Category: Running

  • Welsh Champs

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    As I turned 40 this year one of my aims was to race in all of the Welsh Triathlon Championship events this year and have a crack at some medals. I’ve failed, missing the duathlon champs with a small gastrocnemius tear, and I’ll miss the sprint triathlon champs because I’ve elected to race in XTERRA…

  • Euros

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    I raced at the European Triathlon Championships a week or so ago in Kitzbuhel, Austria. It’s getting easier to prepare for logistically each year, and this time I travelled with a group of team mates from Cardiff Triathletes. We drove, with trailer, bikes on the roof (careful now) and a ton of camping stuff and…

  • Cosmeston Duathlon 2014

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    I took some photos at Cosmeston early on Sunday morning. For the first time the swim leg of the triathlon was cancelled and we had to resort to a duathlon. Nonetheless, it was still a great morning for those involved. See the set of photos on Flickr:

  • Parc Bryn Bach Aquathlon no. 1

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    I haven’t raced any of the Parc Bryn Bach aquathlons, but I know that they’re a popular weekly summer series. It’s almost impossible for me to get to after work. I asked the family as it was a half-term holiday this week and they fancied going up on Thursday evening, and as I need to…

  • Gloucester triathlon 2014

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    My 3rd race in a week was the TTG Gloucester Triathlon, which is almost a home race as it’s based near where I grew up. It’s a good race for a test at this time of year, and so far I’ve been getting faster every year here on the same course. I’d recovered OK from…

  • Whitford Point Run

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    The weather was beautiful for the evening Whitford Point multi-terrain race on Wednesday. Multi-terrain is right. We had soft sand, firm sand, hard sand, flat sand, wavy sand, muddy sand, rocky sand, mussel bed-y sand, dunes, soft mud, hard mud, stone, Tarmac, grass, and gravel. The wind was strong on the beach too so it…

  • 1st triathlon over 40

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    We had some fantastic weather for the start of the triathlon season here in Wales, so I was glad that I’d entered the Llanelli Sprint Triathlon. It’s only 5 minutes down the road from my house, and on routes that I train on, so it makes a good end to my build phase of training.…

  • Less thinking, more doing

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    What am I doing? I’m tired, I’ve got too much to do, I can’t afford it; so why am I doing this triathlon thing again? It’s another one of those times of the year when the fatigue is starting to set in and the bank balance is starting to look unfriendly. I’ve almost finished my…

  • Tearing it up

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    Towards the end of my base phase of training, when the training volume was getting high (and the training load was higher than ever before, but mostly due to all the swimming I’ve been doing) and I added in some early season racing, I got a fair bit of calf soreness. My legs have been…

  • Mumbles Duathlon 2014

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    Third place! Overall. And 2nd veteran 40 athlete! And I got 2 lots of prizes! I like this vet 40 lark. I haven’t done a duathlon for a couple of years but I like the Mumbles course. It’s a very local race for me, and although the run is flat the bike course is nice…