I recently posted about Bagman – a new venture providing event support. Well, I’m pleased to say I will be supporting Bagman on a Coast 2 Coast tandem challenge this summer. The event will run over 3 days in August…
Bagman
Bagman, what’s Bagman? I hear you say. Well, Bagman is the new brainchild of Owen Watkins (Matrix’s UK Distributor). Bagman essentially aims to provide the complete package when it comes to cycle event support. ‘We’ve got it covered’ is the main tag…
Rules Update
The ITU have released there updated rules for 2016. For Paratriathlon there are a few notable changes, especially for the PT5 Visually impaired (B2/3) and Blind (B1) athletes. The key things are: – B1 Athletes must now wear blackout goggles/glasses…
2016 Racing Schedule
2016 is shaping up to be an interesting year for Tri Team Dawson. OK so there’s no Paralympics to look forward to in Rio since my category is unfortunately not included, but there’s plenty of other challenges ahead! I’ve finally…
Happy Christmas
Just a quick message from us here at Tri Team Dawson: – Happy Christmas! Iain and Jill
London Six Day
As I mentioned a few weeks ago when blogging about my end of season break, one of the things I did was go to the final night of the London Six Day cycling event. Jill kindly got us tickets for…
2015 Season Review
Another season has passed so it’s time to look back and reflect upon the relative successes and failures during the past months before moving forward with new plans, aims and objectives. With last October’s decision to exclude my category from…
Rest and recuperation
My 2015 season effectively ended the moment I crossed the finish line at the Royal Parks Half Marathon just over two weeks ago. Since then it’s been a case of having an end of season break. This is how I’ve…
Race Report – Royal Parks Half Marathon
Participating in the Royal Parks Half Marathon on October 11th was a way to raise money for the charity Fight for Sight and have a bit of end of season fun – and it certainly was! Make no mistake, this was…
Race Report – Paracycling National Time Trial Championships
I should have maybe entitled this post ‘Sh*t Happens’ or something similar. As often seems to be the way with my sporting endeavours, I either achieve success or it’s abject failure – not much in the middle. In a way…