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…
Ahead of the 51Fiver, I thought it would be good to do a Sprint to practice transitions and the feeling of doing all three sports together. This Birmingham tri fitted the brief in date, location and distance – great! A friend who is also doing the 51Fiver with many of Read more…
Well sit back with a brew because this could be lengthy! Where do I start? Manchester has been quite frankly a journey thats been in the making for a lot longer than the 16 week training plan I followed to get me around the course… Having signed up almost a Read more…
BACKGROUNDI have been meaning to do Marathon for quite some time now, at least a year. Last year I did enter Portsmouth 2023 but had to withdraw at the last minute due to the snowstorm (Elin & Fergus) that hit just one week before the Marathon. And I didn’t want Read more…
My watch told me I’d covered 50k and I was inching my way up a particularly steep and muddy hill – on a day characterised by steep muddy hills this one stood out as being particularly horrible. So slowly was I moving that the map on my watch kept flipping directions Read more…
Easter Sunday 2024 I had entered Gloucester half moreover as a “training run” for the bigger picture and goal for the 2024 season and to comfortably get the distance under my belt and to work on a pacing strategy. In the past I had only actually completed 2 half marathons, Read more…
The Cotswold Cross sportive was a race I was supposed to do back in 2020, in fact was the reason I bought my ribble gravel bike! Covid unfortunately put an end to that grand plan but a couple of weeks ago I saw it advertised again and, after a quick Read more…