Month: September 2013
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World Triathlon AG Championships 2013!
Did it! Finally, the age group World Triathlon Championships arrived and we got it done. Much of my fear and worry was based in just starting and completing this race. I’ve had bike problems, the roads were wet over the weekend and there had been crashes on the roads and slips and falls in transition,…
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London
It’s the day before race day for us standard distance age groupers, and we’ve been enjoying watching everyone else racing over the last couple of days. Watching Non Stanford run away from the best in the world, even taking a 15 second penalty, winning the female elite race and taking the points to become World…
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WTA: London’s Calling
Check out Welsh Triathlon’s website: London’s calling for our Welsh age-group qualifiers Nice, huh? We’ve done a good job of representing most of the age groups but I really thought there would be more of us! There’s a good showing from Cardiff Tri in there too.
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Mental preparation
If my last entry talked about distraction after a very long preparation period for the biggest race of the year, I thought I’d add to that something about my mental preparation for it. For almost everyone at age group level racing, the approach of the biggest race of the year is a nervous time. The…
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Distraction
This triathlon thing has been a bit all consuming this year. I’m a natural obsessive but this year it’s been a huge topic. More people have been going hard to qualify for a spot at the home World Champs in London, everybody has been upping their games, the races have been bigger, faster, and as…