I am so pleased to be able to tell you all that Iain has been picked for the paralympic torch relay from Stoke Mandeville to the Olympic stadium. The run is on 28 and 29 august and we will let…
tri team dawson are dutch film stars
you may be suprised to know that Iain, Luke and myself are now featured on dutch TV ! Apparently while we were camel hiking around the desert ( see Lukes blog for pictures), we were unwittingly joining a Dutch television…
National Paratri Championships
It’s never dull: – Jill and myself travelled to Nottingham on the 26th May to meet Luke who had jetted in from Germany for the British Paratriathlon Championships. We had high hopes of clawing back another of the titles I won in…
a shocking day
thanks to everyone for their support on what has been a dreadful day for team dawson. For those of you who are not aware whilst Iain and Luke were leading at the national champs, a child got onto the course,…
Race Report – Waveney Triathlon
Sunday the 13th May saw me competing in the Waveney triathlon organised by my club Tri-Anglia. This is a great event that is always run superbly. I was going to write about how this was my first solo triathlon, but…
Race Report – European Championships
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