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Planet X Exocet 2

The original Exocet was a true master of the tri bike world. Can the Exocet 2 meet the standards set by its elder brother?

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Learning curve

Nik Cook is reading, learning, making mistakes but getting the odd thing right in his pursuit of Powerman happiness

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Get on with it!

Is triathlon something just this side of crazy, asks our new blogger Deb MacLeod when confronted with the turbo

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Halfway there?

Our man Matt Kurton– with a little help from Metallica – is halfway into his Outlaw training...

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Diary of a newbie

Introducing our latest blogger, the 48-year-old newbie Deb Macleod, as she charts her the highs and lows of her first full race season

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Back to Base(ics)

After a "racy winter" Nik Cook implements the base training in his Powerman Zofingen prep. And comes a cropper with the embrocation lotion...

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The fear factor

Our Outlaw to be confronts one of the lesser-discussed elements of training for an Ironman – fear

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Does everyone hate turbo trainers?

Four months til Wimbleball and our blogger is having turbo troubles and is yearning for his cardie and Upstairs Downstairs

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Going Long (again)

Despite "dying a thousand deaths" at Powerman Malaysia in 2008, 220's Nik Cook has got the Powerman bug again. Here he begins to chart his progress to Zofingen in September

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Doing it properly

With the "slothfulness" of Christmas behind him, Peter Phippen gets serious in his bid to race Ironman 70.3 UK exactly a year after a triple heart-bypass

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Time to ditch the darts

First mince pies, now his darts form. Our blogger begins to see the sacrifices needed to compete at the iron-distance Outlaw

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Have you told your wife yet?

Last week our triple heart bypassee announced his plan to race Ironman 70.3 UK. This week... he tells his wife

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So this is Christmas?

Spooning mincemeat straight from the jar or training for the Outlaw? The magnitude of the iron challenge is getting clearer for our blogger Matt Kurton

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Heart bypass to Wimbleball

On 17 June 2011, Peter Phippen underwent a triple heart-bypass. On 17 June 2012, he will enter Ironman 70.3, arguably the world's toughest middle-distance race. Read the start of his story here...

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Introducing Matt Kurton

Introducing our new blogger Matt Kurton as he builds towards the Outlaw 2012

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An unstoppable machine

Our latest blogger Clay Cowie gives an update on his mission to go from “fat man” to Ironman

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Sea lion in a wetsuit

Introducing our latest blogger, 38-year-old Clay Cowie on his quest to go from “fat man” to Ironman

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Rediscovering the joy of tri

Our man Caspar on his post-Challenge Barcelona comedown and what, or Watt, lays in store for 2011

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Challenge Barcelona

Caspar has "one of the most physically and emotionally challenging experiences ever" at his first-ever Ironman-distance race

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Physiological testing time for Caspar

Being part of this year’s 220 Triathlon Academy has afforded the participants some excellent opportunities

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Wattbike and White Dolphin

Caspar visits the British Swimming Intensive Training Centre at Loughborough for some bike and swim analysis courtesy of Wattbike and White Dolphin

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Eurobike's bikes

London Triathlon race report

With paracetamol in one hand, Gatorade in the other and under strict instructions to take it easy, Caspar enters the London Triathlon

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Obsessive, us?

Our man Caspar on the idiosyncrasies and obsessive traits of triathletes

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