Ponteland is quite local to my family home so decided to do this so my Mam could come see me race a short course – bit more interesting to watch than her getting drowned in Bolton for god knows how many hours last year at IMUK. Unfortunately – she did get soaked again as it was torrential rain until the…
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IM Austria 2014 – my worst race ever……
IM Austria 2014 was originally meant to be my first attempt at full IM distance but being as I won a last minute entry to IM UK last year, I had already had my ‘practice race’. Now I knew I could get around one, so this year I had new ambitions of getting a fairly decent PB and a respectable…
Majorca IM 70.3 Race Report
So here we go! My first race report of the 2014 season. A race I have been really looking forward to but at the same time, a little surprised about how quickly it seemed to sneak up on me. It seems only weeks ago that I was winter training and races seemed to be months away but you know if…
Milton keynes festival of running and another PB!
I went, I had a plan, I stuck to the plan – it hurt! It had been a very up and down week for me post La Santa and wasn’t at all sure how I would do at this race – I really wanted to improve on my 1:45 from Bedford but being as I had thrashed myself for a…
Deserts, wind, and bikes!
La Santa Having spent a week cycling in Majorca last spring I was well aware of the endurance gains a full week of training away from work and home commitments can make to your early pre season fitness. This year I was very lucky to be treated to a week away to Club La Santa which Is superbly situated on…
17hours of Darkness and Mud
So this weekend was my second 24hr MTB event. The first one of these I did several years ago was based in the midlands during the peak of summer – very different to what I experienced this weekend! The event history from their website The Strathpuffer started in 2005 – it was meant to be a one off local event…
Bedford Half marathon 2013
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 my race results section of…
2013 Club Relay Championships
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 the weekend of racing. Advertised…
TEAM SPORTPURSUIT – THE IRONMAN UK 2013 STORY [VIDEO]
The #TEamsportpursuit video is here! 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 everyday athlete; the unsung hero. That’s…
TEAM SPORTPURSUIT – IRONMAN UK – ALLIE PARK – POST-RACE ROUND-UP
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’ in my triclub – and…