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    National Relays

    Today, we look back to the Summer to the National Relay Championships, where the TORQ team performed admirably yet again for the third year running. 

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    Treadmill World Record

    So what on earth inspires a person to wish to run on a treadmill for more than 20 minutes? I 

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    New Year’s Resolutions

    With her Winter training well under way, TORQ-fuelled track cyclist Jan Birkmyre tells us about her focus for the 2015 season…

     

    According to research, just 8% of us will keep our New Year’s resolutions, so I have avoided even the suggestion of failure by not making any … and I have to tell you, I really recommend it, it feels good!  

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    Nick’s Superb Season

    Looking back over the 2014 season, Nick has had some great results in a multitude of sports. 

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    IronMan World Champs

    It has to be said that in triathlon, the biggest and greatest race outside of the Olympics is the IRONMAN Hawaii World Championships. 

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    Brighton Marina 2k

    On September 7th 2014, I took part in the first ever Brighton Marina swim, which involved either a 500 metre or 2,000 metre (2Km) swim. 

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    Eastridge Trail Half Marathon

    Tracey Dean

    How do you recover from a 24 hour mountain running race in the outer Hebrides, well race a 2300ft Half Trail Marathon in Snailbeach (Shropshire) a week later of course! 

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    World Masters Track Championships 2014

    Jan Birkmyre reports from a week of racing at the World Masters Track Championships, where 420 riders from 33 different nations set out to win the opportunity to wear the coveted rainbow stripes…

     

    It’s hard to believe that only four weeks have passed since my week at the World Masters Track Championships (which marked the end of my race season), as so much has happened in that time: I have done countless loads of laundry, been ill (and happily got well again), had a week’s holiday and almost caught up on the work that I thought I could do between races up in Manchester (when will I ever learn?). 

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    Ironman Barcelona

    Two Iron distance races within 3 weeks… You must be bonkers, yet our Eleanor’s form was so strong, she was up for the challenge! 

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    World Masters Team Pursuit

    I set out with the intention of finding a team that would take the title and set a new World Masters’ Record, which sounded straight forward enough…

    Most people who have watched team pursuiting will have seen only the very best in the world aplying their trade.  

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    Bala Olympic Tri

    To race the European ITU Triathlon championships, you need to qualify at one of the British Triathlon’s 3 designated races. 

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    Ironman 70.3 World Champs, Canada

    Chris Standidge had another good crack at the 70.3 World Championships.