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  • Inverurie Sprint
    James Emery
    (27/08/2010)

    Martin Goodlad has recently been racing in the Inverurie sprint. Martin is a talented athlete having raced numerous distances and excelling in the prestigious ironman events; having competed in the world championships in Kona. This is what he has to report...

    Martin's bike in transition

    ‘Inverurie was to be my first race since Turriff earlier in the year.

    Triathlon Race Report TORQ Team
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  • Lake Triathlon Shoes
    James Emery
    (23/08/2010)

    I have in my hand the latest Lake tri shoes; the CX311C, which have kindly been sent to us by our new sponsor. Torq are now sponsored by Lake, with road and triathlon shoes for the remainder of the season and onwards. If the tri shoes are anything to go by we can’t wait for our road shoes...

    Lake tri shoes on bike

    We are all excited about wearing our new cycling shoes.

    Triathlon Equipment Race Report TORQ Team
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  • TORQ on BBC News
    Matt Hart
    (20/08/2010)

    It’s been a while since we updated you on the TORQ Performance Mountain Bike team’s progress (and we have quite a few articles waiting in the wings), but just to keep you posted on the team’s high profile image, take a look at this clip from the BBC SE news…

    Click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pka1PWHQKAg

    Great news for the profile of British Mountain Biking and of course, fantastic news for TORQ.
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    Company Update TORQ Team
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  • Geneva European Cup
    James Emery
    (18/08/2010)

    Our Torq fuelled elite athletes were racing in Geneva at another European cup event recently. Jodie Swallow, who is having a fantastic year won the race and Jacqui Slack, who has turned pro this year, came 6th. We would like to congratulate them both on a well fought ‘wet’ race.

    Triathlon Race Report TORQ Team
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  • Challenge Roth (Ironman Racing)
    James Emery
    (09/08/2010)

    I recently took part in arguable the most prestigious ironman distance race, par Hawaii World Championships. Challenge Roth is a race that has been raced under 2 different names for the past 25 years attracting the world’s best athletes. This year, current-triple world champion Chrissie Wellington (GB) raced for the second year in a row, smashing the world record again and coming 7th overall; she ‘chicked’ the majority of the male pro field...; is there an end to this girls talents.

    Triathlon Race Report TORQ Team
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  • Hillingdon Duathlon Series
    James Emery
    (05/08/2010)

    Nick our resident dualthete won the entire Hillingdon duathlon series recently. He had been aiming for the series win for some time, as you would have noted from previous articles.

    Triathlon Race Report TORQ Team
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  • Essex AAA’s County Champs
    James Emery
    (05/08/2010)

    Nick is Torq’s specialist duathlete. Being a strong cyclist and runner he decided to take on the ‘single sporters’ on their terms at the running track.

    Triathlon Event Update
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