Category: Athletes stories

Off road or road triathlons- Colleen de Oliveira

Photo by www.trijuice.com

I was recently asked whether I preferred off road or road triathlons and, honestly, I wouldn’t say that I prefer the one above the other as they both offer different pro’s, con’s and challenges.

Off-road triathlons…



Aberfeldy Scottish Middle Distance Champs- Sandra Colamartino

 

A story from a Dinamic Athlete in Scotland, member of the Newhaven Triathlon Club

A result at Aberfeldy Middle Distance Triathlon – 5 years in the making!

Instead of a regular race report,…



2013 Ottowa ITU World Duathlon Championships- Richard Fritz

Traveling to Canada was an experience. We flew from Cape Town to Johannesburg, Johannesburg to London, London to Canada, Ottawa. With about…



ITU European Cup Istanbul, Turkey- Tayla Glover

7th place at ITU European Cup Istanbul, Turkey

In the beginning of July I was emailed by TSA informing me of a tour they were doing in Europe…



knockburn scottish standard champs 2013-alan bremner

inspired by craig and erin, i decided pretty late to enter knockburn. i discussed it with diana and she very nicely said i could enter it as it is my rest week! out on a ride with the gang on saturday, james told me it was his favourite triathlon and proceeded to give me a…



Trail Running – It’s time to explore – By Scott Tait

 “Trail running is a sport which consists of running and hiking over trails. It differs from road running and track running in that it generally takes place on hiking trails, often in mountainous terrain, where there can be much larger ascends and descends.”

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From Llandudno to London – by Alan Bremner

after sue’s amazing performance qualifying for the world triathlon championships this year in London, it was up to the boys. dave k, rod and i took on the sea swim triathlon in Llandudno, hoping…



Racing in Europe as an Age Grouper – by Tracy Markham

Having previously competed overseas I was confident that I knew the ins and outs of international racing…I was wrong. Racing in Austria taught me a whole lot of new and exciting thing that I hope…