Annah Watkinson Race Report July – August 2017 Races
Challenge Prague Quote: “If you are going through hell…keep going” I have never thought of changing my dual life of both a professional career woman in investment banking and a pro tri-athlete. Sometimes, it does get tough balancing two very demanding parts of my life, but trips to race both in the Czech Republic and Estonia over the last 10 days makes it all worthwhile. I absolutely love doing what I am doing in...
Consistency Pays Off – by Thomas Switala
It started a year ago with a race to do the registration. Alarm set, I rushed from the client to my Nairobi hotel room with 5 minutes to spare to start of registration. It was apparently sold out within 13 minutes. My entry secured and happy and now the training starts. I still had Moolooba 70.3 WC to look forward to but the idea of doing another full distance started forming the base for next year. The training from the Tissink Team...
Two 70.3’s in 2 weekends – by Kelly Stokes
When Natalie asked if I’d write a summary of the last 2 weeks of racing, I was happy to help but was unsure what to say. I’m an air traffic controller and have a very sporadic shift pattern. I have to bid for leave a year in advance so I always try to book weekends off and then end up fitting in races around whenever I end up being off. This is what lead, in part to me having 2 70.3 races in a week at the start of June. Saturday 10th...
A bucket-list event – Gareth Pile’s Challenge Roth experience
Symphonic , calming gladiator music welcomed us into T1 2 hours before the start of what they say is the second best thing next to Kona and definitely the best event I have ever experienced …… Challenge Roth 2017. The goose bumps started immediately, and as we checked our bikes, nutrition and transition bags, slowly a massive chunk of the famous Roth crowds (250 000) started building and lining the bridge over the Danau canal....
Jeren Seegers – 2nd overall and 1st 30-34 age group
Go Down Swinging It has become quite apparent that I enjoy racing in winter and the Durban 70.3. Three Durban 70.3’s, three age group wins and three, second place finishes. The season has been a rough one but with huge learning curves. The buildup to Durban was far from fabulous, more missed sessions than ever before, numbers so low that I would win every limbo party and running was more of a chore that hurt than something of a...
A superb come back race for James Welsh – Dbn 70.3
Durban 70.3 Durban in many respects is a world class 70.3 triathlon venue. It has a fantastic bike course which is closed to vehicles with a mostly very smooth tar surface and some suggestions of hills thrown in to keep you honest. The run course is flat on the well manicured promenade but this all comes at a price and that is in dealing with the temperamental ocean. There are two options for the sea swim, either swim from the race...
