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  On a cloudy day took part in my first ever duathlon after a few months of preparing for the above challenging event (5km run, 35km Cycle. 5km run) with minimum running & road cycle training, so a real challenge.   Race started at 13.00 with a 5Km run round the town of Grasse which is the perfume capital town inland fromContinue reading “Grasse Duathlon – 5 April 2015”

Great start to the New Year events with an iconic 10k run along the promenade des anglais in Nice. Weather as usual for this race was great on a sunny day with a  temperature of around 19C at the finish. It started with a minute of clapping for ‘Je suis Charlie’ after the awful events in Paris thisContinue reading “16th Nice Prom Classic 10km New Year Run – Sunday 11th January 2015”

2015 has started and went for a post festive run to clear the cob webs and prepare for the Nice Prom 10km on 11th January 2015. First run since several weeks. Ran around the lake on an undulating course – 10.77km in 85mins. Slow average pace at 7.56 min/km. Hope to improve over the weeks asContinue reading “New Year’s post-festive trail run – 2nd January 2015”

Xmas mountain bike ride organised ride in Le Muy near the golf course St Endriol. 20km course which was quite technical and was under water in places due to floods a few weeks before. The first 10km was very relatively OK but muddy. We stopped at a drinks and food station, after that it was very difficult due to waterContinue reading “Grande Rando De Noel 20Km VTT – Le Muy – 7th December 2014”

A well organized sprint Triathlon in the lovely surroundings of the Verdon Canyon and Lake St Croix starting at the village of les Salles sur Verdon. Started with a lake swim of 500 metres, somehow I did over 600 metres! Lots of jostling as there were around 400 participants! Went well but still slow and needContinue reading “L’Occitane l’Ekiden Sprint Triathlon – Natureman Verdon”

Insert from Var Matin on Saturday morning I did my first triathlon yesterday after 7 years. The Lavandou Vert Triathlon which is a cross country triathlon with a 600m sea swim followed by a very hilly 15Km MTB and then a very hilly trail run. The swim was in a wetsuit and I was knackered afterContinue reading “Lavandou Vert Triathlon – Saturday 27th September 2014”

Working towards two TRI’s starting in two weeks. The first is a cross sprint Tri in Lavanadou, Sea Swim:600m, MTB 15km and Trail Run 4.5Km, This will be followed by another a week after in les Salles sur Verdon called L’Occitane Ekiden TRI, Swim in lake St Croix 500 metres, Bike 25km and a 5km trail run. Today did aContinue reading “Sunday 30km Hilly Ride towards Bargemon”

First race of the New Year and clocked up a time of 54mins 38 sec for the 10K. Nice flat run along the promenade des anglaises and reasonable time for first run of the season, so training with coach FB paying off.

Yesterday went for a 17km Trail MTB ride around the Lac de St Cassein over an 1hr 30mins and today over an hour trail run/walk over hilly rocky terrain with coach FB, See terrain and pictures of the CAMTRIER team above and terrain below. Allez les rouges

Went on leisurely training session with coach FB 11km around 2 hrs. Also saw the triathletes in the above event. Did the run portion backwards and its a tuffy. The event is 1500 metre Swim in lake St Cassien, 27Km on the hilly terrain around the lake, and 10km hilly trail run. Need to upContinue reading “Trivert St Cassien 2013 & Training session with coach FB”