Super Sprints and Sprints | Year | Personal view of the race |
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Woodhall Spa | 2009, 2010, 2011 | Lovely friendly race, my first one ! |
Lincoln | 2010, 2011, 2015 | Same organisers as Woodhall, pretty good, nice HQ. Tough little run |
Southwell | 2010, 2011, 2017 | Bike not so lovely, same organisers as Woodhall and Lincoln, Run on a canal path |
Blenheim | 2011 | Loved this, beutiful chilled out experience |
Speedy belvoir | 2013 | I accidently entered this distance, hard hilly course, lovely grounds |
Olympics | Year | Personal view of the race |
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Bedford | 2010, 2012 | Good |
Windsor | 2011 | Tricky run route |
Milton Keynes | 2012 | I have no idea |
St Neots | 2015, 2017 | Great course, park area run, some grass |
Dambuster | 2015, 2017 | It's close to home so rude not to do it |
ITU Chicago | 2015 | Wonderful experience, bike course in tunnels |
Slateman | 2017 | Coldest swim ever, hard bike up the pass, Loved the run |
Deva | 2017, 2018 | Good solid race, river srong current, bike lovely , tough run |
Ripon | 2017 | Never again , swim ok , bike really boring , like a TT, run ok |
Castle Howard | 2017 | Beautiful |
Grafham Water | 2017 | Great course |
St Neots - grafham water . | 2018 | As above |
Southport | 2018 | Dirty swim , TT bike , twisty run |
ETU Estonia | 2018 | Lovely experience and country. Dirty river, TT bike and functional run |
ITU Gold Coast | 2019 | Amazing opportunity, sea swim with difficult currents, tricky bike and run functional |
Nothumberlad Festival Sport | 2023 | Race went ok - run was tough, managed a podium |
Box End - World Qual | 2023 | First important race, pre race training overdone |
ITU Sunderland | 2023 | Really cold sea swim , very technical bike , hilly run, atmosphere poor |
Duathlons | Year | Personal view of the race |
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Dambuster | Can't remember when | Didn't finish - (DNF) - full of cold and jet lag |
Thetford Mud & Mayhem | 2017 | Fab, good fun , bike more technical than I was able |
Northumberland Duathlon | 2023 | Pulled out due to illness |
Half Ironman Distance | Year | Personal view of the race |
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Vitruvian | 2010, 2011, 2012 | Its local , its tough , but well run and always good at the end of the season |
Belvoir | 2012 | Murky lake, tough course and run |
Avenger | 2013 | tough run is all I can remember |
Stowe | 2015, 2016 | Lovely course, beautiful run |
Steelman | 2016 | Flat and well organised. |
Snowman | 2019 | Amazing, nearly broke me. Swim good, bike hardest ever, run even harder. Up a mountain at the end |
Mallorca | 2022 | Really disappointing , came out of lockdown and just recovered from Covid. |
The Northumbrian | 2023 | Amazing race , not fully ready , run went badly. |
Full Ironman Distance | Year | Personal view of the race |
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Nice | 2012 | Loved all of it |
Zurich | 2013 | Fresh water lake swim , bike ok, run hard lots of unders and overs |
Almere | 2014 | Fresh water swim, Horrible flat 2 lap bike course, run ok |
Mallorca | 2016 | Swim great, Boring first bike bit , up the hill great , boring second bit. Run rubbish |
Swim Runs | Year | Personal view of the race |
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Ferry Meadows 21km | 2019 | Great first experience |
Breca Buttermere 44km | 2019 | Wonderful and amazing. Weather tough on the organisers, a bit chaotic and last minute. |