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…
This was meant to be my Strava notes post race, but then realised it was getting a little long and so it’s become an accidental race report. This is the “Berkeley 20 & Half Fission” race. A small race down at Berkeley Nuclear Power Station, and consists of a 20 Read more…