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Hi everyone,

I have just written a new blog post for the Your Competitive Edge team.  Check it out and share it around if you liked it.  The blog talks about my training, 2013 race plans, and the exciting YCE training camp.

Read it at www.your-competitive-edge.com/blog/

Harry

Stanford shines at Trafford 10k

 Non cracking out moves from her favourite song 'tragedy' by steps as she crosses the line at Trafford.

Driven to Tri coach Non Stanford ran a new 10 km P.B. of 32:40 last weekend at the Trafford 10 k to go top of the UK athletics leader board for women this year. After a consistent winter training in Yorkshire and a couple of warm weather camps in Lanzarote, Non has started to see the benefits of her hard work.  As a Driven to Tri coach, Non uses the same principles and techniques with her athletes as she does to get the best results out of her self.  At Driven to Tri we won’t kid you (or ourselves) with fancy gimmicks, we use simple proven training methods to get the best out of our athletes.  We have done it, so we know exactly what it takes to win that race, beat that near rival, or set that new P.B.  All it takes is hard work, the right training environment, and the right coaching team.

 

If you want to know more about being coached by our Welsh Wonder, feel free to get in touch for an informal chat. 

Over and out. 

YCE 2013 camps

Hi guys,

More exciting news - I will be helping to lead the 2013 Your Competitive Edge training camp in the French Alps this year.  For an all inclusive fee of EUR 1250, you will have a chance to train along side like minded athletes in one of the worlds best training destinations.

Check out htpp://www.your-competitive-edge.com for more details!

Adios,

Harry

Check out this months 220 triathlon magazine!  There is a special feature on Driven to Tri's Harry, including a shot of his ugly mug on the front cover.  Enjoy.

Harry signs for YCE!

Hi All,

Great news - Driven to Tri's Harry has signed for an exciting new race team for the 2013 season.  Your Competitive Edge (YCE) has an elite funded team, which Harry will be part of, and also a 'challenger' team.  The challenger team is open to all, and the top performers in the team will be given entry into the YCE elite team.  Harry will be writing for the YCE blog (see http://www.your-competitive-edge.com/blog/), where he will be attempting to write, spell and think all for himself.  Give it a read, if you wish!

Hope you are all enjoying the snow and generally terrible weather.

H

Non's world champ!

2012 Season- Better late than never.

Hi all!


As you might be able to tell, the old social media hasn’t been our strong point to date – but, as we’ve said, all that is about to change – we promise! We said we’d keep you updated on the highs and lows of being an elite athlete, along with coaching stuff too but, partly because we were doing all that stuff, you can see that didn't exactly happen. 

Things will be different now – so keep in touch with what’s going on. 


To kick off with - what’s new since that last post?  I mean that post was in February, so there is a bit to tell! Here goes!

Firstly, all you athletes have been kicking butt! So, in no particular order (as they say!), let’s hear about some of the achievements……




Katie Cooke

-  Irish Middle Distance Champion

-  14th Overall Ironman Austria

Well done, Katie!


Leon Taylor (Olympic Diver and driventotri athlete)

-P.B. of 20 minutes at the London Triathlon

Fantastic effort, Leon – all heading in the right direction – quicker!


Joyce Wolfe

- Irish Ironman record holder.

- Gave birth to a bouncing baby at the end of May. Baby Cara was taken for her first swim two weeks later, both are now back in full training.

Wow! Women! How brilliant, Joyce! Hope you’re getting some sleep too, though!


Hannah Drewett

- Made her senior elite debut at Banyoles World Cup where she made front pack on the bike.

-  Led Olympic domestique, Lucy Hall out the water at Dunkirk French Grand Prix.

That’s so impressive, Hannah! Well done!

Sarah Davis

With the help of her training, lost 1.5st and looked fantastic in her wedding dress. 

Congratulations, Sarah!

Onto the coaches front. What they have been up to? Well ……

Harry just missed out on getting the third place in the Olympic team but, not to be deterred, quickly turned his attention to Ironman racing. Not that he was prepared enough for such a change in distance though, and although he managed to win the Outlaw, I think his run wasn’t what he would consider his best! Some would say not bad in the circumstances though – and a win’s a win! With this success though he thought that the same success might follow at Ironman Wales. Sadly, this wasn't the case and he realized that maybe some more appropriate preparation wouldn't go a miss! He’s on the case!

Non has had a fantastic season since moving to Leeds. A senior World Title in The Mixed Team Championships must be the highlight – racing in difficult weather conditions that saw a few others hitting the deck in places!  This came a day after coming a most credible 6th in the main race! Fantastic achievements! The girl doesn’t like rest though so, currently she is preparing for the World U23 champs in Auckland. Go for it, Non!

That's about it for now - unless you know differently - but we'll let you know what happens 'down under' as soon as we get the details, and anything else we think you'd be interested in hearing.


Wherever you are, whatever your goal – we’ll help and support you! Keep in touch and keep up all the good work!


So - Keep tri-ing! 

Driventotri