Following a week of broken training and recovery I was feeling apprehensive about this race. But figured that it would be good training. With fierce local competition I was looking forward to putting a good performance in, however aches, pains and the fact I was on my road bike meant I could forget about the race and concentrate on putting a solid performance in. Thanks Ribble Cycles for an awesome deal on a replacement fork on my bike! As usual my local bike shop – Wearebikehaus.co.uk (as famed on the Cup of Tri Podcast) have been amazing, great service and advice on getting my steed back up ..read more

This is a great guest blog from coached athlete Jason Holmes. Rob has been coaching Jason for about a year. This story is a great example of an athlete overcoming pain,  injury and self doubt, ignoring the voice in his head that's saying "stop." Nice work, Jason. I decided this year to enter two 70.3's with a view of completing a full IM in 2017.  Chose Barcelona (like to do an overseas one) and Dublin which is close.  Both because they were flattish (or at least I thought!).  I made the mistake which seems quite common of looking at the fu ..read more

This is a guest blog by coached athlete Matt Wackett, who's progressing rapidly under the watchful eye of coach Hamish Shaw. Questioning your sanity doesn’t occur the moment you enter your card details and click ‘Enter’. It happens when your hands are blue, glasses steamed up & you’re trying to mount a sopping wet bike in the pouring rain, with brown crap streaming out of your nose. That’s me, at approximately 10:38am this morning, Snowdonia…   Like all good things in life you get up early; Christmas Day (presents), holiday (early fligh ..read more

Guest blog post by multiple UK time trial champion Matt Bottrill, who's moved to racing triathlon this year, and is stepping up to racing 70.3 with his first big race being the Outlaw Half this coming weekend. It's a great read and if you're a beginner (or not!), brilliant to see how even a multiple British champion gets as nervous as the rest of us!     Well it's been a while since I wrote my last blog so I'd thought I'd give you an up to date report. At the end of last year I decided to make the switch to triathlon after reaching the poin ..read more