Race Tips: Hever Castle Triathlon

This weekend sees the UK’s second biggest triathlon taking place at Kent’s Hever Castle. More than 7,000 swim/bike/run fanatics will take over the 13th century castle for two days of racing in stunning surroundings and with a fantastic festival atmosphere. Advertisement With so many athletes racing this weekend, we’ve asked for some race tips from …

Race report – Wiggle London Duathlon

More than 3,000 people have taken part in the Wiggle London Duathlon, the world’s largest run, bike, run event. Duathletes, runners, cyclists, fund raisers and elite athletes tackled the duathlon in the stunning surroundings of Richmond Park. Advertisement The race began at 8:45am, and duathletes of all abilities took to the closed roads of the park to tackle …

Austria – the new overseas training camp destination

If you think of overseas training, chances are islands such as Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Mallorca spring to mind. And understandably so, with the Canary and Balearic Islands offering guaranteed warm weather throughout the British winter months, and affordable flights from across the UK.  Advertisement But when the mercury rises around April time, it actually becomes …

GB’s Jacqui Slack takes fourth at ITU Cross Tri World Champs

Following an impressive ride on the 31km MTB leg, Great Britain’s Jacqueline Slack took fourth place at the 2015 ITU Cross Tri World Champs in Sardinia, Italy, on Saturday. Missing out on the podium by 2mins, the result was still two places higher than in 2014. Advertisement Taking to Twitter after the race, the Xterra …

Race report – Brownlee Triathlon

On Saturday 26th September, over 6000 people descended on the Harewood Estate in Leeds for the annual Brownlee Tri. Advertisement The 2015 event was Olympian’s Alistair and Jonny Brownlee’s largest triathlon to date, with over 1600 registered participants. Participants got the chance to race around the brother’s stomping ground near where they grew up, in …