Category Archives: Race Stories
The best race report you will ever read…
Age grouper Issi Doyle reports on her experience at the Maltese Middle Triathlon
I guarantee that this will be the best race report you ever read.
Issi Doyle, a newcomer to triathlon and an athlete with a big heart, flew to Malta to support some friends in the Maltese Middle Distance Triathlon this past weekend. Fortunately for all concerned, Issie was persuaded/tricked into entering with just 10 days notice.
So what happens when an undertrained, diabetic scientist has a go at the Maltese Middle Distance triathlon? Read on for a hilarious, touching and inspiring performance in Malta.
Race winner Nicki Aitken reports on the Maxifuel Eton and Windsor Duathlon
One of the big domestic races this weekend was the Maxifuel Winter Fun Run and Duathlon Series meet 2, held out of Dorney Lake, Eton - featuring traffic-free roads and a cracking atmosphere for the entrants.
Racetime Events member and a member of Team GB’s age group squad for the ITU Long Distance Worlds, Nicki Aitken was the winner of the Standard distance duathlon, winning the race comprehensively in a time of 2:18:51.
Nicki reports on the race and her win here.
From Cranleigh to Maui on a whim
XTERRA England qualifier Andrew Bagnall on his world championship adventure
As an retired Elite Triathlete from the late 80’s and a now serious mountain biker and resident of Cranleigh, the temptation to compete in the local Xterra England Championship just down the road from my house was just too great!
So monies paid and two months of intensive tri training under my belt, I managed to squeeze into my old Snugg wetsuit. A result in its self! Xterra England here we come.
Brett Ashford Half Marathon draws a crowd
Your editor had the great privilege of commentating at the inaugural Brett Ashford Half Marathon this past Sunday, with 500 runners taking on the new 13.1 mile challenge from the Julie Rose Stadium and the surrounding areas in pretty Kent.
Here’s a roundup of all the action from the race director, Liz King at Tri Spirit Events, who will also be hosting the eagerly anticipated Owler iron-distance triathlon later next year.
IRONMAN UK : A Race Report by David Pearce
I was so annoyed with myself in May last year. I had been lazy and not trained at all for the East Grinstead Sprint Triathlon and had to take the hard decision to pull out due to my lack of fitness. I simply could not envisage the 16 mile bike followed by the 5km run. It would have been too much for me.
Move forward just 15 months and I found myself in Bolton to race Ironman UK - regarded as one of the hardest Ironman’s in the World. The word ‘tumultuous’ was at the forefront of my mind as to my state of mind. Excited yet slightly confused at how crazy this challenge was.
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