TRTC News

It’s been a cold start to the year but nothing stops the TRTC women! It was minus 6C when Jeanette, Anna and Julie set off on the early train to the start of the 10k London Winter Run in Trafalgar Square this past Sunday, 3rd February. But the skies were bright blue and they had […]

The TRTC Swim Squad sessions are taking a break for the winter. Group-coached swim sessions are currently being held on Tuesday evenings in the pool at the Chalfont St Peter Leisure Centre, but we’ll be taking a winter hiatus. The last group coaching session for 2018 will be on Tuesday 18th December from 21.15-22.15 in […]

Team TRTC 2018 wrap-up. If you’re prepared to travel, triathlon can be a year-round event. However, for most of us, April through October is a typical triathlon ‘season’. As we approach the end of the season, September was a hugely busy month for Team TRTC, with 15 TRTC team members racing in 6 events over […]

Last month I posted a blog about Expect the Unexpected in Triathlon Racing and Charles Evans’ experience at the Zell am See-Kaprun 70.3 in Austria certainly proved the point. The Zell am See-Kaprun region is an alpine wonderland of glaciers, mountains and lakes with a late-August climate that is usually not too warm or too […]

TRTC squad member Ashley Roughton is in his final preparation stages before the showdown of the annual Ironman 70.3 World Championships in South Africa. After arriving this past Monday to allow for a good acclimatisation period, he has recce’d the course. Of all 3 disciplines. One thing that’s very clear to Ash (and most other […]

HUGE congratulations go to TRTC’s very own Ash Roughton, who has qualified for the 70.3 Ironman World Championships, being held this year on 1-2 September in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa (men’s race on Sunday 2nd September, women’s race on Saturday, 1st September). More than 130,000 athletes from across the world participate in a season […]

Sunday, 1 July 2018 TRTC went to Haugesund for a stunning IRONMAN 70.3 race in the heart of Viking Norway. About an 8 hour drive southwest of Oslo and 4 hours south of Bergen, the venue features wild natural landscape, breathtaking fjords and beautiful mountains. Haugesund is also host to a full-distance Ironman on the […]

Sunday, 24 June 2018 Ironman Nice TRTC squad member TJ Hall completed his very first Ironman on 24 June 2018 at Ironman Nice.  IM Nice is a race I’ve completed myself and to date is my favourite. I know the course very well – with its swim in the Mediterranean, bike through the Alps, and […]

Sunday, 17 June 2018 Now in its 28th year, the Royal Windsor Triathlon is one of the UK’s longest running and most popular events. With both Olympic and Sprint distances, and Windsor Castle as a backdrop, it’s been awarded the British Triathlon Foundation’s ‘Event of the Year’ seven times. Eight TRTC athletes participated in the […]

Sunday, 3 June Blenheim Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire and on Sunday 3rd June was host to the 14th annual Blenheim triathlon. It’s the 2nd largest triathlon in the UK and is a stunning backdrop for this triathlon ‘season opener’. The course consists of a fresh lake open water […]