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Wales the land of Rugby, Mount Snowdon, Leeks, the seaside Town of Tenby and the location of Ironman Wales. Now in its 9 th year, it is recognised as one of the more challenging Ironman races on the circuit, with 2295m of elevation on the bike and 429m...
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September 20, 2019 admin
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I’ve just been reading other people’s race reports online of the Double Brutal (double ironman) – the 2nd lady (there were only 2) finished in around 46 hrs… Puts my effort into perspective! The one thing about doing a Half if you’ve already done a Full is that...
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September 22, 2018 admin
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This was my 3rd RatRace event, having participated in Edinburgh Ultra and Man vs Lakes previously. I left a little later than intended and had a long old 8 hour motoway drive up to Llanberris in Snowdonia, making it to the race registration around 19:30. I had an...
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September 22, 2018 admin
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IM 70.3 Zell am See “race report” – written in advance for 3 reasons: 1. The weather is due to be horrendous on Sunday & I don’t want my report influenced by being written by a miserable, shivering, soaking wreck-of-a-bloke; 2. Writing it in advance means it can...
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September 22, 2018 admin
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I thought I’d let Jonty write this then I realised his race as a NINE times ironman was a very different one to mine. A year ago I entered this ironman so there was a very long build up. Jonty said he would do it as well because...
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September 22, 2018 admin
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If you’re expecting family and friends to support you for 12 hours plus on an ironman, you need to give some thought to the location. My wonderful support team (husband Jules; step-daughter and her school friend; and Nicky from CWTC) didn’t take much persuading to come out to...
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September 22, 2018 admin
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Apologies to those of you who follow me on twitter who will be fed up of hearing about this event. However, as a club we do try to send in race reports so that other club members can decide if these races/events are for them or not in...
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September 22, 2018 admin
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Last weekend I headed to the Scilly Isles for the ÖtillÖ Isles of Scilly sprint race. I know a couple of people are interested in swimrun races, so here are my thoughts, along with a bunch of things I picked up watching and talking to people who actually...
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September 22, 2018 admin
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http://ratrace.com/ute/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw5fzn0eiUY 34 miles & 3,000ft ascent This was my final big event for the year, the aim being “4 for 40” to mark turning 40 this year, and also to spread this years events throughout the year to try to hit and maintain a good level...
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October 30, 2017 admin
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https://www.113events.com/cotswold-classic/entry/ Report by Martin Hill CWTC members competing: Anne Sydenham, Nicky Hill, Martin Hill Believe it or not, this was the first half of 40th Birthday celebrations for Nicky! We actually managed to convince various members of our family and friends to take part as well,...
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September 26, 2017 admin
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