Category: Triathlon

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Hitting a Peak – The Secret of Racing Success

You may remember me posting about my PMC Chart earlier in the year, saying that all was going well as I built towards a peak ready for my first race. The data from this gives me an overview of my training and charts my levels of ‘Fitness’, ‘Freshness’ and ‘Training Stress’. The plan for any race is...

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Aberystwyth Triathlon

The Aberystwyth Seaside Triathlon seems to be going from strength to strength. In only it’s second year and with a limit set at 100 for logistical reasons it sold out and a waiting list was put in place. As I’m on the committee and help with the organisation of it I decided once again not to race...

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Age-group Triathlon Qualifiers 2014

The qualifying events for the 2014 ITU Age-Group World Championships and the 2015 ETU Age-Group European Championships have just been published. You can see them here: http://www.triathlonengland.org/britain/documents/events/2014_events/2014_british_age-group_championships_and_gb_qualifiers.pdf As usual. the qualifiers for the World Champs take place in the same year, so the qualifying events for the 2014 World Champs are in 2014, with the World Champs...

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London – Day 3 – Race Day and The Wrong Dinner

Race day was upon us. Although my race didn’t start until 9:50am, transition closed at 7:30am so we made an early start, I had my usual race day breakfast in the hotel room and we headed to Hyde Park for 6:30am so that I could get set up. The Race I won’t recall the race...

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London – Day 2 – Race Preparation and Westminster

Day 2 in London and it was supposed to be a busy one with team briefings,  race registration, equipment checks, a possible bike course recce and bike racking. We were hoping to fit some sight-seeing in as well. Luckily I had managed to register the day before so that was one less thing to do. We left...

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London – Day 1 – The Capital City

The Trip to London We weren’t having a ‘proper’ family holiday this year as we couldn’t afford it following our holiday of a lifetime to New Zealand last year. Instead we were once again combining our holiday with me competing in the  ITU Age-Group World Triathlon Championships which were in London this year. It wasn’t even going to be...

Morgan in Supporting Kit 2

ITU Age-Group Triathlon World Champs, London – Race Report

The day was upon us, Friday the 13th and it was grey and drizzly. We were in London for the ITU Age-Group World Triathlon Championships and I was racing in the 40-44 year old Sprint Distance race. Training had been going well and I had managed a whole season of good quality, consistent training. I hadn’t raced...

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Ready for the World Triathlon Championships

Well, here we go again, another big race. This time its the World Age-Group Triathlon Championships in London and am I ready? Well, only time will tell but as per usual I feel far from ready! Far from ready to leave the house as we haven’t even thought about packing yet Far from ready for...

A Final Flourish – Triathlon Season Coming to an End 1

A Final Flourish – Triathlon Season Coming to an End

The summer is drawing to an end, and I’m looking forward to a bit of a rest from hard core structured triathlon training too. The last couple of sessions have felt fairly autumnal and there is definitely a change in the air. I was out swimming in Aberystwyth yesterday evening in what turned out to be glorious conditions. It...

World Triathlon Championships – 4 weeks to go 2

World Triathlon Championships – 4 weeks to go

Thought I’d better post here to let you know how my preparations for the Age-Group World Championships are going – We have less than 4 weeks left until race-day so there’s less than available for improvement than you think there is! After the European Champs in Turkey back in June (where I won in my...