Since completing Ironman 70.3 Austria last August I’ve been plagued with injuries. First I pulled my back out so no running for 2 months,then the usual Achilles injury flared up over Xmas and then 5 weeks ago I…
Alex Lawton raced the outrageously difficult Helvellyn Tri, won it for the second year running and set a new course record. And he was ill. Amazing stuff. My focus turned to this race almost immediately after the…
We’re almost constantly in awe of Alex’s achievements at the sharp end of the triathlon world. We’re particularly proud of him right now after he bagged another major title…. Without bringing out the violins and getting too…
Approaching mid June without a proper open water triathlon under my belt, meant I was really looking forward to Deva. I had fond memories of my previous race there in 2013. It was the year the World Champs…
Since Christmas I’ve been training hard, working with a coach who’s sorted my training plans and nutrition for the year. My Triathlon season kicked off in April with a couple of sprints. The first was at Southwell Triathlon…
Dyed-in-wool runner Martin MacDonald bought a nice bike recently. So he did the decent thing and took it to a race…. The Bolton Decathalon Duathlon was my first multi-sport event. It was a sprint distance duathalon of a…
Alex not only won the North West Duathlon Championship last weekend, he set a new course record…. When my weekend driving time/mileage outweighs the training time/mileage by about 6:1, then that’s typically a bad weekend. However, the upside…