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

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

Outdoor Pool

The Finish

Cycling

Be warned, some self-congratulation is unavoidable here today!  Right, that's my stall set out, now I can get on with telling you about the race.  This swim run was the last in the winter season run by fun2tri, so I'd decided to give the longer distance a go as a good pre-season race.  When I applied for the race I was hoping for a positive result from it to send me towards my first tri of the year in a good frame of mind.  Bearing in mind the fact that my training has been going pretty well, I was hoping that I might realise this when it came to race day.  On the o

Today saw me take the start line at my second swim run outing of the year (the fifth in fun2tri's series).  I continued my habit of finishing it in a very similar time to my previous ones, but managed to be slightly slower overall.  Argh!  However, I shall tell you my tale and stress from the outset that I enjoyed taking part and at the end of that day that's the most important point anyway.

This was the fourth in the series of swim run races, but my first foray into it this time around.  I did take part in a couple last winter.  I also have another couple lined up for this year in the coming months.  My main concern in the run up to this race was the weather, it has been absolutely foul.  Rain, rain and more rain.  Oh, and quite a lot of wind too.  Earlier on in the week the forecast for Nantwich was dreadful, so there was rather a lot of finger crossing going on.  Driving over the tops to get there the weather was atrocious, standing wa

Swim Run at Nantwich

Mummy's Fan Club

Mummy's Fan Club

I've now competed in the Cheshire Triathlon three times, like all Fun2Tri events it's popular and well organised. However, there's always something that you miss or that's not mentioned in the official documentation so I hope this will help anyone who's not competed here before.  The Cheshire Triathlon is run in Nantwich and it's an unusual race because there are two seperate transition areas, one near the pool and the other in Barony Park.

Well, it's been three weeks since I tackled Stratford, and I was full of good intentions about how much better prepared I was going to be for this race. Best laid plans and all that. The first week after Stratford went pretty well, then it was downhill from there on in. I've done very little, again due to a variety of people being ill - luck doesn't appear to be going my way here. So, once again I lined up for the race determined to enjoy it and not to worry too much about what the times ended up being. At least I was pretty sure I could do that.

Running

In the pool

Finish

Well, this was my second attempt at this race. I enjoyed it more than I did the first time, I was feeling rather better, no doubt that helped.

This race was organised by the people behind many of the triathlons that I've done and enjoyed over the past couple of years. It comes under the 'fun2tri' umbrella. So, when I saw they were running this race series over the winter, I jumped at the chance to encourage myself to do some off-season training. I do train over the winter anyway, but it's always a different matter if you have something to aim for.