Allie Park-Crowne Ironman Wales 2023: A Day like no other “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” Michelangelo. One of the toughest, one of the best, and a race that has seemed aspirational (if not … Read more
Anyone who has seen me at the start of a triathlon (or any race for that matter) will know that I’m always a bag of nerves. You’d be forgiven for thinking it was my first race, each and every time. Well not today, today I was pretty chilled. I’m not sure why? It’s not as … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more