winter update

Well the winter is definatly here now,Training and racing has been going ok in the early off season had a few top 5 finishes overall at the Henlow 10 where i broke my pb and stevenage half where i got to within 10 secs of my half pb,so early indications are that my form is ok just need to carry that into 2011 .
January sees me competing in a high profile xc races great strength training early on then after that it a matter of building up the bike mileage and starting to nail some good sessions,i will be back with the masters swim team after xmas too,I have really seen the benefits of swimming with these guys 3/4 sessions a week,so my weakest disipline will hopefully be stronger next year.Bring on 2011 and i am really pumped up for this year.

Henlow 10 mile road race

I went over and did the henlow 10 road race and it went very well considering i have only done little running,The race itself went great i finished in 58 mins and a new pb of over 2 mins and 5th overall.

gb race

A few of the race photos of the european champsin spain,The race did not quite go to plan for me,i had a good swim and bike and got myself in the mix coming off the bike and full of confidence as the run is my strongest disipline and i thought i might be able to reel in a few more competitors but on the day it was not meant to be,i finished 14th in my age group,on relection i think i didnt hydrate as good as i could have and i think i paid for that in the warm weather in spain.

The rumours are that the same race has been choosen for the world long course champs in 2012 so i am going to try and qualify and go back and put things right.unfinished business.!!!!!!!!

GB selection

On june 25th i will travel over to spain for the european long course triathlon champs with the GB team i am really excited to be going over there to compete and hopefully i can carry my good form of the early season into this race and come away with a great result

new sponsor Drs.direct

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6n6 aquathon win & bedford tri race

I did the watford 6n6 aquathon race on saturday and i must admit it was a great well organised race.The race consisted of a 500 mts swim and a 6.5km run.I finished in 1st overall and had a solid race.

swim 500mts- 7 mins 7 secs including transition
run 6.5km-21 mins 45 secs

total -29 mins 03 secs

Then on sunday i did the bedford sprint triathlon in some of the worst conditions i have ever raced in really windy and raining heavily.The race consisted of a 400mts swim-24km bike-5km run.my splits are.

swim 400mts 6 mins 24 secs including run to transition
t1-1 min 9 secs
bike 24km-42 mins-not including the run to transition
t2-45 secs
run 5km-17 mins 7secs ( 2nd fastest run)

total-1 hour 8 mins
4th overall and 3rd age group
very good weekend for me feeling stronger and sharper all the time.

london marathon

The london marathon did not really go to plan for me this year considering i felt great going into the race.I went off at the start holding a pace that felf great hitting all of my splits got to the halfway point in 1 hour 19 and this was bang on target time and at this point was feeling great,i got to 14.5 miles it all went wrong my calf pulled i eased off thinking it might be cramp but it just got worse,The last ten miles was agony with people going past me knowing i could do nothing about it.my final time was 2 hours 54 mins so i can get a good for age start again for 2011.

London marathon

Hey everyone , I registered on Thursday and picked up my race numbers , now I am very much looking forward to the race now . It looks like it's going to be a hot one so fluid intake will be very important . I feel like I am in great shape with some big tri races coming up let's hope this big race goes to plan get the season off to a great start . I will blog again after the race

swim training

over the winter i have really been working hard on my swimming and i feel like i am finally getting somewhere with it,i have always been a bit lazy with my swimming just doing enough to get by, but this year i am really pushing myself to get the best out of my swimming,starting to feel really good in the water .It helps that the guy i do most of myt swim training with likes to swim long and this pushes me too stay longer and get them quality sets in.

london marathon training

well first off i did the milton keynes half marthon and i paced the 2 guys in the picture cause they wanted to go sub 1 hour 30 mins,i managed to get the round in 1 hour 28 mins hence the big smiles from them in the picture it was a good day out.

London marathon traning is going great with 4 weeks left on sunday,This week is my biggest week to date 72 miles to cover i must say i feel super strong going into the easier phase of training all i can say is BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!

newtons

I would just like to say a big thank you to my sponsor newtons for sending me my new running trainers ready for the first big race of the year The London Marathon 25th april.

tenerife training camp & 3 counties xc result

hey every well first off i had a race last weekend another installement of the three counties xc race league i finished in 4th overall and raced well considering i cycled to the race too and on the back of a hard training week 120 miles cycling and 60 miles running,feeling really strong just need keep the intensity and volume up which should not be a problem cause i am off to tenerife on sat morning for a weeks hard training in the hills and should come back super strong.

Luton marathon and county champion

In december i did the luton marathon and finished in 9th overall and became bedfordshire county champion i finished the race in 2 hours 54 mins in cold and windy conditions and on a hard course so i was pretty pleased with the result.Here is a picture of the race.

GB team

I have just registered for the GB long course squad to race at the european champs in spain on the 26 june i have submitted my application and results and i hope to hear back soon with a place on the team.should be a good challenge.