My Experience
FOT Firsts – Anna Sayers
The Camino de Santiago is an ancient pilgrimage to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, started in...
London – Edinburgh – London by Bike!
It’s 1am on an unseasonably cold June night, and I’m standing with my bike outside Domino’s in...
A Swedish Classic
You may have noticed Ann racking up the miles on her bike – with some other willing club members! All for one goal – to complete the Swedish Classic. This combines four events held over the year in Sweden.
Deva Triathlon – Race Experience by Alejandro de Miguel Solano
I was never an athlete; however, I was always competitive. I remember signing up for a race after I took it personal when someone said I couldn’t finish a 10k race while writing my final thesis at uni. Of course, I did the race, and sprinted so hard from k 1 that I had to […]
Racing Blog #1: Meet the Fixtures Team
Greetings from quarantine. It’s been great to see so much action and connecting going on over the last month or so – despite my lack of a turbo (or space to put one) stopping me joining in. A few weeks back, we discussed with Ruth and Ed the possibility of producing a few “race […]
Abingdon Crit Race Report, by Heather Mayer
On Saturday, I made a trip up to Abingdon to race in a criterium – a bike race on a relatively short circuit which you ride around multiple times over the course of 40-50 minutes, with the aim of being first across the line at the very end. I’d chosen to do this race somewhat […]
Racing ETU Champs in my second year of Triathlon – Nicky
Being a tri-club member? Apparently it makes you 2 mins per month faster! Lead up: Last year was my first year of tri training, and I relied very much on self-training, and a few sessions with uni and work friends here and there. Surprisingly though, off the back of that I did manage to somehow […]
My first triathlon – Eton Dorney Sprint – Megan Whewell
“Why am I here? What am I doing?!” About 200m into the swim of my first triathlon, those were the only thoughts in my mind. I looked around and realised two things; 1) I’m here because I chose to be, and 2) if I stop now I’ll have to explain to everyone that I […]
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 […]
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 […]
From Broken to Competing in Just 10 Weeks
By Faye Sanders I joined Ful-on Tri in December 2016 and my first race was the Tooting Bec Aquathlon at the end of April 2017. A lovely sunny day but no amount of sun could have warmed us up following a nipple-shrivelling 11 degree swim! Never have I not felt my feet while running before – a […]
The Kona Experience
Written by: Ruth Purbrook. I can’t believe how long it has been since the big race itself, the race I spent 4.5 solid months training for, visualising during all the hard sessions and desperately hoping for a bit of luck to get me through what many people say is the toughest Ironman. I am immensely […]