From the Committee We are now half way through lockdown #2 and less than six week to Christmas Day. On the bright side, its time also to look forward and start thinking about, if not planning, for your 2021 races. The races that will count towards the 2021 race series are listed on the website […]
Seems some had some successful stories yesterday and at the Standard distance on Saturday. Have to say from a personal point of view, despite a decent amount of training this year, I had a better day marshalling on Saturday than competing on Sunday! First off, always prepare by studying the course, including the swim. Of course […]
The alarm went off at 4:46 am which is the earliest I’ve been up since my Irish dancing competition days 30 years ago. After a quick coffee to wake myself up, I jumped into the car and headed to Box End.I thought I knew where I was going having been to Box End earlier in […]
Its seems like ages since I have done a ‘proper’ Triathlon. In fact it was October last year. Seeing as this could be the only one I get to do this year I jumped at the chance.I hadn’t been to Box end before but luckily I marshalled for the standard on Saturday so had a […]
This was my first event of the year and first post-lockdown event! The start was run TT-style for distancing purposes, with a deep water start at 15 seconds interval which worked out fine from a competitor standpoint, but I imagine it was an extra burden on the organisers, trying to get everyone to the right […]
From the Committee Despite lockdown there have been several club activities that have run over the last month. We held a virtual duathlon, an inner tube change challenge, competed in the Herts Club Champs and we’ve been featured in the Herts Advertiser: read the article here. Open water swimming sessions are now regularly taking place at both the Blue […]
IMPORTANT: CLUB SESSIONS CANCELLED! In view of the just updated government advice to avoid non-essential social contact, the club regrettably is putting on hold all club training activities with immediate effect. This includes swimming tonight; there will be no swimming session tonight, Monday 16th. There will also be no further Thursday swim sessions until further notice […]
From the Committee Welcome to another year of triathlon and other assorted madness. There are several important announcements in this newsletter so please don’t delete this. Firstly, the date of our AGM is Friday 20th March, 8pm, in the Goat in St Albans. Details have been posted in Facebook and on our WhatsApp group as […]
I have survived my first aquathon 💥My decision not wear a wetsuit was a good one. From the moment I put my toe in the water I knew it would be too hot for a wetsuit. Not that is quickened my transition 🤷♂️Started slightly away from the pack and didn’t get too many kicks during the swim. […]
The last few years I’ve been focusing on the longer tri events but recently I decided to put a bit of fun into my training and try to speed things up a bit so I entered this. Well the forecast was for lightning so I didn’t really think it would go ahead. I arrived ready […]