Event Reports

I signed up to swim the 10.5 miles of Windermere almost exactly a year before the event: you know, when the required training between "now" and "event day" seems doable. It always seems like a fun idea at the time, doesn't it? And admittedly in the…

Sunday saw another great race at the 2nd Lingwood duathlon. The weather was dry but there was a vicious wind making the hilly bike course very interesting. There were some exceptional athletes toeing the start line this year and we had 3 athletes…

Formally the Hunny Bell Cross Country, the Cecil Amey Stody Estate Trail Run offers 3 distance options, 4km, 8km and 12km across the picturesque Stody Estate. The Stody Estate is not normally accessible to the public, so a great opportunity to add…

So I completed my 3rd IM in the Philippines on Sunday 12th November. I did IM Puerto Princesa. …

I completed the BXU Man Aquathlon on Saturday Nov 4th in Philippines. …

Always a weekend of drama, initiative, fortune, fate. This year did not disappoint. …

Now into its 10th year, the Scilly Swim Challenge is a swim tour of the largest Isles of Scilly, either over 2 days or, for those wishing to challenge themselves further, a single day. The route for both is approximately 15km of swimming,…

I made a statement back in 2015 that I would not be doing long course events again.  The Inferno triathlon in Switzerland measures up as a 2-mile swim, 60-mile road bike, 20-mile mountain bike and 15-mile run.  So not a full IM at around ¾ the…

I was entering a mid-life crisis and had just embraced the full on MAMIL look and was on the look out for a challenge. A triathlon seemed a stretch with my swimming technique and distance (2 lengths of a pool before stopping for a breath) but we all…