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…
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…
After a well earned week off, we’re back with another weekly roundup with trail runs, rides and race reports!
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…