Aug 29
The 2013 Lincsquad time trial series fittingly came to a close with sunny weather and calm conditions bringing out a near capacity entry of 55 riders and lots of PB’s.
As we entered the end of the season both the Male and Female series titles still weren’t decided as the leaders (and defending champions) Steve Grocock and Rachel Love both needed to do the final round to ensure they had met the qualifying criteria of at least 6 rounds. Continue reading
Aug 29
ITU Standard Distance
World Duathlon Championships
Ottawa 10th August 2013
…. written by Emma Wright-Phillips
As most of you know, back in May I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the Duathlon World Championships in Ottawa, here is the tale…… Continue reading
Jul 30
My First Sprint Triathlon Turned Aquathlon
On Sunday 28th July I competed in the Leeds Xpress Triathlon. This was my first triathlon and it most certainly won’t be my last! I chose this particular Tri not realising just how ‘lumpy’ (as the race marshall called it) the bike course would have been.
Jul 29
Having spent 90 minutes meticulously packing and then checking the contents of
my car it was time face the fact that there really was no going back. After a
night of broken sleep I jumped in the car and made my way to Hatfield Water Park
to set up for the race. I was allocated my place in the second wave, with all
the remaining females from what I could gather. Pink swimming hats and T-shirts
were distributed very efficiently and it was officially time to start panicking!
Jul 22
Jun 23
Today I have taken part in my first Aquacycle involving a 750m open water swim followed by a 23 mile bike ride. This was only to be my second time in open water swimming and as I reached around the half way point the wind picked up making it feel like I was swimming in the sea, with the waves crashing over me I was struggling to breath.
Josh – Not swimming or biking……
As I reached my bike I was in about 2/3rd place but this wasn’t going to slow me down even though we had a strong side/head wind I pushed on and within 10 miles I found myself to be leading the event. I felt the wind strengthen and my speed plummeted as I looked back I could see my fellow competitor who hadn’t given up, but I saw to my relief that I only had another 3 miles to go so I dug deep and ploughed on. The finish line came within sight, along with the amazement of winning the event.
It was an ideal taster at open water swimming which I want to continue in the future.
http://gr8events.org.uk/gr8events-bikepharm-aquacycle-results/
Above are the results from the event
Jun 21
Following qualification races in 2012, Alan Woodcock, Pete Connolly & Phil Binch travelled to Alanya, Turkey last week to take on the best age group triathletes Europe had to offer.
This is Alan Woodcock’s story – his journey to the European Championship podium.
Jun 18
What a relief to finally get on the road to head down to Exmoor on Friday 14th June. For the past 2 days I found myself pacing around getting mentally prepared, unable to think about anything else. I was peaking too soon, feeling like I used to get the morning of a rugby match, I needed to calm down!
The Saturday morning race briefing for the novice triathletes certainly made my ears ‘stand to attention’ when the Ironman official congratulated us on signing up for the toughest 70.3 on their entire international circuit!….I’d heard that the Exmoor venue was tough but to hear it in person suddenly made it all seem very real.
Jun 12
Jun 11
Mrs Dobber’s Blenheim Palace Journey……….
So after 2 years of being a WAG I thought it was about time to see what this racing malarkey was all about. So which triathlon do you pick? I wanted one that was far away (so no one would come and see me make a plonker of myself) and one that Dobber hadn’t done so my super-fast time wouldn’t upset his previous ones ;-)! It also had to be flat! So Blenheim it was! Although quite expensive I knew I would get value for money with my time….none of this ‘let’s go as fast as I can to get finished quick’…why pay that much and not look at the scenery. So triathlon booked and hotel booked in October, June is soooo far away! I plodded along with my training and before I knew, it was 10 weeks away. OMG…..with no direction to my training it was time to call a professional and if he could get me over the finish line he certainly knew what he was doing! So a phone call to Steve Clark (all top triathletes go to Offthatcouchfit)! Within a couple of days an email arrived with my plan…..what……burringham duathlons….time trials….noooooooo! But what the plan said I had to do! (On a serious note, big thanks to Steve for the plan as without it I might still be swimming now).
Training was going really well, with 3 weeks to go a trip to Wales was planned (with training) and I thought it would be good to pull my back, then get flu, before I knew it two weeks had gone by and I had a week to go…..yikes. A quick couple of dips in the reservoir as prep, a couple of last minute runs and a time trial, it was time up.