This is the first of my daily blog posts whilst out in Mallorca for the Ironman 70.3 Mallorca race. Today was a bit of a messy day with travelling, getting all of the admin stuff done and settling into the hotel. Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA – DAY 1: TRAVEL & REGISTRATION
Here we go for another thrilling installment of the triathlon training diaries. Maybe not so thrilling but it is another installment at least. I finished IRONMAN – SEASON 2 PART 4 off with an Easy week following on from my biggest week of training to date. The natural partner is Easy, Medium and Hard weeks, however, as I am running the Manchester Marathon on the … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 2 PART 5
This is the third installment of the Hopes & Dreams series and seems to be getting a regular thing now, certainly before the bigger races anyway. In my previous posts, my hopes for TOKYO MARATHON were massively underestimated and for the MANCHESTER MARATHON, I completely changed my mind and didn’t run at all. So it’s fair to say when I set a goal, hope or dream its pretty much … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
After July’s GoTri this was my first attempt at a Sprint distance triathlon and forms part of my continuing training towards a full Ironman in Bolton next July. Continue reading LAST OF THE SUMMER TRI 2017 RACE RECAP
Having signed up for Ironman UK it is time to get some open water swimming experience. I have had 4 weeks of pool swimming which has seen my confidence and speed grow, now its time to take it outside! Continue reading OPEN WATER SWIMMING: LIKE A DUCK TO WATER?
After 17 weeks of training, these are my final two weeks of “proper” training before entering taper for weeks 20 & 21 then marathon time… it is getting close! Continue reading BERLIN MARATHON TRAINING – WEEK 18 – 19
After missing 3 weeks of training due in injury, it is time to get back at it and get marathon ready for Berlin, just 4 weeks to go until the big day, just how ready am I going to be for this after missing 3 weeks? Also stepping up my swim training now with the 2 mile Swim Serpentine event less than 3 weeks away now!!! Continue reading BERLIN MARATHON TRAINING – WEEK 15 – 17
The Cheshire Runner. 