Massive congratulations to my husband and athlete Simon Smith for completing Ironman Leeds at the weekend. The 2.4 mile lake swim was followed by a brutal 112 mile bike with 8000ft of climbing and then a 4 lap undulating 26.2 mile run in the grounds of Roundhay Park. The race provided us with highs and …
Yesterday, myself and 2 of my athletes Jim and Steve took part in the middle distance triathlon at Holkham Hall. What a fabulous location and very successful day! We completed a 1.2 mile lake swim, a 56 mile undulating bike route through the beautiful Sandringham village and surrounding areas and then finished with a 3 …
Massive Congratulations to my athlete Ben Brown for completing his 1st ever Ironman in Lanzarote at the weekend. Ben joined TriActive almost a year ago and has trained diligently throughout. He has committed to the plan and worked so hard, it was amazing to follow his journey through what is arguably one of the toughest …
Myself and my athlete Steve Dickens travelled to Bedford at the weekend to take part in the ATW 10k and Half Marathon running events. We were lucky enough to enjoy perfect running weather and a fun course that navigated running next to the canal and through woodlands and parks on tarmac and compacted trail surfaces. …
www.triathlontrainer.co.uk Just wanted to share a success story of my own! Last weekend I completed Ironman 70.3 Weymouth, with beautiful weather (a touch chilly for me personally!) and stunning scenery I completed the 1.2 mile sea swim, 56 mile hilly bike and promenade 13.2 mile run in a total time of 5hr 35min. My goal …
Triactive Coaching sends Steve Dickens a massive Good Luck competing in the World Standard Distance Duathlon Championships this weekend in Australia. Representing GBR in the 10k run, 40k bike, 5k run format we will be cheering Steve on in his age group. Race report to follow….
www.triathlontrainer.co.uk Just wanted to share some fantastic news about one of my athletes – Simon is a full distance triathlete and has had his fair share of injuries on his journey to his most recent race at the weekend – Ironbourne Full Distance Triathlon. To say run training has been limited would be an overstatement; …
In my last blog I talked about the importance of nutrition and fuelling in general life when training for triathlon. Today I will go into a little more detail about nutrition and fuelling for each individual sport – Swimming – As many athletes tend to swim early before work, it’s quite common for triathletes to …
I normally like to post news of my athletes successes and performances here but this week it is time to share a little of my own achievements. I travelled to Coimbra in Portugal last week to take part in the European Middle Distance Aquabike Championships which involved a 1900m river swim and a 56 mile …
Kerry Brennand kickstarted her cycling time trial season with 2 back to back weekend wins in the female road bike categories. Racing on 1st June in King’s Lynn in very cold, wet and windy conditions Kerry completed the course in 26:29 finishing 4th female overall and 1st female on a road bike. Fast forward one …
