20/07/2010
Broken aero bars!
14/07/2010
6th at Rhode Island!
06/07/2010
Next stop Rhode Island 70.3!
21/06/2010
Pleased with 5th place!
15/06/2010
6th at Windsor!
08/06/2010
10 seconds too slow at Blenheim!
04/06/2010
Charity ride the length of the UK
18/05/2010
Stomach cramps!
11/05/2010
More mistakes at Knoxville!
28/04/2010
Mechanical problems spoil season opener!
12/04/2010
10km kicks starts the season!
09/03/2010
Hi everyone! I have just got back from a tough block of training in Lanzarote with my best friend and training partner Nat Barnard.
25/02/2010
Awesome kit for 2010!
16/02/2010
Apologies for my lack of blogging recently! It's been a whirlwind these past weeks! But finally, I have some time to sit down and let you know what I've been up to!
16/02/2010
It has been a while since my last post but a lot has happened since so hold tight.
20/01/2010
I cannot believe that it is now the middle to end of January! Quite scary how it does pass by ever so quickly.
07/01/2010
Happy New Year! I hope it's going to be a great year for all the Nice2Tri athletes, clients and followers!
08/12/2009
Well this week was a slightly easier week, although I probably felt more tired than the previous 3!!!
19/11/2009
I have arrived safely in Toulon, South of France near Marseille, where i am spending a week with the former manager of my first French Team, Cesson...
19/11/2009
So then, what a year it has been! I have to say I have been pretty lazy on the whole blog writing front since Kona, I have just been too tired and busy to get round to writing anything, well, that is a lie, I have had time but I am just useless like that...
16/11/2009
Welllll....since I last wrote things have been super busy! We had the opening of our Showroom in Hertord which went brilliantly!
05/11/2009
Talking stamina with the former British number one
04/11/2009
You won't believe it but I had swine flu !
14/10/2009
It feels great to be getting back into the swing of things!
12/10/2009
Following Augusta 70.3 I was not really sure what to do having not qualified for the World 70.3 Champs. I was a bit disappointed in Augusta...................
08/10/2009
Finally! I have something positive to write about! I have had 3 sessions with Rob and *touching wood* it appears that he has cured my pain!! It really is amazing.................
02/10/2009
Thank you for your support this weekend for the Augusta Ironman 70.3 race. I had a solid race but ended up being very disappointed because I did not get a slot for the World Championships in November...................
23/09/2009
I was hoping to have a fantastic result to write about, but unfortunately I had another bad triathlon race experience. It has pretty much capped off my first proper season in triathlon and I will move on from it and hopefully be more successful next year!............
22/09/2009
Following 2 weeks of shorter, harder training, it was time to do a bit more mileage last week. I did a couple of longer.....................
07/09/2009
I couldn’t resist it! I had to do another open water race!! And I’m glad I did as I came 3rd in the senior women’s race!! ? The distance was 3.8k and it was swum in the rowing lake at Eton where the Olympic Games rowing competitions will take place in 2012!
03/09/2009
Richard Allen Looks To Relocate Coaching Base.......
01/09/2009
I am happy to report that I won the race, but me being a perfectionist..............
01/09/2009
Having eased myself in to training it was time to test myself at altitude. It’s amazing that training easy I feel very comfortable but as soon as I push hard my heart rate goes through the roof! Feels good though in a strange way.....................
25/08/2009
Having taken a few days to settle in I eased myself into training here in The Blue Ridge Mountains.....................
20/08/2009
Things don’t always go to plan – 19/08/09. Sorry for the slow update about how my race went at the weekend. To be honest I have been absolutely gutted and avoiding thinking about it for a couple of days! However....................
19/08/2009
I have just arrived in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, my new training base to prepare for upcoming races. I will be splitting my time between.............
