Taking a Break From Pointy Sticks

22 July 2019

Hi folks, I’ve been playing with pointy sticks now for … ohh a while. And I’ve been coaching it for … ohh, let’s also call it a while. And coaching pointy (and edged) sticks has brought me a significant amount of joy and growth - and hopefully I’ve been able... [Read More]
Tags: Fencing, Coaching
Categories: Fencing

Ripon Triathlon - Race Report

22 July 2019

Ripon Standard Triathlon is held in the middle of Ripon Triathlon Weekend, a festival of racing with open water swims, standard and sprint distance tris, and finishing up with Tristars (juniors) on the Sunday. It’s a relaxed event, where you pull up your car or camper on the Friday, pitch... [Read More]
Tags: Triathlon, Race
Categories: Triathlon

Deva Triathlon - Race Report

9 June 2019

Deva was my first race at middle distance. It’s been a long journey getting here - in preparation I’ve been steadily building up training and the distance. I’ve done this race previously at olympic distance and enjoyed it immensely. For my money, it may be the best organised race on... [Read More]
Tags: Triathlon, Race
Categories: Triathlon

Southport Triathlon - Race Report

28 May 2019

Southport serves as a bit of nexus. It’s early in the season, and yet acts as Triathlon England Standard distance championships, ETU qualifiers, and the BUCS Standard championships. As such, it is a bloody fast race. It’s also it’s been going for quite a while a while, here’s some Grandstand... [Read More]
Tags: Triathlon, Race
Categories: Triathlon

Clitheroe Triathlon - Race Report

23 April 2019

First Tri of the season, this is an odd distance. A bit of a Sprint+, 400m pool swim, 30k ride, 8k run. Results were: Leg Distance Time Swim 400m 00:09:46 T1   00:01:49 Bike 30k 01:09:31 T2   00:01:56 Run 8k 00:43:51 Swim was indoors, in a salinated pool. This... [Read More]
Tags: Triathlon, Race
Categories: Triathlon

2017-2018 Triathlon Season Review

2 November 2018

For my first season I worked with the excellent ATP template in Joe Friel’s Triathlon Bible. My goal setting was a bit wooly - it was a first season, I had very little idea on what I was doing and it was a very steep learning curve. This second season... [Read More]
Tags: Triathlon
Categories: Triathlon
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