Congratulations to RedAlert athlete Tamsyn, who took a third place trophy for the Buntingford 10 despite having an injury which meant she had to ease of the gas for the last couple miles. Excellent work Tamsyn. Tamsyn didn’t realise she had got a trophy until after she had left the race, so a lovely surprise … Read more
Hatfield 5 Whoop! An unexpected podium in the Herts Vets 35 championship – being very much a triathlete – I never expect running medals so totally chuffed with my third place. I entered this as a fun (and fast) local race to see how much top-end speed I had regained with a years training behind … Read more
Hertfordshire Half Marathon 2019, held in the beautiful scenery of Knebworth House, would be the setting for my second ever half marathon (it was also the setting for my first!). It was a slightly warmer day this year, dry after a few days of heavy rain. After some rather amusing group warm-ups with an incredibly … Read more
When I first met Gareth earlier this year, he was more than a little bit broken (he won’t mind me saying that). He was already a talented runner despite having many issues affecting his gait and biomechanics, and surprising that he is only in his second year of running. He has been working hard on … Read more
After a year of epic fails when its comes to getting to the start line of races, I was determined to get a 2nd tri in this season, and one where my TT bike could come of the turbo to race for the first time in 3 years. Mission accomplished. Race was fab, enjoyed it … Read more
Boxend Sprint Tri (National champs) My first race as a ‘Tri-Forcer’ (my local tri club) having had 3 years of not really training myself properly (launching RedAlert as a Ltd company, managing my existing client base, building my studio, get married, have a baby, then build 2 storey extension) not surprisingly it’s been difficult to … Read more
I conquered the island… Island races middle distance triathlon. The swim conditions were perfect…pan flat with just a little bit of chop once out in the channel. This is only the second islander race and so from a competitors perspective there are a few improvements they can make. First being the buoys… Really hard to … Read more
This race isn’t my A race for this year but I had history with this one! I completed this race a couple of years ago, it was my first standard distance race and although I had a good swim and bike I bombed majorly on the run! For this reason I was actually a bit … Read more
What a difference a year makes…and a big mistake to teach me a valuable lesson 🙄 Staffs 70.3 last June, my first half IM, ended with me crossing the finish line in 8hr25m24s with severe stomach pains. I’d hung on like my life depended on it, and was overwhelmed when they placed my first IM … Read more
It has been a year of injury and illness for me, with glandular fever, shingles, tonsillitis and a chest infection to name but a few of the illnesses I’ve had since September 2018. Blame it on the baby starting nursery so they say! As off around February I was starting to feel my health was … Read more