Kate Wins in Hyde Park

I'm still waiting for the results, but Kate got her first win today in the Hyde Park Sprint Tri.... Come on Pete and Julie. Pull your socks up, your getting left behind!!

Driven To Tri Do Duathlon (in the April snow)

Last weekend saw Kate take 3rd Women at the Hungerford Duathlon (triathlon cancelled due to snow) whilst down the road at Swindon Barry managed to pull off 8th in his age group and 38th overall in the national series Duathlon. Barry had a cumulative run improvment of over 3 minutes from last years race despite being hit by a car and breaking his thumb whilst warming up teh day before hand. Barry went on to finish 9th in his age group and 46th overall at the National Championships in Milton Keynes today. Both Kate and Barry have been working hard on their swimming over the winter, so the competition had better watch out when the triathlons start!!

I had a go at 3km on the track last weekend and running in the snow without Pete for competiton managed to clock up my first track win of the year. There is even talk of a Driven To Tri apperance at the National Elite duathlon next weekend. We have got alot to live up to with the way our athletes are going!!

Lanzarote Training Camp

Hello, Julie here. So it's been a little while since I last wrote an update, but to be honest there wasn't much to report. Most of February and March were spent plugging away at home in bath, and dealing with a few niggles here and there. So to be honest I wasn't having the best of times. I needed to get away, get some sun on my back, and have a few consistent weeks of training to get my confidence back. For me there is nowhere better to do this than in Lanzarote. I have been going to Lanzarote at least once a year for the last 6 years, and I always seem to come away stronger and fitter.

So I booked my flights, persuaded some other eager beavers to join me and off we went to rack up some sunny miles. This included a number of Driven to Tri athletes as well as some of my training buddies (or friends of). I stayed out there for 3 weeks, and with the end of the trip falling over Easter it meant Mike could come and join in on the fun for the last 10 days. There was a great mix of people to train with - some more serious than others, but I think that's what helped make it such a successful trip. I even managed to get some good training done - despite Sam Gardner (fellow Xterra athlete) and Susan's best efforts!

Bring on 2008!