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Feeling rather pleased with ourselves after a successful half and full marathon at Eton Dorney at the weekend. Simon smashed the full marathon distance with a massive PB finishing in 3hr 11mins and I managed my fastest half marathon in 6 years finishing in 1hr 42min, beautiful venue, perfect conditions combined with consistent training and

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Team Work!

Just posting a quick race report on the success of our last 2 recent races. On the 16th August Simon raced Ironman Leeds and finished a very successful 10th place in a time of 9hr 58min over the 112 mile super hilly bike course and 26.2 mile marathon run (the swim was cancelled due to

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70.3 Swansea success

Another stellar performance from my athlete Ben Brown who smashed the Swansea 70.3 Ironman triathlon on the 12th July. This course was really very challenging from a 1.2 mile twisty dock swim, onto a very hilly 56 mile (4000ft elevation) bike course including some technical descending and cows to navigate on course! Lastly the 13.1

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Another Triumph!

An incredible weekend from my athlete Jim Mockford. Jim is training for Ironman Wales 2027 and in preparation for this he entered the Tenby LongA Course Weekend event which consists of the full Ironman distance over 3 days. On Friday evening Jim swam 2 loops of the choppy and cool sea in Tenby to total 2.4

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Ironman Lanzarote

Always quick to share the good stuff so thought I had better be honest and share when things don’t quite go to plan! A recent trip to Lanzarote for my husband and athlete to take part in Ironman Lanzarote resulted in a night at hospital after the race. In recent years Simon has been suffering

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Ullswater Swim

Open Water Swimming in Ullswater – Great swim preparation for my 2 lady athletes Al and Julie who completed the Ullswater 1 mile swim event at the weekend. Still pretty chilly and windy in Cumbria they both navigated some choppy waters to complete their longest swim in preparation for their upcoming triathlon ‘The Lakesman’ www.triathlontrainer.co.uk

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New to Triathlon!

Congratulations to my 2 newest athletes, Alexia and Julie Taylor. Alexia joined me in late 2025 and Julie just a couple of months ago with the goal of completing the Lakesman Middle distance triathlon and Aquabike in June. As part of the training journey they choses to compete in the Lancashire Sprint Triathlon at the

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10k Win for Stacey

Triactive athlete Stacey Mockford recently competed in 10k races back to back weekends. The first weekend was a trip to Stowmarket where Stacey succeeded in becoming 1st female overall (and setting a female course record) in a time of 43:46. The following weekend involved the Keith Hall Memorial 10k in Peterborough, this was an all

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