The fun and games continued last week: – Monday 13th August: A recovery day in training, but surprisingly my legs felt really good cycling to work considering I had raced the Cambridge Olympic distance triathlon the day before. I must be…
Summer Fun
It’s been another busy few days at Tri Team Dawson: – Tue 7th August: I hit a massive swim PB in training at the UEA Sportspark pool in Norwich on Tuesday. It was great to knock a big chunk off my 400m time, but…
Special Edition Matrix Tandem
I thought you might like a closer look at the new ‘special edition’ version of the Matrix tandem I’m now using. We were really happy with the previous frame supplied by Matrix and it served us brilliantly in winning the European championships. Unfortunately this had to be replaced…
Maldon Triathlon
Another weekend, another race. This time out it was the Maldon sprint triathlon in Essex on Sunday 15th July. This would be Carl Shaw’s debut as a guide and would be good practise ahead of racing together at an international Paratri event in Scotland…
Norwich Triathlon Part 2 (The big Day)
Race day arrived with the bonus of a nice bright sunny morning after some wet days recently. It was time to find out if the pre-race preparation had done the trick (see previous post). I felt quite relaxed about the…
Blueseventy
Thanks Blueseventy for the new 2012 Helix wetsuit, goggles and a brick bag (a small rucksack) that arrived late last week. Last year and for the first half of 2012 I have used the Axis wetsuit which provides extra buoyancy…
Norwich Triathlon Part 1 (pre-race)
Pre-Race Preparation The Norwichtriathlon took place on Sunday 1st July held at the picturesqueWhittlinghamCountyPark on the outskirts of the city. I was there taking part in my first Olympic distance race organised by Tri-Anglia. Not only would this be more…
Foot Function Review
I meant to post this a while ago: – Recently I had a review with Paul from the Foot Function Centre to check how things are going with my orthotic insoles that I have now been using for 6 months…
Paratri Training Camp
Last week I spent 4 days at Loughborough University for the GE Great Britain Paratriathlon training camp. This was our one and only camp of the year, held at the University campus where British Triathlon are based, brining together both…
The Boss’s Boot Camp
The Boss, AKA Jill, is currently away from home for a few days. I was going to say she is off having a relaxing few days, which she really does deserve as she has been working very hard lately, but it wouldn’t…