Many thanks to all who have supported us this year, we hope you have a great Winter training and we will see you all next year.
Click here for Training Race 11 results
Debs, Jason and Jeff
Oct 07
(“generic term such as mobile toilet, portable toilet, loo, facilities or portable loo as appropriate”)*, pork pies and being chased by waves of men – its Emma Watts Vitruvian race report!
*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
Sep 22
Chris Durham achieves Cat 1 status
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.
Sep 15
Ironman Wales Dragon submits to Ash (Evans)
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
Sep 15
Halls well for Team Hall at Vitruvian
On Saturday 9th 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
Sep 14
Nottingham Mixed Team Relays – VIP Experience
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
Sep 07
TT Series Round 11 Butties at Billies
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!
Aug 30
Jane Taylors Chantilly Race
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
Aug 30
Duathlon Results Update & Presentation night info
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).
Aug 17
TT Series round 10 Greetwell – Apparently there are lots of f’s in “Kirton Hill”
Round 10 is a another of the TT Series stand alone rounds in that it counts as a qualifying round of your 6 from 11 however the time isn’t included in your average time for the year due to the longer course.
SRC10/2 is a Scunthorpe road club 10 mile course that we’ve previously included as a handicap race at the end of the year and as a change from the usual course to see if the hills (up and down versions) throw up any surprises. 🙂 Spoiler alert – fast riders who train hard are still fast! Continue reading