Racing
Race reports from Karl and team
Jennifer McKenna: How I managed a sub 4 hour marathon (Dublin 2017)
From Jennifer's blog Which marathons have I done and in what time? Paris Marathon 2015 - 4h46 Loch Ness Marathon 2016 - 4h09 Dublin Marathon 2017 - 3h38 What is my relationship with marathon running? When I signed up for my first marathon in October 2014 I had no...
Ironman Barcelona 2017 – Sept 30, Matt Paden’s Race Report: A 100+ min PB
Preamble Ironman Barcelona was to be my 4th IM distance event I had competed in, having already claimed a Finishers T-Shirt at IM Austria in 2014 and the Outlaw Triathlon in Nottingham in 2015 and 2016. My times were however heading in the wrong direction with each...
ITU AG Standard World Championship, Rotterdam – 17th September 2017: Carolyn Dyson’s Race Report
This year was all about the Standard distance. But having developed in the early Spring an acute on chronic Achilles tendinopathy which was failing to resolve, I had done no run training and virtually no running apart from my qualifying races’ 10km. So about a month...
West Highland Way Race 2017, Joe Goldie’s Race Report: Keeping Calm in the Storm
I helped put the kids to bed. It was 8pm. The race was due to start in 5 hours. I was still riddled with doubt. I had run this iconic race the year before yet was sitting with many many doubts tonight. Mostly heart and desire. I knew it would hurt, I'll be honest the...
Ironman 70.3 Edinburgh, Alvaro Martin’s Race Report: Battling Demons
Was not the best race, not even close. Fears, demons and doubts… Morning started early, not cold, not warm… windy as expected. Calmed down. Just as I were going to do a hard training and not a race… Talking with friends and strangers. Feeling alone… Sea showed up its...
Ironman 70.3 Edinburgh, Clare Dow’s Race Report: Was it all a dream?
A couple of years ago when my friend Julie announced she had signed up for Dublin 70.3 I distinctly remember saying I could never do that in a million years. So how did I get here? After failing to get a place in the London marathon I was feeling at a bit of a loose...
Ross on my heels – Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra 2016 Race Report – October 29
My race report of the my 5th running of the Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra Marathon over 38 miles.
Ride Reports: 2 Tours, 2 Weather Warnings
One of the plans I had for this year was to do more cycling and enter some events to that effect. The more cycling was definitely happening as I have now surpassed 5000km for 2016 which is around 2000km more than I had done in 2015. This is to a degree at the expense...
Ian May: Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire
It was just about a year ago that I decided it would be a challenge to do an Ironman 70.3 after I became 70. The obvious one was Stafford 70.3 as it was to be held the weekend after my birthday. The first obstacle was to get an entry, as I was aware that the...