Nottingham triathlon hosted the British Sprint Championships recently at the National Water Sport Centre (Olympic venue). 

Wow, the team had a brilliant outing at the Chester triathlon, which also doubled as a World Championship qualifying event for the prestigious Hyde Park event (on the 2012 Olympic course). 

Last weekend saw the 2013 National Marathon Champs taking place on a one lap course in Selkirk, Scotland. 

Nick is an incredible runner and a World Class age group duathlete with countless wins to his name, so to step away from his obvious talents and take on the swim element of multisport is quite an ambitious step, yet it is already paying dividends…

With the weather warming up and the triathlon season rapidly approaching (and securing the early season aims of becoming a British Masters champion on the track) it has been time to throw the spikes in the bin and develop my swimming to an almost competitive state.  

Aside from the National Series and National XC Championships, the big event for many non professional riders is the Regional Championships, which is their chance to stamp authority in their region and take away the title of regional champion. 

A very solid race by Hamish Shaw, recording some fantastically quick times and reaping the benefits with a podium overall and 2nd in his age group…

Here’s what Hamish had to say: The last time I raced at Dorney Lake was back in 2010 where it was a non-wetsuit swim due to the warmth. 

The first race of the season always delivers heightened excitement; has the hard work done during the cold and dark winter been worthwhile? 

Challenge lived up to its name on this occasion, yet Eleanor Haresign kept it together and made the top 10 in her first professional race whilst flying the flag for Great Britain in the European middle distance championships. 

Chris Standidge races to an impressive 5th place in his age group. 

After the first rounds of the Midlands XC, the team have been racing their socks off attending events all over the country. 

Today has been the final day of the inaugural TORQ Enduro Challenge (in association with Bryton GPS) with TORQ team rider Lydia Gould. 

  I joined Lydia for the first 2 hours of her journey today on the TORQ Enduro Challenge (in association with Bryton GPS) and then retraced my steps and popped into Singletrack Magazine’s HQ in Todmorden for a fine black Americano, courtesy of Chipps Chippendale.