Here are some thoughts from Colin Thompson who was one of a team of four that took on the Castle Howard mixed relay – Angela moon myself karen wood and chris wallace headed down to compete, non of us knew exactly what was happening, so we registered set up transition and waited for the brief […]
Thoughts of a TriGirl – Ironman UK 2017
We’ll probably have a couple of articles on this one as the reports come in but for now here are the thoughts of Michelle Hartley who was one of four club members taking on this event in 2017 – Ironman UK 2017 I’m not sure how this happened, but three years after I said I’d […]
Hola!! Spanish City Triathlon.
Last weekend also saw Marc and Andrew taking on the sprint distance Spanish City Triathlon at Whitley Bay. Despite a very dodgy forecast the night before the weather held off and conditions were great. Which is quite a way better than the swim conditions the field took on. A very aggressive swell meant for an exceptionally tough outward swim!! […]
From veteran to first time outings – OUTLAW!!
Last weekend saw five club members take on the Outlaw triathlon in Nottingham. The Outlaw is a long course event that is ran by OSB events and is a great event that is well supported and superbly organised – awards year on year to prove it! In action we had Stephen, Colin, Mal, Lisa and Ged. Unfortunately […]
A day out in the lakes for NE31!!
After continual harassing and prodding, Nick and Kenny have finally coughed up some words of wisdom after their experience of the Lakesman awe while ago. This was an even where we had 4 folk from the club taking part, Mr and Mrs Coates-Roberts (Kenny and Nick) as well as Richard Barber and Stewart Anderson. This […]
Graham does the business in the worlds toughest triathlon!!
Here is the eagerly awaited and often requested race report from Graham “X” Stephenson!! Better late than never but race reports aren’t really my thing so it’s taken a bit of doing. One I got going though as you’ll see there was no stopping me. After Mallorca last year someone asked me if […]
The week that was…
As race season starts to heat up we had a number of athletes out and about racing this weekend in both duathlon and triathlon disciplines. First up we had Paul Tyrrell (00:57:17) vying to earn Team GB qualification at Stockton Duathlon sprint distance. In what was a draft legal bike leg Paul was unsure […]
Race season beginning to warm up – as is the weather!!
We are now mid way into March and the first of the local Duathlon events is upon us this weekend. It’s a traditional season opener with some real hit or mess expectations on the weather!! Sun City duathlon brings a good showing form the local clubs and this year is no exception with over 140 […]
Grand day out at the Big Lime in Hartlepool
The Big Lime triathlon in Hartlepool has become the go to ‘last race of the season’ for many in the club over recent years and this one was no different. Pre-race day we had a strong entrant list with no less than 12 folk entered for this fast and flat sprint distance race. Come race morning […]
IM Mallorca for Graham and Andrew
This weekend saw Andrew Barnes take on his first Ironman race with IM Mallorca. Graham Stephenson was also racing in his second long distance event and looking to improve on his last outing as the only Brit in IM Wisconsin in 2014. Both had cracking races and Graham was Mr Consistent during the entire event […]