News: 22nd January 2012

A quick check on EntryCentral shows our races are filling up steadily so if you’re in two minds whether to enter it looks like they are going to be full before the respective closing dates as usual. Our Braintree District Triathlon always sells out well in advance and 46 places have already gone so if you don’t want to end up on the reserve list don’t delay and enter now! Details of dates and where to enter are below

We had another great week of training with a record turn out for the pool, run and bike sessions and its great to see the club being supported like this.

Social Evening in Chelmsford

Anna is organising a get together specially for members in theChelmsford area.  They will be meeting at the Two Brewers pub on Springfield Road, Friday 3rd Feb at 8 pm onwards.

Dunmow Duathlon – Dunmow Tri Club are once again holding their ‘Muddy’ (if you’ve raced it you’ll know what they mean!) Duathlon in Hatfield Forest on Saturday  3^rd March 2012. You can find details here

Born2Tri 2012 Races are Go!

Earlier than originally planned our 2012 races are now live on EntryCentral and you can find the links below.

Great Notley Spring Duathlon: 6th May 2012. Fast and flat with traffic free run course.

Braintree District Triathlon: 10th June 2012. Pool based sprint distance with a challenging bike course.

Gosfield Lake Triathlon: 8th July 2012. Standard distance open water, our ever popular race is back.

Great Notley Autumn Duathlon: 7th October 2012. Our popular end of season race where you can see how your times have improved since the Spring event.

All our races sell out very quickly and well before the closing date so if you want to experience a Born2Tri race in 2012 please don’t leave it too long!

BRJ Aquathlon: 3rd June 2012

A new addition to this year’s race calendar is the BRJ Running and Tri Club Aquathlon at Hinchingbrooke School in Huntingdon on 3rd June. This is a 200m swim and a 2.5K off road run so ideal for novices and those who want an early season ‘brick’ session.

You can find more details in the leaflet BRJ has sent us, here.

Dengie Events Races 2012

Our friends at Dengie Events have sent us details of their 2012 programme of races in and around the Maldon District.

The Maldon Triathlon will be held on 15th July 2012 in Maldon, Essex CM9 5JQ. The triathlon is based around the beautiful Promenade Park and Hythe Quay over the Sprint and Olympic distances. The event consists of a 750m / 1.5km river swim alongside the Promenade, 28km / 45km cycle on the quiet and scenic roads of the Dengie peninsula and finishes with a 5km / 10km run entirely based around Promenade Park.

The Fambridge Yacht Haven Half Ironman Triathlon will take place on 29th July 2012 over the 1.9km swim, 90km cycle, 18km run distance. The event, based in North Fambridge, Essex CM3 6LR and within easy travelling distance of London, saw a huge crowd of spectators in 2011 and proved very popular amongst triathletes and the local community, providing a warm and welcoming atmosphere with excellent support. 

  
The WatersideTri will take place in Bradwell Waterside, Essex CM0 7RB on 12th August and for 2012 Dengie Events have a number of distance options for athletes. In addition to the Long Distance Classic (2.4km swim, 121km cycle, 30km run) there will also be a Middle Distance (1.6km swim, 82km cycle, 20km run) and Challenge Distance (800m swim, 43km cycle, 10km run) aswell as a Cyclosportive and Fun Ride. Set on the quiet and scenic Essex marshes and taking in an inspirational run course, this unique event is ideal preparation for iron-distance triathlon or for anyone in search of a new challenge!
 

For more details go to the Dengie Events Website

Advice on Winter Cycling from Mark Harman

Lets face it, half the year in the UK is not great for cycling. Your super lightweight road bike with its carbon frame, feather light polished alloy components and delicate wheels is great in the sunshine, but show it the winter and its not so wonderful. Your colour coordinated cycle shirt, shorts and lightweight carbon soled shoes are not going to work too well either. So what do you do? Continue Reading…

What’s that coming over the hill…….

Is is a Monster………. race in 2012? Our friends at Monster Racing have advised that entries are now open for their Eastern Counties Finance sponsored races in February and August 2012 in around Ely in Cambridgeshire.

The season opening duathlon takes place on 25th February and their iconic Middle Distance race, with up to 750 places, will be run from 7.00 a.m. on 19th August.

You can find more details on the Monster Racing Website.

Race Report: Challenge Barcelona 2nd October 2011

Want to know what ‘going long’ is really like? Club Chairman, Level 3 Coach and multiple Iron distance competitor, Mark Harman gives his expert view of this Autumn race in Spain.

Challenge Barcelona is an Ironman distance race, 2.4km swim, 180km bike finishing with a 42km run, set in Calella on the coast ofSpainjust north ofBarcelona.  Four Born2Tri racers travelled out to the race, the same team of Matt Shingleton, Pete Bryan, Paul Stevens and Mark Harman who successfully raced IronmanFrancein 2009.  Here is a story of the race.

An Ironman, sitting on the plane my back hurts, my legs are tired and aching, I am fatigued and unmotivated, unfortunately this is the flight out to the race and not home.  I know this feeling well as Continue Reading…