2013 Events

the cardiff ultra would be fine in road shoes....unless some incredible amount of rain......its on tarmac for large parts and the trails are mainly firm even in winter

I got a bit excited last year after getting hooked on Triathlon, Ive entered most of these, did the half marathon on Sunday 1.52 to kick things off, bit worried about the 100k cycle the day after the Wolf run.

9   Mar  -  The Shakespeare Raceway Spring Half Marathon

6 Apr    -   Wolf run.   10k cross country

7 Apr    -   The Shakespeare 100 CycloSportive Stratford-upon-Avon

28 Apr  -   Shakespeare Half Marathon

12 May -   Stratford 220 sprint triathlon.  Pool swim 400m, Cycle 23k, Run 5k

26 May -   Coventry Sprint Triathlon.   Swim (pool) 400m, Bike 20km, Run 5km

2 June  -   Wheel Heroes 100's and Super Heroes 150 cycle, Stratford

9 June  -   Two Castles 10k run Warwick to Kenilworth 

23 June- The Avenger, Middle Distance Triathlon, Ragley Hall.

14 July -   Coventry Northbrook 10K

21 July -   Birmingham Olympic triathlon.  

4   Aug -     London Ride 100.    100 mile cycle

8    Sep-   Lichfield 10k

29 Sep -   Warwickshire sprint triathlon. Pool swim 400m, Cycle 23k, Run 5k

16  Nov -  The Shakespeare Raceway Autumn Half Marathon

It seems that I will be bumping into Cheggers a few times, and Fatmo. Looking forward to meeting Schmunks.

April 28 - Shakespeare Stratford marathon

May 26 - marshalling at Gloucester sprint tri. ALL INVITED.

June 16th - Cotswold 113 Half tri

Sept 8th - Challenge Henley Full Ironman distance

Probably lots of tinpot races midweek too.

March 24th - Ironbridge Half Marathon

April 13th/14th - Chichester Big Weekend

May 26th - Gloucester Sprint Tri    Always a great event, bump into you there Blisters?

June 23rd - Forestman (first IM)

Not planning anything after that as Mrs MTH says so... But probably Cotswold Classic (HIM) in August, Langdale Half Marathon in September

So far...

5th May - Southwell sprint tri

20th May - Fareham sprint tri (we're down there anyway and trying to persuade my sister-in-law to join in!)

9th June - Little Beaver tri (first full Olympic tri)

I've entered the following

• Escape from Alcatraz (completed)
• Brighton Marathon
• Bradford on Avon, Stowe, Bristol & Weymouth Olympic Tris
• Wimbleball
• Bristol and Cardiff Half Marathons

Don't intend to enter any more than this, but you never know!

interesting first post

Just added another to my list

BASF bike tour 5 May

Tri-Pfalz Olympic tri 12 May

Sonnenhut sprint tri 26 May

Heilbronn HIM 23 June (added)

Challenge Vichy Half 1 September

Clitheroe Tri(first ever) 14th April - Is anyone else doing this?

DIY HIM, bits of it - 5th May

keswick Mountain Festival Tri the longer distance - 19th May

Outlaw half - 2nd June

Ironman UK - 2nd August

Hard Rock Cafe - 9th August, this will be more challenging that the Triathlons as I am aiming to drink 9 months worth of beer and make up for all the missed BBQ's and Burgers!

So far:

Ashby 20 - 17th March

Wiggle Mercia ride - 7th April

Rutland CiCLE - 20th April

Tour of National Forest  - 5th May

The Beaver half - 8th June

Great East swim 5km - 22nd June

Wales IM - 8th Sept

Shaping up like this at the moment:

17 March -           Fleet Half Marathon

21 April -              London Marathon

5 May -                 Marshman Plus - 3/4 Ironman

8 June   -              Blenheim

16 June -              Ironman 70.3 UK

18 August -         Challenge Copenhagen

15 September - Challenge Henley Half

29 September - Hever Gauntlet - Half Iron

IronCat5 in the Hat wrote (see)

Feb/Mar/Apr: winter duathlons, including Marlow.

May/Jun: Lots of sprints including Grendon, Rother, Bristol, Llandudno

Updated:

Feb: VoTwo Dorney sprint du - done
Mar: Althorp du - done
Mar: Newbury du - DNS as it became a C-race.
Mar: Marlow duathlon
Apr: ETU European duathlon champs
May: Hart sprint tri (maybe)
May: Grendon sprint tri
Jun: Bristol triathlon
Sep: Cardiff HM (maybe)
Sep: Reading sprint tri (maybe)

This is no good, I've been looking through these lists with interest, now mine has expanded, I have my first IM planned for 2015, now I'm thinking next year ?

Must spend less time entering events and more time training for them.

May 19th - IM Lanza (complete not compete)
June - 3 * sportives as motivation
July 7th - Outlaw Triathlon.  (kill the bike, survive the run)
July 19th ish  London to Paris - bike 300 miles in 3 days.
Aug 24th -  Newcastle to London bike 300 miles in 24 hours.