Allie Park-Crowne My ‘first’ half marathon experience was back in 2000 (had to find my GNR medal to work out when it was) when I was 23, unfit, fat and didn’t think you had to train for such events! Having taken me a ridiculous time to complete – around 3 hours i’ve decided to erase it from … Read more
National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham Relay x 4: 500m swim – 15k bike – 5k run The Club relay championships are legendary now in the UK, having started in 1991 and growing in size and reputation ever since. In 1991 there was just 120 competitors, whilst last year saw over 2000 lucky athletes join in … Read more
The #TEamsportpursuit video is here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cegcElrszxs Blog from SportPursuit; “Typically, most sports businesses choose to champion the elite athlete, sponsoring a team of pro athletes in order to endorse and lend credibility to their product. There is no shortage of perks for the modern pro-athlete. What there is a shortage of is people championing the … Read more
My Ironman journey was meant to start with Ironman Austria in 2014 as my first race, but 10 weeks ago I ‘won’ a last minute entry as part of #TeamSportPursuit. This meant I only had a 10 week training plan for Ironman UK, although I’d been training hard anyway. One of the most experienced ‘Ironmen’ … Read more