2016 Roundup

ByStuart

Itโ€™s been a bit quiet here recently, mainly as I didn’t race for all of 2016 โ€“ this wasnโ€™t really intentional, just how things worked out. I was too late signing up for some races, and others were cancelled for this year. Iโ€™ve still biked and ran as much as ever, and probably swam the…

Club La Santa Spring Triathlon Camp with Joe Beer and Dan Bullock

ByStuart

Weโ€™re just back from the Club La Santa training camp in Lanzarote Thursday We arrived mid-afternoon, flying in from Glasgow. Weather hot compared with 1 or 2 deg back in Glasgow. Unfortunately, when putting my bike together, I managed to break the K-Edge SRM Magnet, so no power for the camp โ€“ tip for next time,…

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Bike Packing

ByStuart

After last yearโ€™s incident with the baggage handlers, I decided to take some extra precautions when packing my bike this year. Firstly, I got some pipe lagging to protect the tubes of the frame โ€“ itโ€™s available in a number of sizes and should fit most bikes โ€“ I got mine off eBay for about…

Fraserburgh Half-Marathon

ByStuart

Yesterday, I ran the Fraserburgh Half-Marathon. This was my first road half since 2007 โ€“ Iโ€™d originally wanted to do the Crathes half, but, as usual, I waited too long to enter and it was full. My primary aim was to break the 2 hour barrier, or at least to be close to my last…

Fare Challenge Half-Marathon

ByStuart

On Sunday, I ran my first half-marathon for nine years, the Fare Challenge. The event is an off-road race, held on the Hill of Fair at Raemoir, near Banchory, in Aberdeenshire. It was also the first time Iโ€™d raced off-road. There were 5k, 10k and half-marathon distance events on at the same time, all of…