Hi Guys,
This blog is from Pete to quickly
bring you up to date with what’s happening at PeteWilbyTriathlOn. To tell you about what Laura and I have been up to this winter. And to share the cool challenges to face people in
2016. Enjoy.
Coastal Running
I hope your 2016 has kicked off
smartly. Laura and I kicked off the New
Year with a run around the Geopark Adventure Rock Run Route (which Laura was
keen to show me after winning last year’s race). It was very wet and muddy. I was very drunk the night before. But what a fantastic
route. Personally I think all the best
run routes are along the coast. Just
before Christmas I completed my first 50km Ultra race - a coastal run around Portsmouth
Harbour. It had a nice mix of terrain
but most importantly it never left the sea behind. I love that seaweed scent.
It makes me appreciate Teignmouth. Teignmouth is a great place to train for these
events. We have a flat coastal marathon
on our left and a hilly as hell one to our right (when looking out to
sea). Next weekend Laura and I are
travelling to Portland for more coastal running at the Buskinskin marathon. We are meeting with coached athletes Natasha
Gee and Richard ‘Ultra Runner’ Carus.
Looking forward to chatting about training and another brilliant route.
Swimming the English Channel
Way back in the last century my
swimming club mates and I dreamed about how one day we would have a swimming
pool in our back garden, next to the helicopter pad, outside our big house
(which we shared) in a tree with a zip wire to get down. We dreamt big. Nothing ever came of those dreams. But one of my
swimming club mates, Tom Garrett, is going about living his dream this year by
swimming the English Channel. Wow! He will cover around 50km through water without a wetsuit
in temperatures of 14 -17 degrees. Since
the first crossing in 1875 there have been 1810 solo swims by 1429 solo
swimmers. Attempts are much higher though,
the success rate is only 20%. We are
supporting Tom all the way with on hand coaching advice and training weekends here
in Teignmouth. We will be in the support
boat when he makes his crossing. If you
would like to support Tom he is raising money for a very good cause which you
can read about on his Virgin Money Giving page here (www.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=tomgarrettsbigswim2016).
The Endless Pool
The swimming pool dream may not
be so farfetched these days either.
Thanks to Richard ‘Ultra Runner’ Carus and his contacts in the triathlon
world we may be able to start some coaching in an endless pool. An endless pool has mirrors at the bottom so
you can really work on neatening up your stroke. You never break your rythem with a turn on
the wall. The moving water simulates
open water very accurately. If this is something
you would be interested in then drop me a line: pete@petewilbytriathlon.co.uk
Entering Races
There are absolutely loads of
races to choose from. Triathlon is
booming. But this means you have to be
quick on entering. Lots of coached
athletes are going for the Dart 10km swim this September. If you are interested in this sign up to the
OSS website for an alert on when entries open.
Laura and I are running the inaugural
Titan Dartmoor training camp in May (www.petewilbytriathlon.com/#!training-camps/c175). The Titan Dartmoor is a middle distance race
(1900m swim, 100km bike, and 21km run) with over 6000ft of climbing. It would be rude not to enter it too. