Posts by iain
A Quick Catch Up
I’ve been a bit tardy in keeping this blog up-to-date recently, so here’s a quick update on things over the last few months in the build up to Ironman Estonia: – 9th June – Old Buckenham 10k: After just about making it around the 5k run leg of the Paratri national champs at the end…
Read MoreRace Report – Paratri National Champs
As defending champions from 2018 and also as a start to our preparations for Ironman Estonia, Duncan Shea-Simmonds and I were keen to do the Paratri national champs on 27th May at Eton Dorney as part of the Arctic One festival. Unfortunately my ankle was still not great having injured myself and not run since…
Read MoreRace Report – World Aquathlon Champs
I had originally though about doing the duathlon, aquathlon and long distance tri at the Multisport World Champs in Pontevedra, Spain. However I scaled this back to just defending the Aquathlon title won last year in Denmark, in part due to cost and in part due to availability of Guides. Matt Floyd, a student at…
Read MoreRace Report – Diss Deathlon
Diss Duathlon is one of my favourite local events. It provides a good early test of fitness, but is also a very friendly and relaxed race just 7 miles from home. Jake Brockwell (One of the young and talented athletes on the Beacon Tri team) kindly offered to Guide. Jake’s a fast runner and has…
Read MoreRace Report – Ringland Half Marathon
Prior to the inaugural Ringland Half Marathon starting and finishing at the Dinasoar Park on the edge of Norwich (replacing the Broadland Half Marathon) I had got in a few longer runs. However probably not a sufficient number and not long enough! I’d got up to 10 miles (except for an accidentally long 22.5km run…
Read MoreChanges are afoot!
Here at Tri Team Dawson there are lots of changes happening, which will hopefully be awesome! Firstly Jill is giving up work, well kind of anyway. She will be developing her own freelance business as a communication expert and Speech & Language Therapist by trade. She is a very experienced trainer in topics related to…
Read More2018 Review
After the trials and tribulations of an injury-plagued 2017, this year has been a vast improvement. It took a while to get up to speed but I’ve managed not only to hit all the objectives I set myself before the season, but also tick off a few bucket list events too! My first aim was…
Read MoreParkwood Leisure
I am a frequent visitor to Dereham Leisure Centre. Partly this is for work where I run weekly rebound therapy sessions on the trampoline. Partly this is because it’s one of the places I train, especially for swimming. Jill is also there twice weekly as she completes her gym sessions on a Monday and swimming…
Read MoreNorfolk Sports Academy
Sadly I missed the 2018-19 launch event due to being away racing, but I was really pleased to hear that I would be included in the Norfolk Sports Academy (NSA) for the third consecutive Year.It’s a big help being part of the NSA which includes access to expert advice on things like nutrition, sports Psychology…
Read MoreMadeira World Cup
Just two weeks separated the Sarasota and Madeira World Cups, with only 8 days at home before travelling again.Matt wasn’t free and neither were any of my regular guides for one reason or another (Jack had the worst excuse saying he was getting married that weekend). Fortunately British Triathlon put in me in touch with…
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