XTT

Registration is now open

Registration is now open for the greatest off road triathlon 2011.

The British Cross Championships XTT off road triathlon is now open for registration offering all athletes, of every ability, to race in the Sprint or Full distance events.

For the 7^th year, based at Gibraltar Barracks, this epic event is now the largest off road triathlon. With some of the UK’s top athletes having already signed up we are planning for a record turn out.

“It’s great to see the UK host to such a great event, which I intend to win this year. Unless Cedric Lassonde pips me at the post!” boasts Sam Gardner

The route includes an open water lake swim, a fun but technical off road bike route through the forest and a stunning trail run across the Army training land.

The event entry fee includes free download photographs, chip timing, results TV display, event village, free bike mechanic service, café, free massage and Forgoodness Shakes recovery.

X Tri Series

Along with Scott bikes the XTT has teamed up with 3 other race directors to create the UK’s first off road triathlon series: Scott X Tri Series. Athletes can enter the series of 4 events for a whooping 30% discount and race to claim their share of the £5000 prize pot.

The first of the X Tri Series is held at Northampton; Mud&Mayhem 22 May. Sign up soon to benefit from the 30% series entry discount www.xtriseries.co.uk

Details:

24 September 2011

Relay, Sprint or Full distance

www.xtfestival.co.uk

Bolt round the Holt

Copied from Sussex Sport Photography

Bolt round the Holt

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 06:37 PM PDT

It's a bit of a linktastic blog here tonight. Three events from the weekend are now online and ready for you from the weekend. A bit of a mix with an offroad event, a woodland run and an all day Cycling Sportive.

So - links to the galleries in race order:

Bolt Race Gallery link is: http://gallery.sussexsportphotography.com/a.tlx?k=2n5zgmx

Suffice to say it's been a busy weekend, with more than 370 miles driven to get to events, and the price of diesel now well over £1.40 from the cheapest (that's £6.36 per gallon for those of you who remember £1 per gallon). I managed to eek out about 47mpg so by my maths that was over £50 spent on fuel alone. Phew !

I'm not saying I'm suffering a bit from tiredness, but on Saturday I drove past the A3 junction by mistake and used the M3 junction instead. That was plain silly, as everything said I should have gone down the A3. It only added 3 minutes to the journey, but I did feel a bit stupid.

The Bolt round the Holt as ever was well attended with about 770 individual finishers. A quick look at the indexing data that we have and we have 774 unique catalogued numbers to search by - so I'm guessing that we have everyone. The next bit of analysis on the spreadsheet can wait, but I'm quite pleased with that given how busy the race is during it's peak time. It would be quite easy to miss people in the mix.

It was however perfect conditions for running, as the lead runner pointed out with his winning gap of 2min40s in the 21km/half marathon time of 1:16:20 Not bad on dusty track surfaces.

positive encouragement

on the last lap - reasons to celebrate

Family help on the 10k finish

focus at the finish

Swim Super Series

Swim Super Series 2011

All About Triathlons sent us this press release about their Super Swim Series: Registration is now open for the Swim Super Series 2011. With the rise in popularity of open water swimming and Team GB's chance of winning medals at the 2012 Olympics, we are excited to announce the event dates for the second Swim Super Series 2011. Offering 2 race distances and on 2 dates. These events are open to the public and designed for all standards of athlete. There's no restriction on ability, making these ideal for families and friends (although there is a minimum 13 years age requirement.) These mass start events will follow an easily navigable route around 4 buoys and a finish line on the shore. Based at Bray Lake, west of London, the 2 event dates will be offering 1500m and 3000m distances. 23 July 2011 13 August 2011 Bray Lake clubhouse also offers a fantastic viewing deck, café, changing facilities and a professional safety crew. Registration: www.swimsuperseries.co.uk

 

Clandon Park Run

Copied from: Sussex Sport Photography.com - News Blog

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Clandon Park 10k and Sussex Marathon now live Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:11 PM PDT Clandon Park 10k and Fun Run The Clandon Park 10k and 4k Fun Run race gallery is now online and free to download - available here: http://gallery.sussexsportphotography.com/a.tlx?k=qxgzglh Donations are invited to the Teenage Cancer Trust as a thank you to the organisers for a great race and for the free downloads - over 200 competitors have downloaded theirs already in the first 24hours. Donations from 1p to £100 are all welcome - please get in and show your thanks for a great event. Results and race information is available here:http://www.allabouttriathlons.co.uk/results_clandon-park-run.html Here's  a small selection from the weekends action so far: yes - he did twist his ankle on the tree root - yes it did hurt Good running in the 4k Fun Run Always enjoy your running Race leader at 8k in the main race through Clandon Park "yes it's nice" said Borat's firends The Hills were alive... Superb warm up before the main race Start of the 10k got underway smoothly.