It's all kicking off!!

I’m sat in a campanile on the outskirts of Beauvais waiting to race in 5 hours time. Kahfelt, Gomez, Brownlee, Belaubre and pretty much the world top 25 are on the start line. Seen the course it’s going to be fast!

Currently Julie, and Steve are racing u.k 70.3 and Lorne, Jill Vicky and I think a few others are racing Windsor.

I’m going to try and get the updates from the last few weeks clear so that this weekend results get right at the top of the page.

Ok deep breath….

There had been rumours that my Brother in Law was considering a tri, bike had been brought, a couple of hours had been spent in the gym…. Then trawling the results I found he had gone to Fritton lake and pulled out a 2.10 Olympic Distance debut. Good work Marcus

Last weekend Ian and Di raced Blenhim Di made top 20 in her age group with a 1.43.40 whilst Ian got stuck behind an Ambulance yet still managed a 1.49.22, they are stepping up to ¾ length for their next outing!

Nicola was disappointed with a 6th in the European Junior selection race; she made the front group after the swim which was a massive breakthrough. As Sutto used to say, “With patience grasshopper you will jump high!”

Fran made her half Ironman debut at Weymouth she finished 8th overall female. Again lots of room for improvement, refer to previous quote!
Kate and Emma also played at Weymouth, despite some bike issues kate had a solid race and a good run. Emma won her age group also on ½ debut.

Quick results check on petes lot, as hes sleeping in reparation for this afternoon…

Alex was 2nd at the Weymouth Sprint

Tracey 2nd Cotswold womens only

Jill 9th Blenheim

Joyce 2nd Schull

Bill Hammerton 1st 55-60 category 2.45.15 Rother Valley

Going back a few weeks

Kate went to Austria 70.3, she motored around the bike to start the run 5th in her age group, Kate dropped a few places on the run, but says Austria is a must do race and we are already putting together the plan to run her up the field next year.

Jane and Joyce both raced at Athy, Joyce finished a very impressive 4th after placing 2nd at Valentia the week before, although she was behind her sister which we’re hoping to sort out for the next showdown. Jane, on the Triathlon come back trail after her ultra marathon managed a credible 8th in her age group.

Ryan headed for a European champs with Xterra Italy, despite a cracking black eye in the swim he managed to pull himself back up the field to finish 17th in his age group.

New recruit Sam had a bit of trouble with his wetsuit at Eton Super Sprint but put together a good run to finish 26th. The following weekend he went on to finish 3rd at Gloucester.

Emma got in some long distance training with a ride over to Dorney lake for one of the f3 mid week races, she felt there wasn’t quite enough riding involved so opted for an extra lap on the bike. Just to help her counting I sent her back the following week and she managed a 2nd place open female finish. I reckon this must have made her first Junior, but no age categories on the results, so she had better be first junior at Weymouth this weekend.

Piers proved he can go short as well as long with a 3rd place overall at the Eton ¾ Olympic 3rd.


Jill was our star representative at the National Elite Champs in Strathclyde finishing 6th in her first real season as an elite athlete and will now be focusing on dominating at Windsor. Vicky also took to the start line in Strathclyde.

David Egan opened his season at Valentia with a very solid race, finishing 50th overall whilst Alex Hopson finished in 2.08 at a very competitive Little Beaver. Abey Lawrence also put together a very good performance at the Little Beaver finishing 6th. Nikki came 3rd in the 20-24 age group which booked her ticket to the gold coast for World Champs later in the year.

Still with us…. I know lots of results but we are trying to dominate the world here…
News from Julie….

Daz is European Xterra champ after winning her age group at Xterra Italy. This also booked her place for maui....assuming she is accepting.

At the Eton Super Sprint, Kyle Kearey won the 20-24 age group and Emma Ruth Smith won the overall female race. She is also winning the National Point Series (NPS) MTB series after winning the 3rd race by over 8mins. The following day she went on and placed 5th in the UK National Marathon MTB champs which is an awesome result as she showed she can really mix it up with some of the best Pro MTB'ers in the UK. Travis has been deployed to Rome and so racing has gone on hold until he gets settled.

Rachel Bown had a disappointing finish at the London Marathon. She unfortunately picked up a virus before the race and ran well under par. This was highlighted even more when she recently "jogged" round the Edinburgh marathon after minimal training and ran quite a bit faster. Tough luck, but hopefully will set her self up for a great triathlon season to follow.

Paul Ryman came 3rd in his age group at the New Forest Olympic distance, and is getting ready to rest up for next weeks UK 70.3 That’s your lot, another update tomorrow when we have nailed