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29th June 2025 - Bolton 70.3, Des Moines 70.3 and Capers Sprint Tri
I’m not sure what happened to all the warm weather over here in the UK, and was hoping it would be a little warmer for everyone racing...
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31st May 2025 - Chattanooga, Kansas City & The Outlaw Half
First timers to the 70.3 distance, Lauren and John (husband and wife team) both had a crack at the Chattanooga 70.3. Unfortunately, the...
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16th May 2025 - Mallorca, Rossendale, Fred and The Roc
And before we had time to turn around, more racing happened for Team PTC. Chris flew over to Mallorca for his first crack at the Ironman...
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7th May 2025 - XTERRA, Ironman Texas, Challenge Mogan, Kona Of The North and the Dalby Forrest Duathlon
As the season (and the weather) hots up, the results are coming in thick and fast for Team PTC. Last weekend, Coach Pat and Dave took on...
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20th April 2025 - The Tri Season commences with some great results & Zurich Marathon PB
Last weekend saw the start of the tri season with Barry racing at Kendal Tri and Chris and Coach Pat racing at the West Lancs Spring Tri....
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29th March 2025 - Multiple PB's For Liam at the Coniston 14
The Coniston 14 is a 14 mile road race around lake Coniston and is Coniston's largest annual community event organised by an enthusiastic...
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2nd February 2025 - Setting up Your Bike Cleats
How to set your cleats up in a good neutral starting position. It's not as complicated as you might think! 1) Take note of your foot and...
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27th January 2025 - Rivington Pike Petzl Night Run
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog, but rest assured, PTC athletes were out in force throughout last year and it’s been hard...
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29th May 2024 What A Month For PTC Athletes
May was a busy month for PTC athletes – here’s what they got up to: Karen (and partner Denis) successfully completed the gruelling hilly...
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30th July 2023 - Barry, John and Sam at Ironman Bolton
In its final year, Barry (previous Ironman finisher), John (Ironman first timer) and Sam (previous Ironman finisher) all finished Ironman...
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30th June 2023 - Yvette – Ironman Austria Experience
Yvette did a great write up of her recent Ironman experience in Austria in June. If you’re getting a bit bored of domestic racing, then...
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May 28th 2023 - The Coach Becomes An Athlete
It’s not often coaches talk about themselves and their own trials and tribulations, so I thought I’d break that trend in the hope that my...
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8th January 2023 - PTC Zwift TT 2022 Series Winners
When the monthly series of Zwift 10 mile TT races ended late last year, discounting myself, there were still two clear winners: Jackie B...
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6th November 2022 - Kona Baby!
So…it’s been a long time and a lot has happened, but more on that later. In the mean time, just a quick epic well done to Sam and Tom who...
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11th January 2022 - The Boys Did Good
Well it’s been a long time since I did a race report despite PTC athletes racing here there and everywhere, so a little update is better...
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8th August 2021 - Ironman UK – 3 x Success, 2 x Kona Bound & 2 x DNF's
Well, it’s been a busy month and now the dust has settled, it’s time to share what five brave Team PTC athletes got up to at Ironman UK....
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27th June 2021 - The Outlaw and The Lakesman Halves
So with racing almost back in full flow, all be it with COVID-19 restrictions, it’s great to have more Team PTC members completing races...
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June 8th 2021 - Epic Racing By Team PTC
Finally Team PTC has been back in action! Liz and Jackie both completed the Epicman Windermere Middle Distance Triathlon in challenging...
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2nd May 2021 - Xendurance – Something Worth Shouting About
For those of you that know me, you will already know I am sceptical of everything until shown/proven otherwise and if I recommend...
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1st January 2021 - Bike Maintenance – Save Yourself £250
Being a professional bicycle mechanic (as well as a Triathlon Coach), I’m often asked what the most common problems are that I see with...
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