Last Sunday I took part in the Ironman 70.3 at Weymouth. Having done a handful of middle-distance events in the last few years (Grafman, Woburner, Centurion) I’d previously resisted the lure of the Ironman brand – mainly due to the cost – but Weymouth ticked a few boxes for me. The sea swim was a […]
Its all Uphill – even the Swim 😂 IM Wales 2018 Race Report As with all IM it was an early 4.30am start with Porridge, bananas and a cuppa tea. My mate drove me down to Tenby and I walked to transition . Faffed around a little and managed to deflate my tyres using somebody […]
Hi Triforce, Sorry it’s taken me a while to get around to writing this! Just a little report on my experience at IM Tallinn a few weeks ago. The lead up to the race was fraught with worries of a cancelled swim as the water temperature had dropped from a balmy 22 degrees to a […]
Did this for the first time today and it’s my home town race and an age group qualifier so i thought i’d write a report for once….. As an intro i have to say the organisation of this race was top notch. A middle distance and standard distance event with 1,200 competitors and everything ran […]
Sunday 10th June was our Wedding Anniversary, and you know what anniversaries are like, you have to compromise and do what your other half wants to do. Well Gordon wanted to do the Dragon ride. Not together, obviously. Nothing so romantic, just both doing the same ride. Fortunately it was another glorious day, wall to […]
Sunday June 3rd was the 4th Tour of Cambridge Sportive. I wasn’t going to do this one as I’ve already done it twice but, as a World Championship Road Race qualifier it’s an opportunity for another cycling holiday, and they’re fun! I talked Veronica Shadbolt, ex Tri Forcer, good friend and (racing) arch enemy into […]
Billed as ‘the world’s toughest ironman’ this was my first full distance so i am not qualified comment on any other races but this was not an easy one! For those thinking about racing here i have had a day to reflect on my ironman journey. It started in 2013 with an entry […]
My training for the Outlaw started in earnest 16 weeks before race day when the ‘beginner’ ironman training plan that I had downloaded for free from Active Training World kicked in. With a session pretty much every day it followed the Base-Build-Peak-Recover cycle and I managed to stick to it with only minor alterations due […]
Over the Whit bank holiday weekend I completed the Outlaw middle distance triathlon. This was to be my third time racing this distance but my goals were still very much to ‘complete’ rather than ‘compete’ for an AG win. The half has been going for 4 years and following very good reviews I signed up […]
Pete Eggleston continued his success at “The Dambuster” Olympic distance triathlon with a Bronze which qualifies him for the World Championships in London later this year, a superb result! Pete’s race report: Race report for Dambuster below, which was the English National Champs (and a World and European qualifier), so a pretty decent field again. […]