Embed from Getty Images Wow. What an event. 7000-odd people, hundreds of kids competing, lots of different distances . On the way back from the event we were trying to find fault with the day. We failed ! Even the weather was great. Great goody bags, good food, plenty of entertainments – all made possible…
THIS POST IS NOW OLD AND HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY (THIS) INFORMATION FOR 2016/2017 welsh2015/2016 Definitive list British and English qualifiers and champs have mostly been released (9/9/14) along with the Welsh but Scottish to follow. ITU Events announced but not all ETU. Note that ETU 2015 Finals often qualify the previous year (ie this…
Definition of a holiday for the sports obsessives amongst you… Somewhere different you go to train for a week or so. Somewhere different you go which just happens to coincide with an important race that you’ve always wanted (planned) to do. An excuse to demand from your partner equal car space for all…
I’m in the ‘lucky’ position that I can probably qualify for most of my target ETU/ITU races without having to worry too much. At the same time I tend to train a lot and compete a little; so I fairly carefully plan HOW I am going to qualify, just in case. Similarly a few of…
Is it my imagination or is the BTF logo a bit wrong? See below and my comments underneath and let me know what you think. The swimmer seems to have a bent knee – quite bent The cyclist has a far from horizontal back. Tho not too bad. The runner seems to be: sitting down…
What is the easiest qualification route for the ITU AG World Duathlon Championships in Ottawa 2013? Well the answer is easy. Just do the 115% of the winner’s time at any of the qualifiers: • Dambuster Duathlon 9 March 2013 • Clumber Park Duathlon 23 March 2013 • Cambridge Duathlon 14 April 2013 I strongly…
UPDATE: Dec 2012 – ETU and Welsh National Champs Info Well this year the BTF have done an amazing job of organizing and announcing the 2013 events for Duathlon and Triathlon. Timely and comprehensive information covering all the variants of triathlon/duathlon…great job. The info is below – note there is rationalisation and some events are…