World Long Distance Triathlon Championships, Slovakia 21 August 2022 First things first, the promised 4am after race party is real. Very real. It’s the reason I am writing this race report at 2am with the party in full flow in the hotel downstairs. Only 2 hours to go! Hats off to those still partying, I’m guessing the 20-25 age groupers!I…
The ‘accidental sprint’ – Sam
Taunton Sprint Triathlon was a great day out: short and sharp with nowhere to hide, a really friendly, mixed field, great event team and I was back to racing with friends. Pool swim, rolling bike course, 5.7km run. 10/10 would do it again. Swim: 50m in and my lungs are on fire, my stroke has definitely been better, but another…
Hertfordshire Triathlon (Standard) – Heather
Hertfordshire Triathlon (Standard) Sunday 22nd May saw the Hertfordshire Standard, Sprint and Super Sprint Triathlons. The standard distance was the Hertfordshire championship race so the pressure was on from Triforce, my triathlon club, for as many club members as possible to compete. Despite this being my local race I was still up at 4:30 thanks to a traditional inability to…
Eton Sprints weekend and European Sprint distance Qualifier for 2023
Having completed a race course reccie last weekend on my TT bike, I then found out that the qualifiers were going to be draft legal, and on the modified bike course (21.2km on the not so lush and smooth new tarmac), oh well! I have never done a draft legal event so I was very excited about this but totally…
All Nations Sprint Triathlon
Allie’s first race of 2022, warm up pre Eton Sprints weekend. First race of the season and my ‘mojo seeker’. Having spent 3 months not training due to a combo of study, foot injury and the dreaded ‘Rona’ virus promptly followed by shingles, I wasn’t sure if it was a bit silly attending this race. Then again it was a…
Outlaw Half – Nottingham
Emily’s first middle distance of 2022… Outlaw Half Ironman I entered this with one goal – to serve as a recce ahead of the full Outlaw Ironman in July. Arriving at Holmepierre Point on Saturday took me back to doing the National Relays there about 15 years ago! My campsite was 7 miles from the start. Not insurmountable but when…
John races the Lapland Arctic Ultra
So where do I start with a race report on this one? So many lessons learned: Lesson 1, never drink loads of beer before committing to an event! We started the epic journey with a compulsory cold environment survival course of 4 days – absolutely key to getting to grips with some of the finer details of not becoming an…
Emily takes on her first IM Branded event! Weymouth 70.3
Weymouth 70.3 Sunday 19 September 2021 This race has been a long time coming. It began as an entry to Stafford 70.3 in 2020, then became Weymouth 2020 and then Weymouth 2021. As I sit here I’m still not sure that it even happened, it all feels very surreal. The atmosphere in Weymouth was buzzing. Two thousand or so triathletes…
Boxend Standard distance Euro qualifier (Allie)
I foolishly went into this race fasted…..long story but suffice to say Friday nights Chinese was a foolish choice as I never left the house yesterday for fear of, well you can all guess! So my diet yesterday was a crumpet and a bowl of pasta, woke up at 5am and was going to not bother but then remembered what…
Emily takes silver medal and British Sprints Championships
Box End Sprint National Championships 4 September 2021 Genuinely entered this as nothing more than an opportunity to re-awaken the legs after last months Ironman and before Weymouth in a couple of weeks time. Night before race spent camped in my son’s room and up and down with a little boy who felt sick after eating too much toad in…