Some of you may or may not know that this darn Ironman has been a long time coming. Originally signed up to Ironman Emilia-Romagne in 2020! It was cancelled due to Covid – in 2021 COVID restrictions stopped me from doing it again and in 2022 I arrived in Italy Read more…
Sunday 21st May 2023 – Water temp 17* Weather Sunny Sunday saw an early start for 3 members travelling down to the familiar and favourite lake at the Cotswold water Park, Lake 32 for the 51Fiver Standard distance triathlon. Adey , Katie K and Andy J were the competitors, with Read more…
Ironman St George. Once seen coverage of the race, it’s definitely a course that makes you think ‘I’d like to race in a place like that’… So that’s what I did! I’ll not bore anyone with the details of logistics. But I shall start by saying that like any race, Read more…
The FOD Half was a race I had done many years ago and can honestly say I wasn’t keen to revisit. The race surface, although off road, is almost entirely on packed stone which is very hard on the legs and feet. My daughter however had entered this year and Read more…
This was my second year having a crack at this rather hilly duathlon and it was well worth it. I had a better road bike this year, making the rough Forest of Dean back roads seem much ‘smoother’. The regular bike riding and fuelling advice from TTG gave me the Read more…
I planned to cycle from home (Upton St Leonards) to the race, in part to mimic the effort required for a triathlon, and also as a ‘challenge’. Not having run this race before, the stories of the 6 hills did little to change my mind although, given the amount of Read more…
Date: 19th Feb 2023 Two cross country races in consecutive weekends and ouch I’m feeling it! Last week I wrote about the Midlands Cross Country League. This week the Gloucestershire Cross Country league had their 3/4 race hosted by Cheltenham in Pitville Park. I arrive at the Prince of Wales Read more…
This week saw the first of a three race series hosted by Tewkesbury Triathlon Club with four of our members racing. Adey Cole kindly wrote up the following report from the day, thanks Adey! Introduced by the organisers as the first multisport event of the year in the South west, and also Read more…
Dates: Various After several winter seasons being interrupted by illness and injury, this year I have ran in all 4 races of the Womens Midlands Cross Country League. I have always loved XC but the strength and stamina of knees, hips and ankles has evaded me. Thankfully this season, persistence Read more…
On Sunday 11th September at around 10.15pm I crossed the line at Ironman Wales. I still can’tquite believe it’s true. It has taken me a month to remove the race band. If you’re interested I’dlove to tell you a bit about it…Ironman Wales is one of two full Ironman events Read more…