RACE UPDATES

Well this is what happens when you're hanging around waiting for the gas man. You start booking all kinds of events including an mid-week evening triathlon, another race circuit based duathlon, and two triathlons in one weekend!  The latter includes an off-road one on Saturday and a "normal" one on the Sunday so I can get all my kit mucky ~ yippee!


GREEN = races already completed

RED = New races recently booked (brief description at the end)

1 - SPAM MTB 50k

2 - Brutal 10k

3 - The Grim

4 - Run Rampage

5 - F3 Winter Duathlon

6 - Dorney Lake Duathlon 

7 - Saucony 10k

8 - Rempstone Duathlon

9 - F3 Winter Duathlon

10 - Steyning Stinger Half Marathon

11 - Kamikaze 

12 - Kingswood Duathlon 

13 - Questars Adventure Race - New Forest

14 - The Gauntlet 

15 - Ful-on-Duathlon - Kempton Racecourse 
16 - Bolt Around the Holt Half Marathon 

17 - Maidenhead 10 

18 - Stockley Park 10k 

19 - Three Forts Half Marathon
20 - Mini Marshman 

21 - The Beast in the East 

22 - Eton SuperSprint Triathlon

23 - Strathclyde Triathlon 

24 - Green Belter 

25 - Dunsfold Duathlon 

26 - Blenheim Triathlon 

27 - Windsor Triathlon

28 - Lakeside Triathlon
29 - G3 series 10k
30 - The Bridge Triathlon

2 July Green Belter http://www.ratracegreenbelter.com/

3 July Canterbury Triathlon http://www.velocity-events.co.uk/canterbury-sprint-tri/
9 July The Hurt http://www.allabouttriathlons.co.uk/events_the-hurt.html
10 July - Tri-Challenge http://www.triadventure.co.uk/challenge/
13 July - Hever Castle Evening Triathlon 
http://www.castletriathlonseries.co.uk/The_Series/Hever_Castle_Evening_Sprint_Triathlon_Series/the_race_-_hever_castle_evening_series.htm
17 July - DB Max Summer Duathlon http://www.dbmax.co.uk/store/event_info/14

30 July London Triathlon http://www.thelondontriathlon.co.uk/

6 Aug Hyde Park Triathlon http://london.triathlon.org/ 

13 Aug - Cymmer Afan Off-Road Triathlon http://www.cymerafantriathlon.co.uk/3/route-info/

27 Aug Hard as Snails http://www.allabouttriathlons.co.uk/events_hardassnails-run.html

11 Sept London Duathlon http://london.triathlon.org/

24 Sept XTT http://www.allabouttriathlons.co.uk/events_xt-festival__xtt-triathlon.html

25 Sept - Hever Castle Triathlon
http://www.castletriathlonseries.co.uk/The_Series/Hever_Castle/The_Series.htm

9 Oct Royal Parks Half Marathon http://royalparkshalf.com/
22 Oct The Grim Duathlon http://duathlon.grimchallenge.co.uk/

27 Nov Hellrunner http://www.hellrunner.co.uk/

4 Dec The Grim  http://original.grimchallenge.co.uk/

The Canterbury Triathlon 400m swim in the 33.3m pool, a 20k bike route described as undulating yet scenic' while the 5k run is completely flat and includes a pathway alongside the River Stour.

The Tri-Challenge - described as a true test of endurance, an adventure race over 5 hours incorporating trail running, mountain biking and navigation.  Using your map navigate to as many checkpoints and cover as much distance as you can within the 5 hour limit over a course of approximately 25km trail run and 55km mountain bike. 

The Hever Castle Triathlons (x 2 - one evening and one w/e) - starts with an open water swim in the spectacular 38 acre Hever Castle Lake, transitioning into the cycle which will take place around a 20km circuit through the High Weald of Kent an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with two laps for the Olympic distance. The run circumnavigates the estate and award winning castle grounds before making the dash to the finish beside the lake.

DB Max Duathlon  is based at the famous Castle Combe race circuit. Safe, traffic-free (well you would hope so) duathlon racing at it’s best, with wide, smooth, tarmac roads to cycle on and a flat, predominantly on-road run route.


Cymmer Afan Off-Road Triathlon is unsurprisingly, off road and requires a mountain bike.  I've had a few days mountain biking in this area before a couple of years ago and the Afan Valley was described as one of the steepest valleys in the Welsh valleys so an ideal place for mountain biking.  South Wales is also the place that I had a DNF after an event!  So unfinished business.....