Ful-on Tri Blog
Race Results W/E 7 October 2018
It was yet another busy weekend of racing, with a few late season triathlons, some adventure multi-sport swim-runs, and a lot of just plain runs! First up on Saturday was Shaun at Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote. Having had a pretty tough race at Weymouth in September, Shaun was out to test himself in less grim environs. […]
Race Results w/e 30 September
The membership year came to a close with a handful of September-end racing, and clearly the off-season is looming large. Congratulations to Richard Huntrods for completing the Hurly Burly swim, a 10k swim in Snowdonia. This is Richard’s second 10k swim in two weeks, the first of which was relocated to Shepperton due to other […]
Race Results W/E 23 September
When you sign up for a race in late September in England, sometimes you get a beautiful clear sky with a crisp early-autumn chill. Other times, you get deluge. Unfortunately for many racing this weekend, it was deluge. But first, I forgot to mention last week we had Paolo Santamaria and Chris Brown out at […]
How not to “train” for an Ironman
By Ian Baker As some of you know, I originally entered Ironman Austria, but after a serious lack of training I pulled out and deferred my place to Wales. The thinking behind this was that it was a late season race, and I wouldn’t have to travel abroad. I was very aware that it was […]
Race results w/e 16 September
While the main competition of the weekend took place on the dance floor on Saturday night between social secretary Jackie “Twerk-off” Curley, Nick “It’s my birthday I can dance if I want to” DB, Jose “Can I take my top off yet?” Lopez, and Heather “I walked a half marathon on this stress fracture, watch […]
The 10 things I wish I knew before my first Ironman
by Brannigan Barrett September 9th 2018, Ironman Wales. My motivation was simple: put my mind and body through the ultimate test. I faced up to the Welsh Dragon and during the six month journey I discovered ten of the most valuable lessons en route to becoming an Ironman. I share these lessons not only as […]
Race Results w/e 9 September
It was such an incredible weekend of sporting achievements that it’s taken me until now to collect myself enough to write it up…or something like that…anyway, the results from last weekend were, as ever, inspiring. Obviously, the highlight of the weekend was the mixed relays at Eton Dorney on Saturday morning. 30 members of the […]
Race Results w/e 2 September
Welcome to September! The air is growing crisper, the thought of cross country is entering our heads (or should be…), and our rides are turning into cake trips: you know it’s nearly the off-season. But this is Ful-on Tri, and of course there are many racing right up to the end, including a number of […]
Race Results W/E 26th August
For some people, the August bank holiday is a chance to unwind and soak up the last rays of summer with friends, barbecues and beers. For Ful-on Tri, the August bank holiday is more about seeing how much swimming, biking and running one can fit into 72 hours. The answer seems to be a lot. […]
Race Results W/E 19 August
A big weekend of racing this weekend. Starting us off at the long end of the game were Jonny Williams, Julian Beazley and Phil Johnson out at Ironman Copenhagen. Jonny had an outstanding race, finishing in 9:31. While this is impressive for anyone, it’s particularly impressive for someone who had knee surgery in January, tore […]
Race Results W/E 12 Aug
It was another exciting weekend of racing, with FoTers toeing the line at some high profile races and bringing home impressive results. This weekend brought the ETU Sprint Championships in Glasgow. Well done to Amy Ellerker, Nathan Sweeney, and Kerstin Mogull who all raced. Particular shout out to Kerstin who took the silver medal for […]
Race Results w/e 29 July and 5th August
Due to my delinquency and last minuteness (note to self, packing a bike and clothes for a week and a half at 10pm when you have a 9 am flight is not necessarily the way forward, but as one friend says, if you pack early, you pack twice. Also, the pedals came off easily – […]