Irontwit
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A blog by John Sutton featuring useful information on triathlon sport.
Irontwit
1d ago
In 3 weeks I will be on the start line of the adidas Manchester Marathon. It’s fair to say that I hadn’t quite understood what I was letting myself in for. It turns out that it is the 2nd biggest marathon in the UK, and the 4th biggest in Europe. I’ll be running it with ..read more
Irontwit
2d ago
I have two daughters. One is a runner. She lives in a city. I would be lying if worrying for her safety didn’t cross my mind from time to time. This is ridiculous. Well done to adidas for highlighting the fact that 92% of women don’t feel safe when they run. Here is the page ..read more
Irontwit
1w ago
I have lived with asthma all my life. I have refused to let it define me. But, every once in a while it likes to make its presence felt, like an irritating work colleague intent on ruining your day. Most of the time, my asthma is predictable and reasonably controlled providing I keep on top ..read more
Irontwit
1M ago
“Made from sustainable materials”. How often have you read that and thought, “Good thing – i’m doing my bit to help the planet?” Suppose we take a dress made from recycled polyester? Recycled polyester is made from plastic bottles, not recycled fabric. At the moment polyester fabric itself cannot be recycled. The best thing that ..read more
Irontwit
1M ago
As part of my 50 runs in 50 days effort from December to January (originally, it was only going to be RED December), I put in quite a lot of runs in my adidas Boston 10s. Many of the runs were on a local cycle path, canal tow path or around flat lanes, so these ..read more
Irontwit
1M ago
Triathletes: we’re either arseholes or hypocrites. Which one are you? For Christmas I received a copy of Damian Hall‘s book, “We Can’t Run Away From This.” Damian is a world standard ultra runner and the book is his response to the Climate Emergency, showing how running, far from being a climate neutral pastime, has an ..read more
Irontwit
1M ago
Tomorrow was supposed to be exciting: I was down to run the Grizedale Trail Marathon, my favourite trail race. Having done the half 4 or 5 times I had finally plucked up the courage to enter the marathon (full disclosure: I entered once before, but failed to back this up with any reasonable training, so ..read more
Irontwit
2M ago
Recycling carbon fibre in the bicycle industry is all about breaking down used or waste carbon fibre materials and finding new ways to use them. Carbon fibre is a super strong, lightweight material that’s used a lot in the production of high-end bikes. It can take the stresses of cycling while still being lightweight and ..read more
Irontwit
2M ago
This blog is now 18 years old. It’s probably the longest running individual triathlete’s blog on the web. When I started it off back in 2005 I never really had much idea where it would take me, and certainly never felt that anyone would take much notice of my stuff. Above all, it was there ..read more
Irontwit
3M ago
2022 is going to be a tough act to follow. I completed a personal record breaking 8 triathlons, set personal bests at half-ironman and ironman distances, and competed in my first relay triathlon. How do you follow that? (2022 season review here). In short, I’m not going to try. 2023 will be quite different for ..read more