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After holidays in France I tried to recover from injury (hamstring). The event was the ITU Age Group World Championship Duathon in Edinburgh. The duathlon event comprised of a 10km run, 40km cycle and 5km run completed with transitions between each section. The bike course followed the loop around Arthur’s Seat which is a significantly long climb, with a steep and technical decent. The...
read moreI turned up to London Triathlon with the objective of improving on my 2009 performance. I like the venue and the family enjoy the day out (oh that’s what they tell me). The London Triathlon is held in at the ExCeL centre, London. The bike courses has the benefit of road closures – a rarity in central London, which will allow competitors to race on traffic free roads. I raced in the...
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I qualified for Age Group GB Triathlon at TriAthlone (European Championships) in Bala Triathlon in 2009 as a reserve. Delyth and I left the children with Stan and Lilwen and crossed the Irish sea without Beca and Catrin in toe. Delyth actually managed to cross the sea on the ferry without sickness which is a major achievement. Friday We arrived Athlone on Friday after realising that the Garmin...
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Saturday I spent the early morning having a short cycle followed by a massage to wake up the body after a week off with a virus. We then spent the afternoon chilling and watching the Elite Women European Championships. The race was a reminder that no matter how good you are you should still try and practice transition training. I was amazed on the number of mounts in T1 that nearly turned to...
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The Team Trisports Club Olympic Championships for 2010 olympic distance race was at the Northampton Triathlon as the race hosted the third and final round of their 2010 club championship. Held over the Olympic distance of 1500m swim, 40km bike and 10km run the event course proved familiar to me as I have raced many times at Grendon. The event is held at Grendon Lakes with the swim taking place in...
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Well the weekend got off to an early start on Sunday, 13th June 2010 for a 7am start. The final result being in the top 3 was a big bonus and knocking 2 mins off my 2009 was an even better feeling. The weather was perfect and I managed a good start from the gun. However, I need a bit more practice on digging in when drafting others, I came out of the water in 9th and with a kick check with Del...
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