Richard Hobson

Only 13 places left, so do not leave it to long to decide!

Richard Smith Msc -  who many of you will know has agreed to join and help me on this camp and to offer support where needed. Richards strengths apart from been a fantastic coach and qualified sports masseur is in his knowledge of nutrition, recovery. So now not only will you be able to benefit from the training that this week will ensure you will also be able to go away from the camp having formulated your own race nutrition and recovery strategies. And this will be priceless when it comes to race day!!!

For full info about this camp click here

Stuart Andersen in another cool, calculated and consistent Ironman Wisconsin, has booked his slot for Hawaii 2010 – more than a year out from the event.

Stuart again produced his best Ironman result to date to finish 18th Overall and 2nd in his age group.

Stuart could have qualified for Hawaii this year after his race in Ironman Lanzarote but instead decided to take a year out from going to Hawaii and then making the experience even more special in 2010.

He is the 1st of a number of TriLiving athletes trying to qualify for Hawaii 2010 – so lets see who will be next!

Good Job

Ceepo are truly producing fantastic and fast bikes.

I have been luck enough to have been sponsored my Ceepo so now have my 2 Ceepo bike for Sale – Ceepo TT Venom and Ceepo Stinger.

Both bikes are in fantastic condition – The TT Venom has been used for a hand full of races so less than 500km and the Stinger has been used for drafting type races / training and a few road races.

For full info and product spec click on the links below

Ceepo TT Venom

Ceepo Stinger

Finish of bike at Cognac Team Triathlon Champs

Apart from it been wonderful weather all summer at our place in France www.livingfrance.org (I do like to rub that in). It has also been quite a action packed and successful summer with some events that I have done. I will admit that everything i have done has been pretty low key, but the main thing is that it has been great fun and I have had a chance to race with some great people.

Above I am racing for Team Charentes Triathlon club (Cognac) - In the regional championships for Team Time Trial Triathlon where we finished 2nd. The Swim and bike were relatively straight forward as I was one of the stronger athletes but the run was a different story!! with 3 athletes to count and one of our 4 man team beating me to drop off the pace it meant I destined to a very painful and hand assisted 5km run. One the plus side my wife found it quite amusing!

Finsh of run - only pushed for 4km!

The day before the triathlon I did the regional bike TT championships for the bike club I ride with “Team cyclist Angerien“where I secured a win in my age category (40 to 49) but missed out on the overall win by 13 sec – bit bumed about this but just was not a good course for me.

Departmental TT Champs

So in all I ended up as:

• Charente maritime Champion in both TT and on the road,
• Poitou Charentes champion for my age in TT
• 2nd in Poitou Charantee region for team triathlon
• 5th in Poitou Charantes for middle dist triathlon
• and a few other bits and pieces! See below

I maybe in yellow but not quite the flower girls of the tour de France!

Another nice shirt!

So what for 2010!! Big plans – see you

It has been a very active year so far with Triliving athletes out and about competing in places all over the World.

Some very notible results which I feel need a mention.

Lanzarote Ironman May 09

Stuart Andersen GBR

Time 9.53.47 -Place overall 42 – Place in AG 8

To follow Stuarts news and updates see his blog: Diary of an Ironman

David Gautier FRA

Time 11.06.04 – Place Overall 216 – Place in AG 59

This was David’s 1st Ironman and even with a mechanical problem that prevented him from using the big chain ring (not good when its down hill with a tail wind) he battled on for a great race.

The University of Bath has for many years lead the way for performance sport. It was the first triathlon high performance centre in the Uk and is the home to Team Bath and to Sport Science and Physiological Testing.

It is also where I spent 8 very happy years when I was head coach based there.

For full information about what Team Bath can do for you click here

Volcano Tri Team – Captain Arizona and his Undepants Men

So 5 weeks today and we should all be in the sun of Lanzarote.

I can not wait, and my 2 boys are already starting to pack!

The draft programme for the camp is now finished, I say draft as there is always a chance that things will change just a little.

This year to cater for the slightly greater numbers and to accommodate the increasing numbers of athletes who are focusing on Long distance, the programme has been split so to allow you to choose whether you wish to follow the short distance programme or the long distance programme – or you may want to just dabble at both!

Combined programme-09

short-distance-programme-09

long-distance-programme-09

25 years of the Volcano Triathlon

I have been running the Volcano triathlon training camp for over 10 years. This year it is set to be bigger and better than ever. With only 1 or 2 more slots available before we hit 60 people and then we will have to start a reserve list. To cater for the larger numbers and the mixed abilities we will have more coaches helping and have a clear split in sessions between Sprint / Olympic distance athletes and long distance athletes, with some sessions crossing over to keep everything a little social!

This year will be a particularly big year as the Volcano Triathlon on the 2nd of May is celebrating its 25th year. To mark this occasion the mini triathlon that we hold a few days prior to the main event will be a celebration of 25 years of Volcano triathlon – so you need to dig something out from your past (or someone else’s) to use during this race – for me it maybe my pink speedo,s! and the nice scott helmet! Just not sure I still have them.

TriLiving has some strong relationships with some great companies that produce market leading, innovative and cool products. These companies are again putting up some fantastic deals for all people on the camp. These deal include big discounts on Snugg Wetsuits, Skinfit clothing, SIS sports drink, Ceepo bikes, Newton shoes, Triathlon Vision sports eye wear.

To find out more about thes offers please click here