My Our Ironman Journey (because you can’t do it alone). I guess this all started four years ago in 2019 when my wife Lin, entered Banbury Triathlon and I thought why not give this triathlon malarkey a go. I had knee surgery a few years before and at the time my consultant suggested that I […]
Read moreSome fairytales do come true-My first full Ironman in the bag Well if I’m going to make a lot of noise about completing my first IM (Ironman) I have no choice but to provide a full inescapable Race Report. Training/ preparation At the airport over to Copenhagen (I’ll leave the saga that was the challenge […]
Read moreCeltman Xtri – Rounding off 10 years of Long Course Racing I’ll say it right at the start – Celtman is one of the best races I’ve ever done. The challenge, the distance, the stunning scenery, the camaraderie. Celtman is an ‘Extreme Triathlon’, part of the Xtri World Tour. Xtris are long distance races with […]
Read moreBilled as a 3 day multisport festival the Long Course weekend is set in the town of Tenby on the Pembrokeshire coast in South Wales. At the heart of the event there are 3 iron distance challenges over the course of the 3 days; 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run, better […]
Read moreThere is an old adage, ‘practise makes perfect’ and that certainly seems to be true for me with triathlon. Slowly, with more training, my times have improved and my event distances have increased. To keep the progression through 2023 I will need even more practise and one way to achieve that is to start earlier in the […]
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