This section is adapted from the book, Triathlon Training in Four Hours a Week: From Beginner to Finish Line in Just Six Weeks, by Eric Harr1. Choose your starting position wisely. If the triathlon you've entered has a mass start (meaning all
This weekend brings more than 13,000 triathletes on a quest to swim, cycle and run around some of the capital's most iconic landmarks. The London Triathlon, an IMG Challenger World Event, returns for its 15th year and it continues to hold its status
Distance: 1.5K/ 42K/ 10KWhen: June 12Where: Knockburn Loch, AberdeenshireFirst man: Andrew Brierley 2:11:07First woman: Rachel Boyd 2:23:45Last finisher: 3:42:14No of finishers: 107As triathlon increases in popularity, event organisers need to find
.org.uk/londontriathlon Children’s Hospices UK have individual and team places in the 2011 London Triathlon and would love to welcome you to our team! We will provide you with a Children’s Hospices UK running vest and support you with fundraising advice to help you reach your goal
of the Forestman route, considered to be one of the hardest triathlon runs in the UK; participants needed plenty of reserve power in their legs as they headed for home. It was here that Enfys Jones pulled ahead, having caught up with Jenny Brown on the bike leg
. Compare some of the times at the Corus Disabled Triathlon Championships for 2008 and 2009, held over the usual sprint distance of 750m swim, 20K bike and 5K run: Tom Perkins (Tri 5 - see overleaf for the full British Triathlon classification system
, with the main challenge coming from a headwind rather than hills. The run was reminiscent of a school event - three laps around the sports fields. First-timers agreed that the event was a perfect first triathlon experience - not intimidating or too challenging
Ironman 70.3WHEN June WHERE Wimbleball, SomersetDISTANCE Half-Ironman (1.9K/90K/21.1K)SWIM Lake BIKE Road RUN Road/grasswww.ironman.com/events/ironman70.3Don't be confused by the suffix: in 2006, the World Triathlon Corporation declared all
"There is nothing like pink toilet paper or a floating plaster to come at you from the deep to make you swim faster!" says Duncan Hough, vice chair of the Birmingham Running and Triathlon Club (www.bratclub.co.uk). But your first open-water swim
