July 27th 2025 – The Murgatroyd Chronicles – Part II Here we are again, another IRONMAN journey and those who have enjoyed my journey to IRONMAN Wales 2023 can sigh a little relief in that this write up won’t be quite so long… but close! When I’d entered IRONMAN Wales Read more…
Well here we are, the end of the line. In May I did the toughest event I’ve ever done, ROC Wales. In September I did the toughest event I’ve ever done, ROC England, it’s now October and I’m writing this four days after the ROC Scotland. Spoiler alert, it was Read more…
Ever since I found endurance sports and triathlon in particular I have always wanted to push myself, to try and find the limit and when I completed Ironman Wales in 2019 I came very close! Having said that, I always felt I could do better. Roll on 4 years almost Read more…
“The 2024 Cotswold Classic Middle Distance
Triathlon”, and other stories.
“I’m never doing that again…”~ Adey Cole ~4th June 2023 @ Cotswold 113 Middle Distance Well, how did I get myself into this position again! Well it started with a trip to Tenby in September 2023 to experience an IM event as a supporter. There is a novel published on Read more…
They say you are what you eat, but I don’t remember eating a LEGEND!
Steve Germaney – 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…
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…
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…