With a slogan like ‘stunning and savage’ it should have been blindingly obvious that the Croyde Ocean Triathlon wasn’t going to be a walk in the park. But nothing could have prepared me for just how brutal it was. The…
Written by Steve Clark THE FULL X: 140 MILES WITH ALMOST 17,000 FEET OF CLIMBING. FOLLOWING THE RENOWNED FRED WHITTON CYCLE SPORTIVE ROUTE AND FINISHING WITH A RETURN MOUNTAIN RUN TO SCAFELL PIKE SUMMIT, THE FULL X PUNISHES YOU LIKE…
Written by Sharon Bowie We arrived at Cholmondeley Castle and were pleasantly surprised how spacious the event was. We parked and headed towards ‘The Village’, which had a relaxed, friendly vibe to it. People were clearly enjoying themselves and the…
Ben is a duathlete who recently stepped up from age group level to race for the GB elite team in St Wendel where he placed 15th at the European Middle Distance Duathlon Champs. Ben is going to contribute more to…
Written by Ben Price European Long Distance Duathlon Championships, St Wendel, Germany 21st May 2017 I was unusually nervous. Normally I’m buzzing after 300mg of caffeine. But today, I certainly wasn’t as the Powerman race organiser started revving things up…
Written by Sean Conway Being asked to write a blog, limit the word count and explain your event… sounds simple enough, right? Nope… I suppose I should start at the beginning. I’m Sean Conway (another one) and I’m addicted to…
Triathlon has opened up a new world of socialising and relationships for age-grouper, Amy Kilpin As we immerse ourselves deep in training, races and performance data, we can sometimes overlook why we are taking part in triathlon in the first…
Written by Ian Dempsey The last race of the 2016 season at Challenge Peguera felt like a distant memory, but getting a category win at the race definitely inspired my winter training. It also gave me a new focus for…
Written by Paul Ransome 2017 has been an eventful year so far, as mentioned in my previous blog, the birth of Theadora and my link up with Planet X, I’ve also recently experienced my first successful training camp in Spain…
The life of an Olympic triathlete is about much more than the four-year cycle leading up to the next Games. For aspiring athletes, representing your country requires big sacrifices to be made from an early age. But what do those…