London Tri offers “Olympic Plus”, what a liberty!
Having already entered this year’s London Triathlon I’m now used to receiving a fair few emails from IMG, organisers of the event, inviting me to sign up to some of their other events which I’m tempted to do and no doubt will at some point in the future. IMG’s latest communication however took be aback [...]
Blenheim tri here I come, first of 3 triathlons in 2010
Tweet Quite unexpectedly I recently signed myself up for this year’s Blenheim Triathlon. It wasn’t an event I was planning to participate in as I’d already signed up for the Windsor Triathlon olympic distance taking place the following weekend on 13 June, but I caved under the peer pressure not wanting to miss out on an [...]
London Triathlon 2009 in summary
Over two weeks have passed since completing the 2009 Mazda London Triathlon and I’m still feeling chuffed with myself at finishing a whole 15 minutes quicker than last year, something I wasn’t expecting to achieve. I’m now convinced I can do significantly better next time round, so gunning for a 2:30 next time… My splits [...]
London Triathlon 2009 – Part 3 the run
Now onto the third and final leg of the London Triathlon 2009 the swim feels like a distant memory. The run section has always been my nemesis to a certain extent. My physique hasn’t typically been suited to running and still isn’t, I can’t imagine it ever will be but it’s something I’ve been working [...]
London Triathlon 2009 – Part 2 the bike leg
OK, so the second leg of the London Triathlon 2009 begins with the bike stage following what felt like a pretty lengthy swim and somewhat exaggerated T1. First thing’s first, that T1 was the most incredible transition I’ve ever experienced. The usual bike exit was moved as a result of the extensive construction works to further enlarge [...]
London Triathlon 2009 – the results are in – Part 1 the swim
A full two days have passed since completing this years Olympic distance course of the Mazda London Triathlon based at the massive Excel in London’s Docklands. Having dropped the bike off at transition the day before the big event, I eventually arrived at the venue on the Sunday and quickly tracked down and met up with my [...]
Déjà vu three months before my next triathlon
I’ve been here before not once, not twice but at least three times. Each time I sign up to another triathlon or duathlon, I start off with the best intentions, meaning to establish a habitual training regime that is more consistent than intensive. Of course there’s always plenty of time for that, until of course [...]
Call yourself a mountain biker?
I often like to think of myself as a mountain biker, an athlete, someone who regularly partakes in active sporting events, but more recently I do wonder. There was a time when I could confidently quote the above without feeling guilty about bending the truth. Is it because I am still aspiring to fulfil all [...]