10/08/2009
It’s six days until one of the biggest races of my season – the London Hyde Park triathlon! This race is on the course that will be used for the London 2012 Olympics, and I am so excited! Training has been going generally well, although last week was quite tough for me. I have been really tired and struggling to recover between sessions. During the actual training I’ve been fine – it’s just afterwards! I just want to sleep all the time! I have put it down to mental stress, as...........
05/08/2009
Well, it's been a tough year so far with me being sick for five weeks at Christmas and then having Glandular Fever during June/July for five weeks! On top of this, I have been trying hard to get back into shape.
03/08/2009
Hi! I’m Vicki and I’m a new member to team Nice2Tri! I am an ex-competitive swimmer turned triathlete and I will be updating the website regularly with the on goings in my triathlon training, racing and experiences. I will also be working in the Nice2Tri store offering advice and helping out in any way I can.
07/05/2009
"Recovery day today couldn’t have come at a better time - 18hrs total training last 4 days. Still in Moab, UT this morning. Had an early start and went to check out the Slick Road bike trail. Unbelievable place, world famous for mountain bikers and trail bikers. Picture a sea of undulating rocks and caves, definitely wouldn’t be amiss in a Star Wars film! We ran 10km."
07/05/2009
6am - time to start snacking ahead of the ride. Big bowl of Museli, Banana bread, big bowl of Oatmeal with Olive oil, 2 giant cups of coffee (rocket fuel) and we’re ready to hit the road for a 165km epic ride over Boulder mountain and back.
05/05/2009
Big ride this morning back up the Canyon towards Colorado then sharp right onto the Lasal loop road. Headed over the Lasal pass via the ‘Big Nasty’ climb then fast downhill back into Moab, all in just over 100kms with 1900m climbing.
05/05/2009
Wow... Training has really picked up a notch last 2 days! Was WAY too tired to write anything yesterday; even now i’m thinking about going straight to bed (it’s only 8pm).
02/05/2009
"Am very tired today, haven’t fully acclimatised to the altitude yet. 3.5km outdoor swim set this morning with Dave Scott’s sister - it was brutal. The lane I was in (not quite the slowest today) meant I was having 5-8s rest between all intervals!!"
01/05/2009
"First real day of training - it was an epic one! Clearly a hardy traveller, no signs of jet-lag so far. I managed to sleep in 'til 7. Amazingly woke up short of breath - Boulder is at 5,500 feet!!"
29/04/2009
Follow Lord Smerin as he heads to Colorado. "At the bequest of young (ahem…) Pickard, I am starting my training blog! I will be training one on one with Gordo!"
19/12/2008
"I am now back in the UK after a long spell of training in Florida. It’s a bit of a shock getting used to the cold, but good to be back in my home again. Following the Bermuda race, I got a good 3 weeks of solid training done. Because the weather was really great in Florida, the aim was to get lots of bike mileage in and back off the swimming a little. I had already been swimming very well prior to the trip, so was not too concerned there. What I was concerned about was the long, cold British winter ahead of me, and I knew that getting out on the bike would be difficult. The more I got on top of the cycling in Florida, the less I would worry when back in the UK. So it was fairly short swims and long bike rides on the menu."
19/12/2008
"At this stage, my race schedule is only pencilled in, but I have a pretty good idea. I plan to officially launch my comeback, race schedule and charity activities in February, but here is a brief insight for Nice2Tri blog readers."
04/11/2008
"This was my first race back in action after a 2 year period of retirement and total rest. With 2 months of light training and 2 months of fairly normal training under my belt, I just wanted to test myself to see if it really was going to be realistic making a full comeback. I knew before the race I was not in great shape – of course not with only a few months of training. But I would know what I needed to do over the winter to be back at the top."
19/08/2008
"Well I have seriously been struggling during this 2nd month of training! I am still doing 3 swims, 3 bikes and 3 runs each week, but the sessions have now become longer at high intensity."
