12 IronMan in 2012

12 IronMan’s a month for 12 months – DONE!

It’s that quiet time between Christmas and New Year. At this time of year, you often find the TV & newspapers (or news websites – that’s how I get my news these days) reflecting on the last 12 months. In … Continue reading →

London Triathlon – DONE!

It’s taken me a while to get round to writing about it, but here is my (overly long!!) account of our weekend in London where I ran the London Triathlon. I left work a little early on Friday afternoon and … Continue reading →

Time to taper and think of my goal…

It’s the Monday before the Sunday of the race. With only 6 days to go, all the training is done. The next few days are just for tapering down to the race. I’m pretty pleased with how the training has … Continue reading →

12 IronMan in 2012 – half year review

With July upon us already, that means two things. Firstly, the Tour de France has started, and after two stages, TeamSky are doing us proud – Wiggo sat nicely just 7 seconds off the Yellow Jersey and Cav also second … Continue reading →

Clumber Park Sprint Duathlon – update

I found out this morning how my time compared to everyone else. It’s not as important as how I compared to last year – I always think the appeal of triathlon/duathlon is that you race against yourself. But it’s interesting … Continue reading →

Notes on a Challenge

As already mentioned, I will be challenging myself to do 12 IronMan Triathlon’s in 12 months in 2012… ie one a month. And you are welcome to join in. If you would like to, just email me with your Google … Continue reading →

The challenge for 2012….

After much postering and pondering, I have decided on the challenge I will set myself for 2012. As always, the goal is twofold. To raise awareness of this condition that blights my sons life – Type 1 Diabetes, and to … Continue reading →