The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves

I wasn't looking forward to this race very much in the few days beforehand, for quite a few different reasons.  I was nervous because it was a race that I hadn't done before and so I didn't know what to expect, I was also nervous because I haven't managed to fit in much open water training this year, I've been for a proper swim at Pugneys only twice - I've been in with April and down there on spotting duty, but neither of those will have helped my swimming.  The other problem was that I'd rather lost the plot in the week, I wasn't too happy at work and I'd been struggling to get o

Near the Finish

A Nice Ride

Allerthorpe Country Park

This event was a race with a bit of a difference as it was a joint effort between the junior and senior members of the tri club.  The idea was mainly to have some fun and to bring everybody together in a social setting.  The race comprised of the short course duathlon, minus the second run and was called the Junior Senior Relay.  The idea was that children would be paired with their adult counterparts, the children would complete a run and then the adults would complete the cycle section.  April and I went intending to race as team Pendery, Daniel and Ryan came along too

This was my fourth running of this race and it proved to me again why it it that I keep going back.  I know I must sound like a fun2tri advert at times, but they really do know what they are doing and it makes all the difference.  This race has the potential to be quite confusing with split transition areas and the need to collect your stuff in it's numbered bag at the end (which I did without any trouble at all), also with the swimming through the pool.  The reality is that it all goes very smoothly because they know exactly what they're doing.  Having said all that, we

The Run

Cycling

Cycling

Today marked an important event in the lives of both of our children, they completed their very first multisport events!  April has been saying that she wanted to do a triathlon since she was five years old, something about being like her mad mummy and Ryan was adamant that he wanted to take part too when he heard about the scootathon.  The children's races were the start of the weekend of racing organised by pacesetter events at the Rother Valley Country Park - The Rother Valley Triathlon Festival.  We all travelled down there nice and early to make sure we had time to get o

Running to the finish

The Run

Waiting to start

This summer series event wasn't one that was actually organised by the tri club.  We were encouraged to take part in the weekly time trial run by the Calder Clarion cycling club.  This involved a 10 mile cycle ride with everybody being set off to complete it at 1 minute intervals.  I'd never done anything like this before and was quite apprehensive about what it would be like.  On the other hand I thought some more race pace riding would do me some good.  It took me a while to find the place on Heath Common, mainly because I don't know the area very well, then sudde

I'm not really sure where to start with this one.  What a brilliant race!  It was great in lots of ways.  I like this race anyway because I've done it a few times before, I know what to expect and it's always really well organised and enjoyable to complete.  I do like to go back to a race and to try and better my previous times.  I was also happy this time because my full cheering committee were with me and it gave me such a boost towards the end of the race tosee the three of them there and hear them shouting encouraging things to me.  The weather was beautifu