On Sunday 18th June I embarked on a little ride around Wales. I didn’t know a great deal about the event when I transferred entry with a friend who had to pull out due to an injury. All I knew was that the event had sold out and it was Read more…
Preface Due to various summer work placements that might interfere with my training plan, I chose this early season race just after my end of semester exams, to make sure I was in a good shape. This was my second half distance, but with a much more challenging course profile Read more…
Race Report from one member’s point of view.
(All of those views expressed are their own)
Martyn reports back from the Castle Coombe Mid Week Duathlon. It was my first attempt at a duathlon. The 2 mile run around the circuit 10 mile bike on the track followed by another 2 mile run loop of the circuit seemed achievable. My race plan was to run the Read more…
Almost a year on since my disastrous outing at Ironman UK was my first race since detaching my ACJ.. I signed up because a couple of friends from work had done so, and I figured “That’s loads of time to get over your injury and get race fit”! How wrong Read more…
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…