Quadrathlon Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/quadrathlon/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 21 May 2020 10:59:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Quadrathlon Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/quadrathlon/ 32 32 2696646 Which Training and Analysis Apps Now That Strava is No Longer Free https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/which-training-and-analysis-apps-now-that-strava-is-no-longer-free/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/which-training-and-analysis-apps-now-that-strava-is-no-longer-free/#comments Thu, 21 May 2020 10:59:45 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33663 The fact that Strava have started to charge for more of their offerings than they have in the past has forced me to re-evaluate which apps I ‘need’ and which ones I don’t. Do I need to pay for TrainerRoad, Zwift, Training Peaks, Strava and other such apps? What does each one do and what...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/which-training-and-analysis-apps-now-that-strava-is-no-longer-free/feed/ 4 33663 Shrewsbury Quadrathlon 2019 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2019/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2019/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:04:35 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=30927 Once again it was off to Shrewsbury for the annual Quadrathlon and Triathlon. I’ll try not to write a huge blog post about it this year as from my perspective it was pretty much business as usual and everything went pretty much as I expected. [Edit: Well, it ended up fairly long in the end...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2019/feed/ 2 30927 Box End Quadrathlon – 2019 British Championships https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/07/box-end-quadrathlon-2019-british-championships/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/07/box-end-quadrathlon-2019-british-championships/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2019 06:59:27 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=30373 With only a couple of weeks between races there was barely enough time to recover from Dearne Valley before I was off to the British Championships at Box End. Last year Anna and I had made a weekend of it and it was a gorgeous sunny weekend with really warm water temperatures and a good...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/07/box-end-quadrathlon-2019-british-championships/feed/ 1 30373 Which Bike? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/06/which-bike/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/06/which-bike/#respond Sat, 29 Jun 2019 15:35:20 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=30342 Don’t worry, I’m not about to buy another bike!! I’m trying to decide what bike to use in a Quadrathlon tomorrow. It’s a fairly flat, grassy off-road course that should be ideal for a CX bike. I used my CX bike last year and it was fine. However, I’ve got a nice race oriented MTB...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/06/which-bike/feed/ 0 30342 Dearne Valley Quadrathlon 2019 – Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/06/dearne-valley-quadrathlon-2019-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/06/dearne-valley-quadrathlon-2019-race-report/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:49:57 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=30117 The 2019 Quadrathlon season is now well and truly underway. This weekend it was off to Rotherham and the Manvers Waterfront Boat Club for the Dearne Valley Quadrathlon. As usual I headed off early on Saturday morning so that I could have the weekend there. I was hoping to have an easy ride around the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/06/dearne-valley-quadrathlon-2019-race-report/feed/ 1 30117 Brigg Bomber Quadrathlon World Championships https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/brigg-bomber-quadrathlon-world-championships/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/brigg-bomber-quadrathlon-world-championships/#comments Mon, 27 May 2019 10:20:03 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=29989 This was the big race in many peoples Quadrathlon Calendar. It wasn’t just a World Cup race, but the actual World Championships so the field was stacked and many of the top Quadrathletes were there and fighting fit. It would be fast up at the pointy end! I wouldn’t be troubling that end of the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/brigg-bomber-quadrathlon-world-championships/feed/ 6 29989 Quad Camp Day 5 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-5/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-5/#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 07:04:35 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=29930 Another glorious day at Llyn Gwynant. I didn’t manage to sleep at all but that’s nothing unusual. I therefore busied myself in the morning with some washing up and then breakfast in the van. The cuckoos were calling from 4:30am and soon the sun was rising. The plan for today was a full on Quadrathlon....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-5/feed/ 0 29930 Quad Camp Day 4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-4/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-4/#respond Tue, 21 May 2019 06:49:57 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=29927 I was feeling a little better today. Nowhere near as snotty and the sore throat has almost gone. My legs were pretty sore from the run down Snowdon though. Porthmadog TT The plan for today was a cycle TT into Porthmadog and that’s exactly what we did. The weather was lovely once again so we...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-4/feed/ 0 29927 Quad Camp Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-2/#respond Mon, 20 May 2019 05:37:04 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=29892 When the day starts like this you know it’s going to be a good one. The plan was a bike ride at 9:30am so I had a nice relaxed morning before getting ready to ride. I was hoping for an easy ride as my chest was sore and I was feeling under the weather thanks...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/quad-camp-day-2/feed/ 0 29892 Why Quadrathlon – What’s it all about? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/why-quadrathlon-whats-it-all-about/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/why-quadrathlon-whats-it-all-about/#respond Sun, 05 May 2019 10:09:17 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=29766 With the first race of the quadrathlon season coming up in a couple of weeks and having just written a ‘why surf ski‘ blog post I thought it was time to answer the ‘Why Quadrathlon’ question with a similar article. Especially seeing as most people don’t know what a quadrathlon is. So, here goes. What...

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