Isle of Man End2End Photos
Anna found some photos of me online from the recent Isle of Man End2End Mountain Bike Race – SO here they are. Most are from the Southern Chronicle, the one of me crossing the grassy field was posted to Picassa by someone.
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If you don’t know by now, you should, but I’ve qualified for the ITU Age-Group World Triathlon Championships that take place next month in Auckland, New Zealand. It’s going to be a trip of a lifetime, but getting ourselves there in order to compete isn’t going to be cheap so I’ve been looking for potential sponsors. It isn’t...
RIP Squeak
It was a sad day in our usually happy household on Friday. I was getting ready to set of to Rotherham for the Rother Valley Triathlon when Pat noticed that Squeak, one of Morgan’s two guinea pigs was looking a little quiet. I took a look and it was immediately apparent that she wasn’t in...
Rother Valley Triathlon – Race Report
I wasn’t really sure how this race was going to go. It was quite a big race being my one and only chance to qualify for the 2013 European Championships, but preparations hadn’t been great. I’d been training well but hadn’t necessarily peaked for this race, and I’d been struggling with injuries. The Injury List First...
Rother Valley Triathlon – Results
The full results from yesterday’s Rother Valley Triathlon are out. Click here to read my Rother Valley Triathlon Race Report. I was first in my age group with an official time of 1:13:42 My official splits were: Swim (750m): 10:43 T1: 1:03 Bike (25.5km): 43:34 T2: 0:45 Run (5km): 17:39 I’m happy with that and...
Isle of Man 2012
Phew, I think we’ve just about caught up after our whistle stop visit to the Isle of Man. The main reason for visiting the island this year was to attend the wedding of Andy and Natalie, but as the wedding fell on the same weekend as the Isle of Man End2End mountain bike race I...
Falling Apart
I don’t know if it is just my usual pre-race pains but I seem to be falling apart at the moment. My left ankle is always sore. I tore some ligaments in it about 18 months ago and the soreness and aches used to come and go but recently they seem to be there all...
Isle of Man End2End 2012 Photos
Whilst I was out riding the Isle of Man End2End on Sunday, Anna and Morgan were out there driving from one end of the island to the other trying to spot me as I rode past. The were also manning the camera and got a whole load of shots of riders as they flew past them....
Isle of Man End2End 2012 – Race Report
I hadn’t really intended to do the Isle of Man End2End MTB Race this year. I’ve been concentrating on Triathlons instead and have therefore hardly been out on a Mountain Bike at all. However, we had been invited to a family wedding on the island on Saturday Sept. 8th and the Isle of Man End2End...
Manx End2End Preparations
As per usual my next ‘race’ has come around sooner than anticipated – The Isle of Man End2End Challenge take place this weekend. It’s a 75km mountain bike race from the Northern tip of the Isle of Man to the Southern tip with plenty of big hills in between. I’m not actually ‘racing it’ and...
