Great Results from IM France.. what a busy weekend!

Well what a busy weekend, Nick de Meyer and I were presenting a seminar and sitting on a Q&A panel at Physio4life all day yesterday, it was great to hook up with Simon Ward and Pat Leahy. Thanks to Mark and the all the team in Putney that put on a very educational day.

In between sessions Nick and I were checking the resultscoming out of IM France on IM Tracker. TrainingBible had 5 athletes racing and producing excellent results.

Many congratulations to all the athletes that put in terrific performances on a very hot day!

Hugo Galote 10:00:15, Cory Cook 13:54:23, Christain Boye-Moller 11:20:14 (well done with limited running Christain), Simon Liversidge 12:14:59, Andy Eaglestone 12:13:57.
Well done to their coach Mark Tickner who has done a great job of guiding them through their training over the last few months..way to go Mark!

TrainingBible Athletes Racing IM France

Best wishes from all the TrainingBible team goes out to Christain Boye Moller, Hugo Galote and Simon Liversidge for their big race this Sunday. We will be tracking your progress have a great race and enjoy the hospitality from the Triangle team.

Rob and all the TBCUK Coaching team

Physio4life Open day - 28th June 2009

The Award Winning Clinic Physio4Life is having an Open Day on 28th June 2009

Physio4Life, in Putney, will be open from 8am – 4pm and gives all of you the chance to try all of their specialist services.

On offer will be:-

Physiotherapy - 30mins (FREE)
Massage Therapy - 30mins (30% OFF )
Pilates classes - 45mins (FREE)
Personal Training & Weight Loss - 45mins (FREE)
Gait Scan & Running Video Analysis - 30mins (FREE)
5 Seminar Discussion Topics (Free) see below

Please call 020 8704 5998 or email admin@physio4life.co.uk to book yourself an appointment. Please be aware that you cannot book in for an appointment that you have already had at the clinic before other than massage which has been discounted.

This year they have drawn together a fantastic Panel of External Experts that will be available from 11am – 4pm to talk on a number of topics and give you the opportunity to ask any questions you want – Sponsored by Powerade.

Please go to www.trainingbible.co.uk/resources/forms for more details

Big Weekend of Races

Big weekend of Racing just gone with some excellent Performances. Well done Steve Harrington who completed his first Olympic distance tri at Windsor in 2:38 - 7 mins ahead of schedule, nice work!

Nick Spencer experienced his first 70.3 at Wimbleball, thats a heck of a course for a first 70.3 and finished in a very creditable 5:47. Well done to Steve Birtwhistle and Freddie Devos for their fine 5:11 and 5:12 performances, Richard Sudlow produced a great bike leg (3:08) on this toughest of courses, well done and keep working on that swimming and running Rich 5:51 finish .

Much kudos to Steve Holloway who completed in 6:09 after spending the previos week in bed with the flu and still looked like death warmed up the day before..when the mind is willing anything can happen!

TrainingBible's performance of the day goes to Sean Frost who won his age group (18-24) and a slot for the World Champs in Florida. He executed a great race with a 4:48 and beat a few Pro's home to finish 16th overall. A teriffic performance in his first 70.3 and just 12 months in the sport. Watch out for this guy he is going to do some damage :-)

IMUK 70.3 Bike Course - Google Earth

On Saturday TrainingBible Athletes Mike McCarthy, Richard Sudlow and Nick Spencer did a race simulation session down at Wimbleball. Thanks to Mike who captured a Google Earth file of the bike course on his Garmin. You can find it by following this link to Zoom Tri Clubs website.

The lesson here is manage the wattage on those hills if you want to get off and run a strong half marathon.

http://www.zoomtri.com/my_weblog/2009/06/im-uk-703-wimbleball-bike-course.html

Swashbuckler Photos

Thanks to Scott and Di for taking the photos! Well done Graham Starmer back to form after a knee op, and both to Matt and Dave for excellent age group finishes!


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Sean is stepping up!

Saturday Afternoon saw blazing sunshine and another fine performance by rookie Mountain biker Sean Frost. He managed to snag 8th place in the highly competitve expert category of Round 3 of the National Mountain bike race series in Margam Park, Port Talbot Wales. This is Sean's first season in Mountain Bike racing and he is really enjoying the buzz from the competition.

Recently he won his age group at the New Forest Triathlon season opener with a very good 1:54 clocking wich produced a top 10 overall performance. Sean is now heading for Wimbleball lake on June 14th and IM UK 70.3. He is hoping for a qualification for the World Champs in Florida.

Sean came to me for a VO2 test a few months ago and I was excited by his potential but more by his great attitude, we have started to work together to develop his programme, so watch out for this guy he is going to start hitting the podiums in a race near you!

Well done Will another penny in the bank of stamina!

Well done to Will Newbery for a very solid effort at The Race New Forest Swashbuckler middle distance event yesterday. Considering this was very much a training race for you the 4th place shows your right on track for IM Austria. well done buddy good job!

Feedback on TrainingBible's Recent camp in France

We have just recieved this great piece of feedback on our camp last week, well done to Mark, Michelle and Nigel on delivering a great camp and thanks for such encouraging feedback Mark.

“The Training Bible Camp was the first training specific event I have ever attended. I was very specific in my goals in attending namely: to focus on peak training activities and push myself; to learn new skills/tips in techniques, equipment and training; to do some of the famous Tour climbs; and train with like minded athletes. I am delighted to say The Training Bible Camp was success in surpassing all my expectations. I was delighted with the venue and absolutely fabulous location with great facilities and amazing scenery and all within easy access of airports, climbs and towns. The basic ingredients of a crystal clear lake and fantastic bike routes are on the doorstep…literally.
A thanks to the following key people who without there hard efforts would not have made this Camp the undoubted success it was. To the hosts Mark and Michelle, you were hugely supportive and I felt interacted well with all of us giving useful advice and encouragement. You arranged the training in a way that it had a structure but was flexible to suit the mood. The locations of the training were fantastic – whether it was the great trail running, warm open water swimming, local training rides into the amazing local mountains or the trips to the big Climbs such at, Alpe d’Huez and Col de la Croix de Fer or my personal favourite, Mount Ventoux, an amazing experience which no-one can ever take from you!!! Thanks again. To Nigel – my trusted climbing companion and provider of the best sports massages ever, your hard work in putting us all back together was so appreciated.
Finally to all attendees of the Camp – you were great – it is not easy to have so many people gel so perfectly together but we did it effortlessly - I really appreciated the camaraderie, banter and knowledge we all shared. To Chalet 8 – Christian, Andre and Mike – we had it all, ability, laughs and good looks – keep smiling! I learnt hugely from the experience and only wish I had done it last year as it has given my training a whole new context. Thank for a great Camp, Best wishes to all at Training Bible, regards Mark Stokes”