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Paratriathlon Update
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) have introduced a number of changes within Paratriathlon for 2014. Here’s an over-view of some of the main ones from my point of view: – New Category system The ITU now uses 5 categories within Paratriathlon (see here for a brief over-view). My category is now PT5 for both blind…
Read MoreRace Report – Waveney Triathlon
It’s fair to say the Waveney super-sprint organised by my own club Tri-Anglia is one of my favourites. It’s great because it’s so accessible for those new to triathlon yet remains a good early season workout for the more experienced athlete. Held in the suffolk town of Bungay over a 400m pool swim, 20km rural…
Read MorePost Season – What’s Occurring?
What do you do after a major event like the London World Championships? This depends on a lot of factors such as the time of year, fitness, injury status and simply how you feel. You might continue to train hard for some end of season objectives or you might slowly ease down training over a…
Read MoreRace Report – 2013 World Championships
Friday 13th sounded like a bad day to get out of bed full-stop, never mind competing at the World championships in London. Regardless, that was the task guide Matt Elllis and I faced. For Matt this was possibly more of a challenge as up until 3 weeks out from the biggest event of the year…
Read Moremondays results
after a lovely supper of lamb kebabs we were handed mondays ki results 7.00 circuit training 9.00 suspension training 10.30 nutrition talk 12.00 step and body bar 2.00 6 mile walk 4.30 aqua fit 5.00 well deserved massage I mananged to burn 3045 calories covered 21,920 steps and completed 3 hours and 42 minutes of…
Read MoreSchwalbe Sponsorship
I’m really pleased to announce Schwalbe as my new tyre sponsor for next season! Schwalbe make a vast array of high quality clincher and tubular tyres as well as inner tubes and other accessories. See their website for more information. I have previously used some of their clinchers which have been good. However, out in…
Read Moretravel news and biohazards
thanks to everyone who helped us arrive in new zealand so smoothly, including Richard our fantastic man with a van who was able to get us to heathrow at a very reasonable price and extremely efficently. his next pick up was a stuffed emu and a London bus stop so the tandem was easy by…
Read MoreSummer Fun
It’s been another busy few days at Tri Team Dawson: – Tue 7th August: I hit a massive swim PB in training at the UEA Sportspark pool in Norwich on Tuesday. It was great to knock a big chunk off my 400m time, but with the World Championships on the horizon, I’m not saying how quick I went!! Comparing…
Read MoreSpecial Edition Matrix Tandem
I thought you might like a closer look at the new ‘special edition’ version of the Matrix tandem I’m now using. We were really happy with the previous frame supplied by Matrix and it served us brilliantly in winning the European championships. Unfortunately this had to be replaced prematuly after our heavy crash during the National championships at Nottingham in May. I had already been thinking about one or…
Read MoreParatri Training Camp
Last week I spent 4 days at Loughborough University for the GE Great Britain Paratriathlon training camp. This was our one and only camp of the year, held at the University campus where British Triathlon are based, brining together both the Performance squad that I am part of and the affiliate team. So, what did…
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