Year: 2012

  • Another race ticked: Triexercise Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon 2012

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    Last weekend I turned up to another national champs race: the Welsh National Standard Distance Triathlon Championships at Broad Haven (ooh – I just noticed it’s part of the Grand Prix series and I should be at the next two events too). Pembrokeshire Tri Club’s race in St Bride’s Bay is always good. And hard.…

  • In my hands: Embryology at a Glance

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    Rhiannon and I were sent our first, physical copies of our new textbook. It looks pretty good! I daren’t read it as I’ll probably spot typos that will haunt my waking dreams, but it’s always great to see something that you’ve been working on digitally for a long time in its final, printed, page flickable…

  • Brit AG std distance tri champs (abbrev.)

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    A challenging weekend. A big cross country drive through Wales (pretty), camping with kids in the rain (leaky tent), a broken exhaust clamp threatening to dump the back box (noisy), trying to get kids moving (slow), almost no mobile phone signal (middle of nowhere), and a very competitive race (big legs, lots of carbon stuff).…

  • Taper

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    Wahey, what a difference a week makes! With the drop off in fatigue and a bit of a lovely taper my reasoning, goals and aims for triathlon in general and the upcoming race have naturally settled and aligned. I had a nice easy spin on the bike on Sunday which allowed me to visualise my…

  • Photos from the Cosmeston Sprint Triathlon 2012

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    For the last couple of years I’ve been racing at Windsor on the weekend of the Cardiff Tri club’s summer race – the Cosmeston Sprint Triathlon. This year I missed out on my entry (probably a good thing as the river was flowing too fast & they cancelled the swim part of the race) so…

  • Drive

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    I’m lost. Or at least, I feel lost. It happens every now and then, and I usually tell Jack that getting lost isn’t a bad thing. It’s a form of exploring. It’s only June and I’ve already hit some big goals for sixes. For most triathletes the season is just gearing up as summer hits…

  • Open water/very large pool swim

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    I was having a bit of a busy day and struggling to work out how to fit a short swim into yesterday’s schedule. In the evening I had to take Jack out to Llanelli for some Cub Scouts preparation for a sandcastle building competition. Aha – there’s a large outdoor lido (kinda) right by the…

  • Gloucester Triathlon 2012

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    I’ve raced in the TTG Gloucester triathlon for the last 2 years (this is my 3rd season in triathlon). It’s a pool swim, so has 1 minute or 30 second staggered starts. It’s a proper time trial from start to finish, you never really know who’s doing what behind you, or what’s happening up front.…

  • Winner!

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    I won the Gloucester Triathlon today! I’ll write up a race report & grab some of Kim’s photos, but it was hot, breezy and a big, big effort. I swam ok (two-piece trisuit is a bit draggy without a wetsuit), hit the bike really hard & the short climbs even harder (knocked my chain off…

  • Llanelli Sprint Triathlon 2012 (report)

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    It was great to see so many Cardiff Triathletes on the Llanelli riviera yesterday, and even better to see them picking up so many trophies! Top day. The weather this year has already been far better for racing than the whole of last year. The wind even dropped to almost nothing and the north dock…