On Wednesday 18th April we travelled out to the holiday resort of Eilat inIsrael where the European championships would take place the following Sunday.Israel seemed an odd place to hold this event, even if they are involved in the Eurovision…
Easter Weekend
The long Easter weekend is a chance for a good rest, unless you are a triathlete in which case it’s a chance to do some training and racing! I usually go up to Derbyshire with Jill at this time of…
Diss Duathlon
Sunday the 1st April saw the annual Diss Duathlon staged by Tri-Anglia. It was no April fools joke though as this was a chance to test out the race legs and the new Matrix tandem before heading to the European…
Final session at Imperial College
If you have been reading my blog recently, you will know that I’ve been involved with a project at Imperial College London working with the design and engineering students. The project, funded by Rio Tinto, focused on innovation within Paralympic…
Video from the Tri show
Have a look at this quick video from tri247 taken during the the show at Sandown Park the other week: – http://youtu.be/g4UcleyBBOA I will try to get this into my Video Gallery too. Iain
The Triathlon Show
The 10th edition of the Triathlon show took place between the 2-4th March at Sandown park racecourse and Tri Team Dawson put in an appearance for the second year running! Last year was about trying to meet as many people…
James Brown
A big ‘well done’ to my old friend James Brown for winning a silver medal at the Paracycling World Championships last week in L.A. James is a 48 year old Irish rider, who like myself has a visual impairment and races…
Coaching Update
I’m please to announce that I will now be working with Simon Brierley of Paradise Triathlon Training. Simon is a level 2 Tri coach and is currently working towards his level 3 qualification. He will be helping with some technical aspects…
Rio Tinto Innovation Project @ Imperial College
Yesterday I took a trip to London to join a group of design and engineering students at Imperial College. This was day two of my work there having also attended on Tuesday last week. So why was I there? Rio Tinto…
220 Triathlon Magazine Article
As some of you will now be aware, this month’s 220 Triathlon magazine includes a 5 page article about Tri Team Dawson! I thought you might like to know a little more about how something like this is put together, at…