Early starts ready and out the door for 6am arrived early parked up and headed to registration. Collected numbers pinned them on put numbers on bike set up transition nice and easy relaxed and well organised start to the day. We headed down to the water I was tempted to get in and warm up […]
Read More Deva Olympic TriBefore Christmas I was struggling with training enjoying the gym and swimming but didn’t look forward to my runs. This has changed now I’m happy running again. I’m liking the contrast in my sessions the speed work and efforts are hard the recoveries are really easy so my overall pace looks slowish but I know […]
Read More First green week of 2021After last year being a washout with I think only three events going ahead I got fed up. The Tri didn’t really go to plan because the water was freezing with the race being pushed back so long and the half marathons were both in January I was never going to pb them I got […]
Read More time to changeWoke up to the news that the swim had been cut short due to temperature. I didn’t understand that either cancel it all or let us swim it all I’m really glad it was short. We were called down by the hundred socially distance queue to the pontoon a sign on the floor where your […]
Read More You can only race what’s in front of you. Outlaw XIt’s been so strange training and going through the motions with nothing to train for. How are you supposed to be motivated when there’s no race. Going through the motions just isn’t cutting it. I’m so glad I had signed up with a coach at the end of last year otherwise I would have done […]
Read More Training and not racing.Luckily in January I ran central lancs half as my wife gave me her place and also the four villages half as so far its looking like nothing on till December when the lads return to Malaga. That’s a long time with no racing My A race was going to be Ironman Hamburg with the […]
Read More 2020 season over before it startedChester Marathon Turn out you shouldn’t wing a marathon. From July haven’t put much training in only made a few sessions with harriers and one long run with the wife. It was a strange race. Driving there in the rain hoping it would stop before the start it got warm fast. Me Kyle and Jonathan […]
Read More Don’t try Wing a marathonSunday morning and a 3:50 alarm went off, even though I didn’t really sleep but that’s not unusual before a race. Dressed and ready trying to force down a bagel and all the coffee then off to get Jonathan. No fear or worries or nerves about the swim I know I can do it. Dropped […]
Read More Bolton Ironman 2019After having man flu and lurgy all week I wasn’t really expecting much from UK ultimate half tri. Feeling crap and sick in the car I wasn’t looking forward to it. Transition all set up wetsuit on pretty pink cap covering the battle braids walked down to the start to thunderstruck Jonathon going mental shook […]
Read More UK ultimate triWoke up early after not really sleeping much. The smallest child has been patient zero and spread a cold around the house. Mental morning trying to stick hair up get food sort the kids out while wife was also trying to get ready for the race dropped kids off with parents then into to Wigan […]
Read More Wigan half marathon 2019 (pacer)