So after not swimming for at least 15 years, I decided I would like to give it a go. Somehow I found Lincsquad. (yep the guy who wrote his own sick notes to get out of PE at school joining a tri club??) madness, but anyway, I found everyone very welcoming and friendly. I headed off down to The Pods on a Sunday afternoon and found the swimming lessons/training sessions brilliant, they really got me going and helped me a lot, as I had never swum freestyle before, only breast stroke as a child. Continue reading
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 before the Bomber when we took our rickety old kayak down to the Ancholme. There, after anxiously squeezing myself into the cockpit, I managed a steady paddle of about 500m. I forgot about Manvers again until the night before the event when I printed off the instructions. After realizing the whole family would need to be on the road by 6.30 am I decided it was going to be too much hassle and I’d quite like a lie instead. The event had only cost a grand total of £22 for myself and Charlotte so it didn’t matter really. I set my alarm for 5am though “just in case”. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Jun 05
Youth Academy recent racing roundup reports…..ready?
We’ve had a lot of youth racing recently so I (Coach Cannings) thought it would be nice to offer a bit of a roundup of a few bits and pieces from the Lincsquad Youth perspective. Continue reading
Jun 01
Duathlon Results 31st May
31st May 2017, 48 athletes made the long trek up the A15 or the 1077 to the remote location known locally as Deepdale (the home of the famous Deepdale dash).
Weather wise what a difference 14 days can make, the sun shone and the wind blew somewhere else. The first 2 mile run is known as undulating, this followed by 3 laps on the bike (again an undulating route) with a 1 mile run (yes you guessed it, it’s undulating) to finish.
The tough course took it’s toll on man and machine, with three competitors having to withdraw, two with Mechanical issue’s and one with an old injury flaring up. This course is not designed for the faint hearted with some describing it as the Martmite of the duathlon season.
Click here to for training race 5 results
14th June puts us back at Burringham with the start time back to normal (6.30pm) for a 1, 14, 2.
NOTE: an amendment has been made to training race 4 results, Paul Adams was mistakenly put down as Rick Allison. This has not effected any of the positions or rankings. Apologies to Paul for the error.
Should you find any errors with the results please contact me via email at jeff.chappill@hotmail.com.
May 28
Keyo Brigg Bomber 2017 Provisional Results
On behalf of the Lincsquad team please click on the link below to download provisional race results and splits. A full report will follow.
Keyo Brigg Bomber 2017 Provisional Results
Any questions relating to these please email events@lincsquad.co.uk
May 27
Steve “Old Man” Clark emerges first at Emergency Services tri
Former Lincsquad Chairman, Kona qualifier, First Brit at 2016 Norseman and 2013 European Quadrathlon Champion Steve Clark continued his winning ways with a victory over other Emergency Services workers with a victory in the Sprint Tri at Nottinghams Holme Pierpoint National Water Sport centre.
Steve toyed with the others during the swim and bike section before unleashing a dominant run almost half a minute faster than second place.
Despite Steves advancing years ( 🙂 ) its good to see the fast fireman still representing Lincsquad in the results.
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 of machines it seems an appropriate time to mention checking your bike and kit!
There have been a few occasions of loose seat posts, broken cleats, binding brakes and loose tri bars. Get your bike checked over guys and make sure its in good nick! Places are decided by seconds and unless you can afford to throw away a round with a DNF following a bad ride due to a mechanical it will affect your average!
Just saying 😉
Lots of PB’s and a couple of first timers this week and numbers continue to grow and just like last week conditions were about as good as we can hope for a British Summer.
Big thanks to our timekeepers and marshals and our hosts Peter and Vida from the King Billy.
Results attached below
May 24
Duathlon Results 17th May
Wednesday 17th May was by far the worst weather we have had for one of our training races since the last time we had bad weather.
The soft fair weather trainers stayed at home, this proving to be the majority of the men, with the ladies still turning out in force.
The distance was 2, 15, 1 which is one of the longest training events we put on (for now anyway), saw 35 athletes avoiding not only the big puddles but the cars trying to drench them by racing through the big puddles.
Another great night of training with once again Mark (the i don’t have a motor fitted to my bike, honest) York destroying the competition on the bike, and newbie Kate Webster once again leading the way in the ladies group.
31st of May for training race 5 and the venue is Barton (Deepdale) so bring your hill legs.
Click here for race 4 results
List of dates and venues can be downloaded here – Duathlon 2017 poster
May 06
Duathlon Results 3rd May
The date: Wednesday 3rd May
The venue: Burringham
The weather: Cold and a strong wind leading to tough conditions even for the more seasoned athletes.
The quantity: 62 athletes completed the 2 – 11 -2 handicap challenge.
The quality: once again the quality of the performances was very high and the results reflecting just how tight things are this year and not just at the top of the table but right the way through.
Handicap: this was indeed the charity handicap race, apologies to those who wanted to donate to the charity (we forgot the donation tin) however we will be accepting donations at the next training race (17th May at Burringham). The winners of the handicap will not be announced until the presentation night. There was less than 6 minutes separating the men and only 4 minutes in the ladies results once the handicaps had been applied.
Results: please see the attached (printed version will be available). Should you have any comments or queries relating to the results please contact me direct at jeff.chappill@hotmail.com (not via the forum).
NOTE: we can confirm that the Barton training race WILL take place this year 31st May 2017 with a slightly later start time of 7pm.
Once again a big thanks to all Marshals (Wayne, Sandra, Vicky, Dawn, Rachel, Chris and Rita) without you guys these events would not be possible.
Also a big thank you to our friends at Lincsquad for posting the results