies if I’ve missed anyone off which always happens when you start naming names…… sorry sorry sorry.

We have had tremendous support to assist with marshalling and for that the club thanks all of you.

A big thank you to Pete and Vida at The King Billy who have looked after us all year. Many of you who have tried other TT’s will now know that we are very unique in that we get to have a race hq so close to the course.

The Series will return next year and be in a very similar format with respect to dates, courses and gurning. I’ve been discussing a few changes to make it easier on the admin team relating to how we score events. rest assured the faster riders will always be the fastest!

More of that soon but for now…enjoy your off season.

Full Series results will be posted soon!

Round 11

Chateau de Chantilly Triathlon

This triathlon looked stunning in the video and in the flesh the chateau is astonishing.  You can hardly believe you are really seeing it.  Continue reading

Please see the attached revised results for training race 10, apologies to Malcolm for the error.

Click here to see Training race 10 revised results

No results for the final training race will be posted until after the presentation night.

So that’s it 11 training races, staged over 22 weeks (where has the year gone).

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Wednesday the 9th August was the 10th training race in the series, just one more to go and yet another season draws to a close.

38 competitors completing the 1, 14, 1. With 21 already qualifying for the series and a further 14 needing the last race to get the 7 in.

The series is still wide open with very few of the positions already decided.

The final training race is the 2, 11, 2 handicap.  

We hope to announce details of the presentation night at the race brief for the next training race, also a few changes that the committee are looking to make for next year. If you are unable to attend the next race then I will post any / all details on the next race report.

Once again I ask if you have any comments or issues with the attached results or with anything relating to the duathlons you send them direct to me at jeff.chappill@hotmail.com as I am unable (and unwilling) to pick these up off other forms of social media .

Click here for Training Race 10 results

List of dates and venues can be downloaded here – Duathlon 2017 poster