Iain’s Blog

Not heard of The Runners Wall yet? I came across this ingenious little item recently when I visited Sportlink in Norwich to buy some new running shoes. Essentially it’s a wall mounted display for sports medals to help keep them neat and tidy – Something Jill will no doubt be pleased about! In all seriousness,…

I mentioned a while ago that Schwalbe had come on board and will be providing Tri Team Dawson with tyres for 2013 and hopefully beyond. Well, I had a delivery this week that should see us through the whole season! So what have Schwalbe kindly provided? Ultremo HT – A top class handmade tubular tyre with additional…

Today I was pleased to make a return visit to Forncett Junior School near where I live in Norfolk. You might remember that I visited this lovely school last year after taking part in the Paralympic Torch Relay. If not, have a look at my blog post about that visit here.  That particular experience was loads of fun, and, as…

I can now confirm that Huub will be sponsoring me for 2013 and beyond! They will be supplying top of the range wetsuits, bags and other training and race gear, which will be a massive help as I attempt to retain both the European and World titles in 2013! Huub look to combine ‘research, science and…

It was eight months in the making, involving several separate shoots and lots of time and effort by Greg Hackett and the team at  Spindle Productions Ltd, but they uploaded a video about Tri-Team Dawson on New Year’s Day! What’s great about this is that Greg put this together simply because he was enthusiastic about the…

Just a quick post to say Happy Christmas to everyone involved in Tri Team Dawson. Thanks for all the support during 2012! Iain & Jill

After the fun and games out in New Zealand during October, I was looking forward to things being a bit quieter for a while. However, this just never really seems to happen in our world. Since being home, we were straight back to work and it’s been just a tad busy on that front recently! Apart from work,…

The British Triathlon awards dinner was held in Birmingham at the National motorcycle museum last Saturday evening (17th November). The event brings down the curtain on the 2012 season and is a celebration of the achievements by British athletes, clubs, coaches and officials at all levels of the sport. I was up for Male Paratriathlete of the…