05/08/2008
Catch up with Richard Allen Back on the Course - "To sum up July’s month of racing, I had 2 really pleasing races at the beginning. Firstly was the Blenheim triathlon – this is a sprint race in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. I did this race last year, as it was the junior national championships."
03/07/2008
The Highs & Lows - "I have had quite a horrid time racing of late after becoming ill following my 4th at the Yorkshire RR Championships at the beginning of June. I had to take nearly a complete week off training, and in my haste to try and recoup some of the training time lost I put in a quite hard 32h training week to try and prepare myself for the National RR Champs which were held in Hemsley, about 25 miles away from where I live."
24/06/2008
So you are thinking about getting in to triathlon and want to start doing some basic training? Maybe you have entered a small event already? Triathlon is a sport where you not only have a lot to consider with the training, you also have a lot to consider with other areas such as equipment. Once you have done a few races, it is worthwhile investing in some decent entry level kit, but what is the bare minimum to get started?
05/06/2008
Philip Speaks About a Recent Race - "I have been extremely busy of late trying to find some cycling form for the next month’s upcoming races, and I am thankful the weather has been conspiring with me. I have been riding 3-4h in the morning everyday, watching the Giro for 2h in the afternoon and swimming and running in the evening."
20/05/2008
First of all, not everyone is a seasoned triathlete. What if you have never done a triathlon before or never even done any endurance exercise? Maybe you are getting to the end of your football or rugby playing days and are looking for a new challenge. Or maybe you just want to stay healthy. You don’t have to enter a triathlon, and you don’t have to train like a pro, but where do you start?
07/05/2008
The team will be racing the East Grinstead Sprint Tri before another race around the M25 to watch Nice2tri athletes break the field apart at Dorney Lake!! An early start sees us off from 07:00.
30/04/2008
Catch Up with Philip Graves' Training Progress - "First of all, I would like to thank Nice2Tri.com for providing me with such a nice De Rosa for the coming season. I’m looking forward to doing some damage on it at some of the Corus Elite races that are coming up in the next couple of months."
25/04/2008
Yorkshire’s Lois Rosindale opened her 2008 season with a victory in the Skipton Triathlon by a margin of over 5 minutes.
25/04/2008
Victoria Graves – 3rd Junior at National Duathlon Championships and Selected for European Triathlon and Duathlon Championships.
16/04/2008
It may take you a year to take 1 minute off your swim split, and you’ll probably work hard at trying to achieve this. Few people work hard at trying to improve their transitions, and it is relatively easy to take this amount of time off with just a small amount of practice and visualisation.
11/04/2008
Last year the multi sport world mourned the shocking death of duathlon legend, Benny Vansteelant. To honour his life and career, the Torhout ITU Duathlon World Series Event will also be the Benny Vansteelant Memorial Duathlon, taking place near his hometown in Belgium on 1st June.
11/04/2008
Macca's Coaching & Training in a training camp in Palm Springs at the moment for 10 hard days.
09/04/2008
Johns, 34, broke away on the cycle leg with 13 others, including fellow Britons, Stuart Hayes and Alistair Brownlee, and dug in to take third, while world number one, Javier Gomez – as he’s done so many times before – smashed the run to take gold at New Plymouth.
07/04/2008
British triathlete, Mark Shipton, saw his dreams of breaking the hour mark around the 2012 olympic rowing venue, Dorney Lake, end by a pile-up in the cycling stage of his first race of the season.
03/03/2008
As you get closer to the race season, it is not just important to be physically ready, but also mentally prepared for the competitions. So many people just don’t address their mental approach, and this is often the difference between an okay performance and your best. Two key areas to work on are confidence and commitment.
01/02/2008
By the time February comes around, you should have your race season planned out in full. Until this is in place, it is difficult to map out your training for the season.
04/01/2008
If you are planning to compete in an Ironman or Half Ironman this year, now is the time to start perfecting your nutrition for the race. Read on to get the very best nutrition tips and training advice from a star triathlon.
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