Iain’s Blog
British Championships
Saturday 13th July saw a record number of paratriathletes attend the British Champioships including some overseas competitors. For the past few years Paratriathlon titles have been decided at Holme Pierre Point in Nottingham. For 2013 all title races (able-bodied and Para) have been brought together at one vene in Liverpool which is great. I was particularily pleased that we…
Read MoreNorwich Triathlon
My first major race after returning from the European Championships in Turkey was the Norwich Triathlon held on the 7th July. Last year this Tri-Anglia organised event was a first for me in two ways. It was my first ever Olympic distamce event and it was also the first event with an open water swim I had…
Read MoreEuropean Championships
June 16th was the date for the European Triathlon Championships and my first major goal of the season. After Israel last year it was Turkey’s turn to host the event that took place in the holiday resort of Alanya. This would be the first event using modified rules for visualy imapired athletes: two categories according to level…
Read MoreRacing Round Up
As part of the build up to the first major triathlon event of my season, the Paratriathlon European Championships in Turkey on 16th June, I have been doing quite a lot of racing. Here’s what I have been up to and how it’s ben going: – 20th April – Mulbarton Parkrun: This relatively new Parkrun (a free 5km…
Read MoreNot such a nice trip
Poor Jill. We were just about to head off for a triathlon event in Market Bosworth yesterday when she unfortunately had a heavy fall. Four and a half hours in AE resulted in Jill leaving on crutches. X-rays showed no fractures but she has badly damaged the tendons and ligaments in her left ankle. It…
Read MoreNo Pain, No Gain
No pain, no gain. That’s what I kept telling myself during April anyway. Injury has restricted the amount of running I was able to manage between Christmas and the end of March and having taken on extra project work a heavy work schedule wasn’t helping my training much either. I was going OK, but felt I needed a big block of training before the…
Read More2013 Race Schedule
Whilst there are still a few details to be sorted out, this year’s schedule has more or less been confirmed. I will primarily be racing with Carl Shaw for triathlon and a few bike events whilst Bobby De’Ath will be doing a few time trials with me as usual and maybe some duathlons later in the year. Luke…
Read More2013 Triathlon Show and other going’s on
As normal I am behind schedule in terms of keeping the website up-to-date. This is usually because I have been busy working, training or racing, but over the next few weeks I will try and get things back on track! To begin with I should mention the Triathlon Show at Sandown Park which we attended in early March, something that…
Read MoreJill’s been to boot camp
You might think that I do all the hard training, but Jill well and truly showed me up other week! Whilst I did 8 hours of training Jill must have hit almost 30 hours of activity – as much as most Pro athletes. She was away at Champneys for a week long boot camp and a well…
Read More2012 Review
Somewhat later than planned: – 2012 was another roller-coaster year! Thankfully it’s mostly been good except for one major blip at the National championships May. Here are some of my favourite photographs from last year showing the main highlights: – January – Receiving a lovely Matrix Pyro frame. February – Putting in some good training miles. March – The…
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