Progress, slowly but surely…
It's week 20 out of 30 for his Outlaw training and Matt Kurton is beginning to show (and feel) the benefits of a training programme
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Learning curve
Nik Cook is reading, learning, making mistakes but getting the odd thing right in his pursuit of Powerman happiness
Get on with it!
Is triathlon something just this side of crazy, asks our new blogger Deb MacLeod when confronted with the turbo
Halfway there?
Our man Matt Kurton– with a little help from Metallica – is halfway into his Outlaw training…
Diary of a newbie
Introducing our latest blogger, the 48-year-old newbie Deb Macleod, as she charts her the highs and lows of her first full race season
Back to Base(ics)
After a "racy winter" Nik Cook implements the base training in his Powerman Zofingen prep. And comes a cropper with the embrocation lotion…
The fear factor
Our Outlaw to be confronts one of the lesser-discussed elements of training for an Ironman – fear
Does everyone hate turbo trainers?
Four months til Wimbleball and our blogger is having turbo troubles and is yearning for his cardie and Upstairs Downstairs
Going Long (again)
Despite "dying a thousand deaths" at Powerman Malaysia in 2008, 220's Nik Cook has got the Powerman bug again. Here he begins to chart his progress to Zofingen in September
Doing it properly
With the "slothfulness" of Christmas behind him, Peter Phippen gets serious in his bid to race Ironman 70.3 UK exactly a year after a triple heart-bypass
Time to ditch the darts
First mince pies, now his darts form. Our blogger begins to see the sacrifices needed to compete at the iron-distance Outlaw
Have you told your wife yet?
Last week our triple heart bypassee announced his plan to race Ironman 70.3 UK. This week… he tells his wife
So this is Christmas?
Spooning mincemeat straight from the jar or training for the Outlaw? The magnitude of the iron challenge is getting clearer for our blogger Matt Kurton
Heart bypass to Wimbleball
On 17 June 2011, Peter Phippen underwent a triple heart-bypass. On 17 June 2012, he will enter Ironman 70.3, arguably the world's toughest middle-distance race. Read the start of his story here…
Introducing Matt Kurton
Introducing our new blogger Matt Kurton as he builds towards the Outlaw 2012
An unstoppable machine
Our latest blogger Clay Cowie gives an update on his mission to go from “fat man” to Ironman
Sea lion in a wetsuit
Introducing our latest blogger, 38-year-old Clay Cowie on his quest to go from “fat man” to Ironman
Rediscovering the joy of tri
Our man Caspar on his post-Challenge Barcelona comedown and what, or Watt, lays in store for 2011
Challenge Barcelona
Caspar has "one of the most physically and emotionally challenging experiences ever" at his first-ever Ironman-distance race
Physiological testing time for Caspar
Being part of this year’s 220 Triathlon Academy has afforded the participants some excellent opportunities
Wattbike and White Dolphin
Caspar visits the British Swimming Intensive Training Centre at Loughborough for some bike and swim analysis courtesy of Wattbike and White Dolphin
Eurobike’s bikes
More pork than you can poke a ruddy large stick at and the gear you will be drooling over in 2011 can only mean one thing. The return of Europe’s biggest bike show, Eurobike. Getting his bike porn fix was Matt Baird… The first thing that hits you about Eurobike, apart from how hard it […]
London Triathlon race report
With paracetamol in one hand, Gatorade in the other and under strict instructions to take it easy, Caspar enters the London Triathlon
