Shurdington Tri Club

The Shurdington Tri Club was formed in April 2009.
There were originally 5 of us who trained regularly and always start in Shurdington. We train together on sunday mornings and separately during the week.
Like a lot of wannabe triathlete's/cyclists/runners out there it's a compromise between family, work and training.
There is a just for fun leaguetable calculated from points gained in the training sessions. This is meant to be for fun but is getting pretty competitive particularly in some of the sprint finishes!

Event plans for 2010 have been set and the club has decided to carry out Fund Raising activities for Sue Ryder.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Which TDF Cyclist are you?

This is pretty cool actually - follow this link and then answer the questions to see what cyclist you would be!

Let us know which one in the comments....

Fantasy Tour De France 2010

With the Tour De France just days away it's time to register for the Shurdington Tri Club mini league via the road.cc website http://road.cc/.

Go to the homepage and select the Fantasy TDF link from the menu. If you're not already registered on the site you'll need to be then pick your team and use ID number 1446 to join the Shurdington Tri Club league.

It's all free so what are you waiting for!!

Bon chance!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Mazda Blenheim Sprint Triathlon June 6th 2010

Sunday 6th June saw the Blenheim Sprint Triathlon taking place with Shurdington Tri Club representatives in the shape of Nigel and Martin taking part in the sprint. Amelie would make it three musketeers by taking part in the Active Kids duathlon.


Race blogs are to follow from the racers (hopefully) but the results are in:





Nigel in an excellent club performance blew his previous Blenheim time apart by just short of 6minutes and also now holds the tri-club record over the course.
(see the following link for details of previous times http://shurdingtontriclub.blogspot.com/2010/01/blenheim-sprint-triathlon-june-2009.html)

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Gloucester Triathlon 30-May-2010

Mark kept the Triathlon dream alive for another weekend by competing in the Gloucester Sprint Triathlon on Sunday.

In his own words....

"...Bit dissapointing.......again. So much for a top 50 spot.
82nd out of 192 finishers in 1:26:42
25th in Male Veterans out of 52

Would have needed a 1:22:25 for a top 50 placing. I blame it totally on the wind which was at its strongest when I got on the bike but stopped completely when I got to T2...!

A bit of a sobering start as my swim was delayed 15 minutes due to cyclist having a nasty accident on a speed hump just before finish of ride. Paramedics and Ambulance attended and he was placed in a neck brace after going over handlebars and landing on his face. I understand he was kept in Hospital overnight but is OK.

Another messy swim with three other swimmers who all seemed to be within a few metres. The new 26km two lap bike course was testing in the wind which meant yet again the legs would not change gear on the run. This time it felt like I was in reverse. Good event, well organised and a great bike cleaning kit goody bag. So worth it...

Roll on 2011 when I can join the Super Veterans...... Keep on tri-ing..."

Next up is Blenheim Sprint Triathlon when Martin breaks his proper triathlon cherry in a head to head with Nigel. Amelie will be making it three musketeers on the day by taking part in the kids diathlon.