Despite delays to the swimming pool refurbishment resulting in an unexpectedly late finale to the Triathlon season, the weather couldn’t have been better for the large contingent of Team Cherwell juniors who competed at Southam. A familiar race to many, with Southam being a firm favourite, there were also some debutants swim-bike-running their way around […]
Read moreI entered the world of Triathlon way back in 2006 (aged 33), starting with the Blenheim Sprint distance event. Having entered with only 8 weeks’ notice via a charity place I knew it was never going to be pretty! I hadn’t even been on a push bike since my teenage years so even a 20km […]
Read moreThe Sandman Triathlon This was the second of my events that had been postponed from last year to this. The event was organised by Always Aim High, a north Wales based events company who run events that are a little bit different and have a challenging final leg: Slateman which is based in Llanberis where […]
Read moreThe Famous Five – comprising Ben, Nick, Annie, Denise and Blue (the dog) set off on the journey across the border to Wales, along with all the caravans on a Friday evening, but the Famous Five have the ability to talk the hind legs off a donkey (ok, Blue didn’t really get a look in) […]
Read moreSwim Run – 21km, (18km run (6 run legs), 3km swim (5 swim legs)) Ladies team (Hester & Helen), Mens team (Manu & Stuart) How hard can it be?, the question we asked ourselves as we sat in bed having a cup of tea on ‘race day’. Hester and I have raced consistently at European/World […]
Read more