Back in my happy place of middle distance today and what a cracking course the Grafman is. Left home at 4:45am and still seemed to run out of time before the 7am start. 6:45am quick lake dip was really welcome and reassured me that the water temperature was indeed pleasant. Swim course was perfect. Two laps with an Australia style…
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Cotswold 113 – Sam’s race report
113 Middle Distance Tri #2 triathlon, both Cotswolds 113. Buzzing for days. Lake 32 was warm, although all open water is warm when you’ve swam in the sea in February. The swim felt good, following the mental map I’d made until I heard ‘shout-y Dave’ yelling to keep swimming, hand up and leg out, one third down. I realise now…
Herts Standard distance Tri – Emily’s race report
Finally defrosted enough to write this. Well, that’s the first Tri where I’ve done hill reps and star jumps in a wetsuit (complete with woolly socks and two hats) to warm up pre-swim. Thankfully no one caught that on camera. I’ve been really struggling with the cold in open water swimming this year and actually I was surprised by how…
Eton Sprints Race Report
I entered Eton sprints so I could do a race against a strong field to push me and see what my current baseline is. I’ve found training in lockdown has made it hard to push the limits with no ‘real’ racing. Having suffered post viral fatigue for nearly 3 years (getting glandular fever as a 40 something new mum wasn’t…
Ashridge duathlon (ITU Qualifier) race report from Emily
The danger of all the virtual duathlons and triathlons over the past year is that I’ve rather enjoyed the lack of transitions and the ability to do the run one day and the cycle the next! Allie brought me back into the real world with a brilliant session on transition skills in which I managed to knock 10 secs (maybe…
The Biggleswade Riviera 70.3
Olly’s race report from last weekends 770.3 from home. Great to see the training is really paying off! The swim started off at the local pool at 8am. Sadly, it happened to be the busiest session of the week so there was absolutely no chance of getting a lane to myself, so it was a case of head down and…
Athlete Bio’s – David Cashman
Name: David Cashman Age: 36 Location: Dungarvan Waterford Ireland About me: I’m the Chief Commercial Officer for an outsourcing company based in Ireland. Married 7 years with two kids and a brand new puppy! As a family we love to exercise and my wife is a keen Crossfitter! I’m a sucker for techy stuff, so this triathlon game could break me!!! Previous experience: Played Rugby to…
Athlete Bio’s – Sam Adkins
Name: Sam Adkins Age: 32 Location: Bournemouth, Dorset. About me: Since moving to Bournemouth in 2012 my love for the outdoors has grown. We’re super lucky to have a lot of Parkrun’s, running clubs, cycling and outdoor swimming groups probably because we have lots of beautiful places to do these things! A side effect of this however is knowing a bunch of people who…
Athlete Bio’s – Heather Hobbs
Name: Heather Hobbs Age: 54 Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire. About me: I’m a full time research scientist at GSK. I have two grown up children; a daughter who thinks putting on trainers is too much like hard work and a son who’s in the paratroopers. My husband is a considerably better cyclist than me, runs occasionally, also much faster than me, but thankfully swims…
Athlete Bio’s – Mark Park-Crowne
Name: Mark Park-Crowne Age: 56 Location: St. Albans About me: Grew up on bikes, swam at a local club, and ran cross country and longer distance track at school. Got into running properly at University with a friend, did a number of Great North Runs. Life got in the way until I found myself forty and a bit portly, when…