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IM Vichy 140.6
IM Vichy has been on my list for a long time. As a family, we have spent a good chunk of July and August in our caravan in France for...
Aug 22, 20227 min read
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SEC Takeover at 255 Festival of Endurance
Credit to SEC founder member William Galvin for the report and to his wife Kate for outstanding logistics management and an awesome pasta...
Aug 5, 20228 min read
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Cotswold Classic 70.3 (putting Lakesman to bed!)
After such a disappointing Lakesman weekend I wasn’t even sure I would get to the start line for the Classic, morale and motivation...
Jul 20, 20226 min read
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AG Win at Challenge Roth
Challenge Roth is truly incredible! The support and event are completely out of this world and I would 100% recommend this race to...
Jul 8, 20227 min read
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Challenge Roth
Way back in 2019, after I had done Roth in 2018, me and Dan decided to play the lottery game and try to get a place for 2020. For those...
Jul 8, 20228 min read
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Lakesman 140.6 - Lindsay Straughton
Me again…… not entirely sure where to start this time……. When I signed up with Coach Paul in March 2021, I told him that I firstly needed...
Jun 24, 20225 min read
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Lakesman 70.3 - Chris McKee
The Lakesman is one of my favourite weekends in the calendar. This being my fourth time racing the event, two fulls and this would be my...
Jun 24, 20224 min read
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Lakesman 2022
This weekend saw the annual athlete gathering in Keswick for the Lakesman 70 .3 and 140.6 triathlons. This event has been running since...
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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Cotswolds 113
This is a race that I’ve always fancied doing, but have always favoured Outlaw 70.3 Notts as my 140.6 prep race, because its generally a...
Jun 8, 20226 min read
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Taper Time
In the lead up to your A race(s) there will come a time when it is appropriate and necessary to reduce the training load and prepare for...
Jun 7, 20225 min read
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Outlaw Half Nottingham
Where to start! First event of the year and my first in the SEC colours! Training has been great through the winter and into the spring...
May 22, 20224 min read
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Bike Speed
So, after a few conversations over the weekend, and having spent a decent amount of time on my own bike outside this weekend, I thought I...
Apr 18, 20224 min read
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Dave Hodkinson takes on Lanza 70.3
For the last 5 or 6 years (apart from the obvious Covid restrictions) I have been over to Lanzarote with others from my Tri club around...
Mar 28, 20225 min read
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Siobhan Brewer Lanza 70.3
I have very fond memories of the Canary Islands. My parents held the view that Tenerife had all you ever required from a holiday...
Mar 24, 202211 min read
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Lindsay's Testimonial
My triathlon journey began in the summer of 2018 when I entered the LakesMan 70.3; having never done a Tri, never swam in open water and ...
Mar 20, 20223 min read
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Food and nutrition – 6 months later……….
As we head into another full race season I can feel ‘inner demons’ resurfacing and threatening to derail a nearly solid winter of...
Mar 14, 20223 min read
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COVID Recovery - Lindsay Straughton
At the end of October 2021 I went into a 2 week off season break on the back of a summer of race PBs and the fittest, strongest and...
Jan 15, 20223 min read
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Sardinia
This race was a long time coming! After a rearrangement from covid and then a deferral because of a planned wedding, it was good to...
Oct 25, 20213 min read
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END OF TERM BLOWOUT
There’s a long (and no so interesting) story about why we ended up in Sardinia, but as ever it started with COVID – enough said We (me,...
Oct 25, 20215 min read
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Food for Fuel – twice the bridesmaid, now the bride (and no Imodium required!)
So the end of a journey, or is it………??? For those who have followed my progress, you will know that I started working with Adam Wade as a...
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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