Blog: Falling off the wagon with the World Champs fast approaching
Age-grouper Phil Renna makes the cut for the World Championships in Canada but also suffers domestic upheaval and lots of late nights – and gets lured back into old habits…
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Blog: Overcoming colon disease to become a GB triathlete
As a student Michelle Willcocks was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and underwent major surgery; recovering afterwards her Dad brought her some tri mags and a dream took shape…
Blog: Pain and suffering on Zombie Hill at the Norseman
Scottish triathlete and coach Graeme Stewart heads to Norway fully prepared for the ‘world’s hardest triathlon’. It doesn’t disappoint…
Blog: Relief at crossing the Ironman Zurich finish line
Age-grouper Pete Jones describes the collective mass effort needed to get him past the post in Switzerland last month – he’s OK after all
Blog: Shaky starts and high-fives at this year’s London Triathlon
European age-group champion Kimberley Morrison describes racing with the elite women last weekend, where she came a respectable 13th
Blog: Intensely cold swimming and brutal bike climbs at the Alpe D’Huez Long Distance Triathlon
Age-grouper Brian Carlin describes his race last week, where the swim was so cold his face quickly went numb and three huge bike climbs then followed
Blog: From tri newbie to Ironman 70.3 winner in just two years
Pro athlete Susie Hignett has been racing for just two years but has already beaten stacked fields at 70.3 races in France and Norway, and now has Mont Tremblant in her sights
Blog: Queensland Triathlete of the Year goes for the Ironman double
Aussie age-grouper Tim Ballintine decides to take on the Ironman World Championship double in 2014 – Mont Tremblant and Kona
The Weekend Warrior on… the madness of triathletes
220 columnist Martyn Brunt finds a common theme to many of the athletes he meets at Ironman Lanzarote – nuttiness
Blog: The Endurance Adventurer takes on Snowdonia
Australian tri newbie Luke Tyburski targets the Double Brutal Extreme Triathlon this autumn, which he says is “a good place to start”. Just as well he likes a challenge…
Blog: Getting it right on the European stage
British age-grouper Paul Brown describes winning his category in the 2014 European Sprint Triathlon Championships in Kitzbühel, Austria last month
Blog: Awkward truths at the Surrey Human Performance Institute
In a bid to improve his race performances, age-grouper David ‘Big Man’ Pawsey tries the Advanced Triathlon Package – and learns lots from his day as a lab rat…
Blog: training with Chris McCormack and Team MaccaX
220 finds the pace soon cranks up at a Macca-led training camp in Newport Pagnell, days before the Jenson Button Trust Triathlon
Blog: feeling the heat at the Jenson Button Trust Triathlon
Age-grouper Sam Anderson reports from last weekend’s race after winning a 220 competition for a free place – and making it through heat one into the final race
Blog: going from Ironman to IronDAD
Age-grouper Max Curle recounts racing in the Ironman European Champs in his wife’s hometown of Frankfurt – just a few days after the birth of his son Jona
Blog: which is tougher – racing an Olympic tri or marshalling one?
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a race marshal? We take a look…
Blog: What it takes to get on the Team GB start line
Age-grouper Ollie Hart takes an honest look at what it took to get on the start line for Team GB at the ETU European Champs in Kitzbühel, Austria
Harry Wiltshire describes crashing on the bike descent at Ironman Nice
British long-course athlete says his hopes for Kona qualification took a blow at Ironman Nice last weekend after he hit an unexpected speed bump on the bike leg and crashed, hard
The Weekend Warrior on… training camp etiquette
Fresh from a week in sunny Majorca, Martyn Brunt shares his rules of conduct for a bike training camp
Age-group blog: Windsor Triathlon 2014 race report
After months of preparation for one more shot at Windsor, our blogger David “Big Fella” Pawsey recounts his troubled race
Age-group blog: the quest for Rio 2016 continues…
Phil Renna continues his ambitious (if optimistic) attempt to turn himself from novice triathlete to GB Olympian in time for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Age-group blog: shedding the kilos for Windsor Tri
David Pawsey decides to get faster by losing some weight ahead of his big race this season, and asks Ironman Wales champ Scott Neyedli for some nutrition tips
The Weekend Warrior on… ‘earworms’
Martyn Brunt considers the motivational benefits of a good tune and, on the flip side, the curse of a bad one…
Blog: swimming with dolphins (and sharks) across the Cook Strait
Swim coach Adam Walker describes being joined by a pod of dolphins while swimming off the coast of New Zealand – before realising a shark was also shadowing him…
