Tagged: London

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London – Day 5 – Legoland

Day 5 in London and once again this one was aimed at Morgan with a trip to Legoland. We aimed to get there just after it opened at 10am so set off from the hotel at 8am with a short walk to Earl’s Court tube station. The plan was a quick 10 minute tube journey...

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London – Day 4 – Food, Shops and Museums

Breakfast With the race done and dusted, it was time to enjoy our trip to London. Saturday started with the big breakfast buffet in the hotel restaurant. And I mean big. Mine went something like this. Orange and Cranberry Juice Large Bowl of Granola with a pot of Yoghurt Cappuccino Fry up – 3 rashers...

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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...

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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...