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 …
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 …
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 …
Congratulations to my athlete Stacey who has just received a running award for the Suffolk Cross Country League. Stacey took part in 6 Cross country races over the Winter in various Suffolk locations, they all involved lots of mud, hills, rain, and wind and were all aprox 5 miles in distance. Stacey placed highly in …
Huge kudos to my husband and athlete Simon Smith who completed the insanely hilly Valentines Day Zig Zag Marathon at the weekend. The course in Barrow near Bury St Edmunds was certainly his toughest to date with a total elevation of 2345ft of climbing over 26.2 miles. Under chilly blue skies Simon completed the course …
Just a quick post about myself today rather than the athletes that I coach. Just got back from the World 70.3 Ironman Championships in Marbella, Spain. The hardest triathlon I have done in terms of a choppy sea swim 1.2 miles, hilliest bike course 56 miles and warmest run 13.1 miles but most definitely the …
My athlete Stacey Mockford smashed the East Coast 10k in Gt Yarmouth at the weekend. The fast and flat course proved perfect for yet another PB for Stacey (41:22) and also to take the age group win! Congratulations
Shout out to my husband and athlete Simon Smith who completed the Beat Box Hill Ultra Trail Marathon at the weekend. The 50k run course (31 miles) took on Surrey’s biggest climbs off road and totalled a massive 4500ft of climbing – Simon completed the course in 5hrs and 1min to take 1st place in …
Well what can I say, Ironman Wales delivered it all – from cold, choppy water and jelly fish to torrential rain the day before, cold winds but also beautiful sunshine, hills on both bike and run…what a fantastic race! The support from the crowds was insane and my athlete (and husband) Simon Smith totally nailed …
Huge shout out to my athlete Stacey Daniele Mockford who totally smashed her 5k PB at Snetterton last night. Stacey and I have been working together this year and she is going from strength to strength, her successes include recent 5 mile PB’s and age group wins at the Friday 5 series. Last night was …
