triathlon

The weekend of July 29th & 30th saw the UK heat of the World Triathlon Championship Series at Roker Beach Sunderland. This event took place at a convenient location for myself, wife Liz and her sister Jill as my daughter Hannah and her partner Rob live just up the road at Seaburn. So we have...

This is great. https://www.mysuncoast.com/2020/11/09/florida-man-becomes-first-person-with-down-syndrome-finish-ironman-triathlon/

Trying to start the new year with a bang. I've polished off the last of the Xmas beer on New Year's Eve and climbed onto the wagon. Next task is to build up my fitness levels for this year's tri and running events. Since the days are still dark at both ends I like to concentrate on my swimming...

On October 7th 2018, I competed in the Goole Sprint Triathlon along with my wife Liz and Liz's sister Jill. This is a very good entry level triathlon, with a pool based swim and a very flat cycle and run course. This means that there are a really wide range of abilities in attendance and an...

I've been getting myself inspired by watching the European Athletics Championships. Lots of coverage of the various triathlon events. Loving the swimming and trying to copy the perfect technique of the contestants. Happy that team GB are doing well on the medal table. Yes I admit it, enjoying...

In praise of sports technology. As a kid growing up in the nineteen seventies I can remember the speculation that went on about all the wonderful technology would be part of everyday life in the year 2,000. We never did get our flying cars or our domed cities on the Moon and on Mars. I do...

Yesterday, Sunday 18th February was the fortieth anniversary of the very first ironman triathlon. A man called John Collins suggested staging a race that included the 2.4 mile Waikiki Rough Water Swim, the 112 mile Round the Island bike race and the 26.2 mile Honolulu Marathon combined into a...

I've been doing a little research about my favourite sport and discovered that Wikipedia has some very informative pages on the subject of triathlon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triathlon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon Since posting various threads on the subject I am aware...

In some of my previous posts on the subject of triathlons I have mentioned that my swimming is my weakest discipline. I'm a fairly average cyclist and runner too but it is my swimming that needs the most work. As a consequence, with Xmas now out of the way, I am dedicating the early part of the...

In an earlier post 'In praise of triathlon' I enthused about multisport partly in the hope that I might inspire others to give it a try. Reading it back now, it seems as if I leapt from my hospital bed and, in no time at all, I was doing a Half Ironman. Rather than inspire anyone, the post seems...

After being diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic, at the age of 54, in May 2013, I realised that I needed to get myself fit. I used to cycle to work in the past, so I dusted off my old bike and started doing short rides. I signed up for my local Parkrun and started running every Saturday. I used to...

My recommended book is Accidental Ironman by Martyn Brunt. When I became interested in triathlons I subscribed to the 220 Triathlon magazine. The inside back page has a column by Martyn Brunt which is consistently funny. I searched the internet to see whether Martyn had ever written a book and...