Race Reports
Race Report – Slateman Legend
They say you are what you eat, but I don’t remember eating a LEGEND!
Steve Germaney – 2024
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Race Report – 113 Cotswold Middle Distance 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…
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Race Report – 51fiver
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…
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Race Report – ROC Wales 2024
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…
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Race Report – Pirates DIY Half IRONMAN 2024
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…
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Race Report – The First Tri 2024
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…
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Race Report – TCS London Marathon 2024
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…
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Race Report – Black Country Sprint Tri
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…
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Race Report – Manchester Marathon
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…
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Race Report – Brighton Marathon 2024
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…