thetrilife.com Athlete Results

Huge congratulations to Alex Fairman on winning IM Arizona 18-24 men’s age group Alex also qualified for 2010 World IM Championships in Kona, Hawaii. His winning time of 9:36:05 was achieved by a 1:00:52 swim (8^th) and the fastest bike run splits of 5:01:41and 3:28:31 respectively. Coached by Richard Jones

 Well done to Chad Bishop in firstly qualifying, and secondly finishing 61^st in his age group at the World 70.3 championships. A great end to a very successful season for Chad. Coached by Richard Jones

Clare Cunningham won the BTF Paratriathlete of the year award at the weekend.  This follows her latest victory in the Gold Coast ITU World Championships. 

A very big congratulations to Bethan Fowler who smashed her pb by over 1 hour in the recent 70.3 World Championships, Florida.  Beth crossed the line in 4hrs 46min to finish top Brit and place 27th in the World (F30-34 Category).   

coached by Andrea Whitcombe

Congratulations to Glenda Goscomb and Jane Wiley for finishing 17th and 10th in their age group at the 2009 Perth Long Distance Triathlon World Championships on Sunday.

Both endured very hot and windy conditions coming home in excellent times of 6:08 and 5:36, well done.

A well earned rest is in store before starting training for IM Roth!

Coached by Mike Redshaw

Congratulations to Stuart Mcleod who finished 8th overall and 2nd in category at the Chelmsford Offroad Duathlon this weekend. Coached by Thom Phillips 

Well done to thetrilife.com athletes and coaches! racing at Hever Castle Triathlon last weekend.  Good performances by Mark Weaver in the Henry VIII and by Robin Barnes in the Anne Boleyn, Robins first triathlon for a while.  And of course a good job by coach Mike Redshaw - second fastest swim of the day!

Congratulations to race team athlete Elinor who came 3rd this weekend at the San Javier Triathlon in Spain which was a Junior European Cup race. This superb result qualifies the GB team for the first ever Youth Olympic Games which will take place in Singapore next year.

Well done Eli!

Michelle Bletso 2009 World Standard Distance Championships

Congratulations to Michelle Bletso who achieved a PB of 2.23hrs at the World Champs. Michelle also came 29th out of 77 (age group) and 206 out of 629 females. 

Craig Fowler IM Canada 12hrs 36minutes

There were warm conditions for all competitors on race DAY. Craig had a good swim and great bike, finishing with a fantastic time of 12hrs 36minutes

Tommy Fullner IM Estonia 10hrs 7 minutes

Congratulations to Tommy in coming second overall at IM Estonia finishing in a superb time of 10:07

Paul Hawkins

Bala Standard distance 12^th. A tough race for Paul. Though this was a prep race prior to Barcelona Half IM

Rhys Jones

Set a new course record at the Emily Prosser memorial Triathlon

All coached by Rich Jones

A big congratulations to Clare Cunningham, Becky Glover and Clare Scott for great performances in the World Championships on 12/13th September.  

Clare Cunningham is the new World Champion in the Paratriathlon TRI-4 category.  Clare finished in a time of 2.45.58 for the Olympic distance, over 20mins ahead of second place!

Becky Glover was the first Brit home in the 25-29 age group, with of time of 2.11.00 to finish in a superb 7th place.

Clare Scott also had a fantastic race over the Sprint distance in the 35-39 age group, finishing 19th in a time of 1.16.07.

WELL DONE ALL!

(coached by Andrea Whitcombe)

Sean Feeney set out at the beginning of the season with the goal of finishing his first ever 70.3 at Antwerp in under 6 hours.  Sean not only beat this time - he thrashed it.  He posted a 5 hours 28 minutes.  He added afterwards "I was happiest with the swim leg. I did 1,500mtrs in an Olympic distance in Dorney in 32 mins a few months before and then the 1,900 at Antwerp in 34 mins - nice!
Very, very pleased".  Coached by Ralph Hydes

Following a good race at Windsor two months prior Ashley Russell took a further 6 minutes off his time at London Triathlon coming 5th in the 30 - 34 age group with 2 hours 11 minutes.  Coached by Ralph Hydes

Ashley Russell achieved 65th overall and 21st in his age group finishing in 2 hours 17 mins.  Coached by Ralph Hydes

Last weekend a group of theTriLife.com coached athletes, coaches and friends headed off to Estonia for the Estonian 70.3 race being held in its new venue of the Puhajarve Spa Resort in the town of Otepaa in the south of the country.

The location was perfect, the race really well organised and although the course was tougher than it looked on paper we all had a great time!

A great weekend for thetrilife athletes. A tough hilly course under windy conditions for the athletes.

Alex Fairman                       10:17:44 His debut IM 35^th overall and 3^rd in his age group

Lisa Picton                          11:28:31   7^th Overall and 3^rd in age group

Marcus Whelband              10:39:00              

Matt Lewis                          11:44:13

 A superb performance for Fiona. Not the best prep leading into the race due to a running injury, though her race tactics proved fruitful.

Fiona Boxall                      11:06:28  A Personal best  by 41minutes!

Richard Jones                    8:43:12 New Welsh IM Record(Retired one again)!

A great weekend for Chad Bishop winning the London triathlon age group 30-34 in a fantastic time of 2:07:48 (Congratulations on becoming a father)

Great racing this weekend at London from our elite athletes.  Congratulations to Marc Jenkins continuing his return to racing with a 12th place finish in a tough field and well done to James Gibson.  James was 8th out of the swim and finished in the top half of the field, still gaining valuable experience racing at this level.   Eli Thorogood had a strong race in the elite junior field that included Hollie Avil and finished 7th - well done Eli!

Well done to our athletes racing at Antwerp 70.3!

Alan Kim 5:26:56 and Kevin Kim 5:05:10.  Coached by Mike Redshaw.

Nicole Oh 5:25:37 and a slot for Clearwater! Coached by Liz Scott.