Category: Running

  • TTG Gloucester Triathlon 2016 Race Report

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , , ,

    I won. Yey!

  • Half season

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , , , ,

    I’m building up in training towards the TTG Gloucester Triathlon at the end of May, which will be a training race itself, and then the Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon at Broad Haven at the end of June. That race will also be the Welsh Championships for that distance, and apparently the club champs. I haven’t had…

  • XTERRA England 2015. More please.

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , , ,

    What happened? I was happily looking forward to the end of the triathlon season, followed by a whopping increase in gaming time, doughnut eating, lazing around, and probably some sleep too, and then XTERRA happened. After a summer of struggling to train consistently, mental fatigue (and a whole load of physical fatigue), and thick with…

  • Final peak

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , , , ,

    It’s almost the end of August, the end of the summer holidays, the kids are back to school next week and we get our new first year medical students too. It’s also my final (3rd?) attempt to peak my fitness for triathlon in 2015, which is probably tougher mentally than physically. I got it right…

  • Racing in 2015

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , , ,

    I think most athletes that have been competing at their sport for a number of years feel like they’re struggling to continue to progress. You can measure progression in some areas, you feel like you’re improving, but results often don’t match up. Competition is like that – if we’re all improving and comparing ourselves with…

  • Running with Pebble

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , ,

    I went for a run with my Pebble yesterday. Being a geek and a triathlete I collect huge amounts of data from my training and have been using Garmin & Polar devices for many years, but as I was running with my iPhone anyway (something I rarely do but needed to be contactable) I thought…

  • Try-a-Tri 2015 photos

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , ,

    I spent a damp morning taking photos at the Cardiff Triathletes’ Try-a-Tri event today. I’ve been doing this for years and it never gets old. Even on an unusually rainy race day everyone seemed to be having a great time and overheard snippets of conversation at the finish line told of fun, a challenge, and…

  • Bala

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , ,

    This is a very late race report. One of the things about the last triathlon of the year is that you look forward to the season ending and the start of doughnuts, lying in bed in the morning, and shifts in routine. I’ve also been lazy about writing up my last race of the season:…

  • Photos: Stuart MacCormac Sprint Triathlon 2014

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , ,

    I took photos at the Stuart MacCormac triathlon early yesterday morning. The Flickr album is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/samwebster/sets/72157647808947206/

  • XTERRA England

    —

    by

    Sam
    in , , ,

    I’ve had a bunch of favourite races this year and it’s difficult to pick out a number 1, but as a whole experience XTERRA is right up there and I can’t wait to do another one. What’s XTERRA? It’s a triathlon with a 1500m swim, a 30km (ish) mountain bike and a 10km (ish) cross…