Iain’s Blog
Race Report – Duo Normand
The Duo Normand is a 54.3KM cycling time trial held in the French town of Marigny. It comprises teams of two riding together across a variety of categories including men’s, veterans, corporate, mixed men and women’s teams, tandem, handisport (disabled), Elites and UCI Professionals. As it’s just a short hop across the channel to…
Read MoreRace Report – Waveney, Errr, Duathlon!
After the Spring edition of this supersprint race (where I finished joint 7th) I was looking forward to Autumn’s re-run on 6th September. Focusing more on some upcoming bike races, this would be my last triathlon of 2015 and I was hoping to finish even higher in the rankings this time out. Due to issue…
Read MoreTesting Times
It might seem early with the 2015 season still underway, but I’m beginning to get things in place for winter training and indeed my 2016’s events. Why you might ask? Well, I want to finish this season, have a short rest then crack on. I don’t want to start training for next year and then…
Read MoreRoyal Parks Half Marathon
On Sunday 11th October I will be running the Royal Parks Half Marathon in London. Starting and finishing in Hyde Park, it should be a great event with thousands of runners covering what looks like a pretty iconic course taking in many of the capitals major attractions! I don’t often ask for sponsorship, but as…
Read MoreEvents Update
If all had gone to plan I’d hope to be racing at the World Paratriathlon Championships in Chicago this month. Having punctured at the selection event in May that didn’t work out, and since then it’s been hard getting race starts at the World Paratriathlon Events given the focus on Paralympic category athletes ahead of…
Read MoreRace Report – Iseo World Paratriathlon Event
Following our first race together in London, Iain Robertson (Torq Triathlon Team) and I got a late call up to race in GB colours at another World Paratriathlon Event in Iseo, Italy (July 18th). We’d be part of a small but not so perfectly formed squad of just 6 Paratriathletes and 2 support staff. In…
Read MoreJill’s Long Day Out
Jill spent most of Saturday the 18th July completing a trans-Pennine hike to raise funds for Macmillian – a worthy cause I think you’ll agree. The walk took over 200 participants from Manchester all the way to Sheffield to raise much needed funds to help support the charities work. It was scheduled to be 26 miles…
Read MoreNorwich Triathlon
I originally planned to do the Olympic distance race at Tri-Anglia’s flagship event of the year – Norwich Triathlon. I wanted to get at least one slightly longer race in this year as I do a lot of shorter efforts through Paratriathlon, which always uses the sprint format. In the end I switched to the Sprint…
Read MoreRace Report – ITU World Series Part 2
Following the Paratriathlon in the morning the afternoon saw Jill, Richard Green and myself take on the relay event at Hyde Park. I would do the swim, Jill the bike and Richard the run. Our team name: Dawson’s Green Team. We all had our challenges to face in completing this. For my part I would…
Read MoreRace Report – ITU World Series Part 1
On Saturday the 30th May I was pleased to be back in Hyde Park for the London round of the World Triathlon Series (WTS), a regular on the calendar over recent seasons. Iain Robertson would be racing with me and making his guiding debut. We’d only been able to complete one swim and two tandem…
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