Race Reports
Race Report – Cotswold Classic Middle Distance
“The 2024 Cotswold Classic Middle Distance
Triathlon”, and other stories.
“The 2024 Cotswold Classic Middle Distance
Triathlon”, and other stories.
“I’m never doing that again…”~ Adey Cole ~4th June 2023 @ Cotswold 113 Middle Distance Well, how did I get myself into this position again! Well it started with a trip to Tenby in September 2023 to experience an IM event as a supporter. There is a novel published on Read more…
Booking yet another early season race meant limited preparation time. The longest distance I had ran since London Marathon in April was the 10K at the Cotswold Olympic Triathlon three weeks before. Despite some inconsistency in training, I was very happy with an PB new at the Olympic distance. Two Read more…
They say you are what you eat, but I don’t remember eating a LEGEND!
Steve Germaney – 2024
Training and lead up to the Event Around 9 months ago, the Cotswold 113 popped up on one of my socials. I can’t remember if it was FB or Insta but the thing that stood out were the words ‘Early Bird Discount.’ I’m not tight or anything but I do Read more…
A slightly different format from the norm, we have reports from three participants, Pete, James and Ruichao. Pete Jones Having entered the race a good few months back when some enterprising member got us a team discount, the news that it was in 2 weeks’ time came as a shock. Read more…
A few months ago I decided in my infinite wisdom and following Mike Daly’s excellent race report after the September edition of the race, to sign up for “The ROC Trilogy”. The ROC is an interesting shake up on the traditional Triathlon Swim, Bike, Run format with a few additional Read more…
Pirates. An aggregation of people from Runner’s World who defected to triathlon with a focus on Ironman. They don’t take themselves seriously. That’s why I fit in. Over the past couple of years we have been to the funerals of several shipmates, and it was decided to host the DIY Read more…
Stupid Brain… A bit of background… Last year (2023) I entered the Tri Team Glos race in May on a borrowed bike and with very little experience in swimming or road biking. In fact a whole length of the pool was quite a daunting prospect. However, the race was a Read more…
The Big Day – Sunday 21st April 2024The day that I have been looking forward to for so long is finally here. Having eaten my second dinner at 8 pm while watching the beautiful London sunset outside the window, I was looking forward to a good night’s rest. Perfect condition Read more…