ITU Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/itu/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 26 May 2020 13:17:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg ITU Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/itu/ 32 32 2696646 European & World Triathlon Champs Qualification https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/05/european-world-triathlon-champs-qualification/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/05/european-world-triathlon-champs-qualification/#comments Wed, 13 May 2015 16:14:59 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19293 That pained expression is what it took this year to qualify for the World Champs later in the year and the 2016 European Champs. Yep, I’ve just had confirmation that I have once again qualified for the 2015 World Triathlon Age-Group Championships that will be held in Chicago this September, and the 2016 European Triathlon...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/05/european-world-triathlon-champs-qualification/feed/ 2 19293 Age-group Triathlon Qualifiers 2014 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/age-group-triathlon-qualifiers-2014/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/age-group-triathlon-qualifiers-2014/#comments Sat, 21 Sep 2013 09:20:48 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14677 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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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/age-group-triathlon-qualifiers-2014/feed/ 6 14677 ITU Age-Group Triathlon World Champs, London – Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/itu-age-group-triathlon-world-champs-london-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/itu-age-group-triathlon-world-champs-london-race-report/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:25:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14565 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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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/itu-age-group-triathlon-world-champs-london-race-report/feed/ 2 14565 Race Day – New Zealand Day 7 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/race-day-new-zealand-day-7/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/race-day-new-zealand-day-7/#respond Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:14:47 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11400 I’ve already written a full race report from the 2012 ITU Age Group Triathlon World Championships, so won’t go over it all again here, but the race went well. It was mad to be competing at such a high level and on such a big stage but I loved it. I had a bit of...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/race-day-new-zealand-day-7/feed/ 0 11400 One Day to Go – New Zealand Day 6 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/one-day-to-go-new-zealand-day-6/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/one-day-to-go-new-zealand-day-6/#respond Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:21:38 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11387 Sunday 21st October – Crikey, is it really Sunday already, that means tomorrow is race day – Time for the panic and nerves to start kicking in. I still hadn’t slept properly and was waking up at 1am, which gave me plenty of time to lie in bed, worrying about the race ahead. There was...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/one-day-to-go-new-zealand-day-6/feed/ 0 11387 Bike and Swim Recce – New Zealand Day 4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/bike-and-swim-recce-neew-zealand-day-4/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/bike-and-swim-recce-neew-zealand-day-4/#respond Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:50:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11343 Day four of our trip and we were now settling into Auckland. We aren’t really ‘City People’ but Auckland was growing on us. The CBD is very compact with skyscrapers everywhere and an amazing skyline. Getting around was easy and the whole place was buzzing with the energy of the ITU Triathlon World Championships. The...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/bike-and-swim-recce-neew-zealand-day-4/feed/ 0 11343 ITU Triathlon World Champs Opening Ceremony – New Zealand Day 3 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/itu-triathlon-world-champs-opening-ceremony-new-zealand-day-3/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/itu-triathlon-world-champs-opening-ceremony-new-zealand-day-3/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:05:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11325 Finally after 2 full days of travelling we touched down in Auckland at around 1pm and now it was time to get through passport control, customs and biosecurity. Being an island that has been separated from elsewhere for the past 100 million years or so, the flora and fauna of New Zealand has a high percentage...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/itu-triathlon-world-champs-opening-ceremony-new-zealand-day-3/feed/ 1 11325 2012 ITU Age-Group World Triathlon Championships, Auckland – Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/10/2012-itu-age-group-world-triathlon-championships-auckland-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/10/2012-itu-age-group-world-triathlon-championships-auckland-race-report/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:07:25 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11298 After a fitfull sleep my day started at 4:30am with a caffeinated coffee, porridge and Beet-it beetroot juice for breakfast. This was followed by a shower and getting my stuff ready to go. I then walked down through Auckland CBD to transition area with Graham and Sharon at 5:30am, had my helmet checked and started setting...

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