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Forum v Ironman Austria
By Candy Ollier on 12/07/2007 14:14:53
The guts and the glory - read how 40 RW members fared at Ironman Austria 2007
weekend in the Lake District in March, the Bala middle distance triathlon in early June as a warm up race, and the Vitruvian middle distance triathlon in early September as a warm down and end of season party. There are also a few Pirate social events
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RW Pocket Race Guide - March
By Catherine Lee on 21/02/2008 10:38:08
Featuring... Llanelli Waterside Half-Marathon, Cloud Nine Hill 8.75, Fradley 10K, Tough Challenge Marathon, Hastings Half-Marathon, Stowmarket Striders Joe Cox Half-Marathon, Hanham Horror 6
with spectators to cheer you on. National Highlights...Llanelli Waterside Half, March 2 Llanelli Waterside Half-Marathon (Dyfed, March 2) Securing the future of a new race can often be a daunting prospect for event organisers. Not so for Llanelli Triathlon Club
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Ship Mates
By Alison Fraser on 26/07/2006 10:06:28
Ironman Frankfurt was just as tough for its supporters as it was for those taking part reports Alison Fraser
triathlon, supporters (from now on they’re called sherpas) are often a pre-requisite for an enjoyable race experience. You may not know it at the time but giving a yell of encouragement can be the difference in someone giving up or having the motivation
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RW Pocket Race Guide - New Races
By Libby Willis on 03/04/2007 13:17:10
With the number of races on the up in 2007, here's a list of highlights for you to enjoy
Cani-Cross Stonehenge (nationwide dates and venues in 2007) Runners are notoriously dogged individuals, and the Cani-Cross series of races let them demonstrate that literally. Whether your four-legged friend is a dachshund or a doberman, you can
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Forum v IM Florida: Sailing to the Sunshine State
By Fat Buddha on 14/11/2007 13:11:25
Three years after forumite Candy Ollier first regaled us with tales of Ironman Florida, 12 intrepid Pirates made the voyage over the Pond in search of their own rewards
was 4ºC. As it happened, race day was just about perfect - 12ºC at the start, rising to 26ºC during the day, then dropping quickly down as night fell (when most Pirates would be finishing).Ready, Steady, Time To Weigh Anchor!By race morning we were all
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Forum v Ironman Florida
By Candy Ollier on 17/11/2004 14:10:09
... no please, after you... a civilised and rather hot time at Ironman Florida, November 2004
Mike, Bass, Jeff, Adrian, Andrew and Richard MNovember 6 2004 saw the RW Tri forum thread and Serpentine Tri represented in style at Ironman Florida. Here's the report...Everybody was worried before the race. Universally we'd been secretly banking
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Fund Running
By Shane Starling & Oliver Roberts on 09/12/2006 15:13:30
Charity fundraising made easy - 10 simple steps, with real-life examples
this year, making it the most lucrative one-day annual fundraising event in Britain. And with charity runners making up a large part of the fields at an increasing number of events, from the Great North Run to the London Triathlon, or even the Paris and New
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Forum v Ironman Zurich: The Day Of Truth
By Daniel Benson on 21/07/2005 11:02:19
27 RW members - some of whom didn't even own bikes - have just finished eight months of training for Ironman Zurich. Read how they tackled the 16 hour race
at this grueling triathlon distance. Seen as one of the ultimate one-day endurance races, it's a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle and a 26.2-mile run. Yet more than 20 forumites quickly signed up. What's more, only three had taken on an Ironman before. Among two dozen
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The Official RW Forum Treadmill Record Attempt
By Runner's World on 22/04/2008 08:08:01
Twelve Runner's World Forumites, 48 hours and one World Record Challenge...
’t practise for an event like this, and I think we’ve learned how far you can push the human body." Fellow forumite JJ was there to cheer the team on at the start and finish. "They’ve been phenomenal," she said. "I couldn’t run that fast for the bus
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Forum v Ironman Switzerland 2009
By Runner's World on 04/08/2009 11:57:39
Find out how more than 50 globe-trotting Pirates fared when they headed to Zurich for the 13th staging of Switzerland's annual Ironman competition
The Pirate Ship of Fools returned from Ironman Switzerland triumphant, skull and crossbones flying. On July 12, our forum triathlon contingent were lining up on the shores of Lake Zurich for the start of Ironman Switzerland – a small matter of a 2
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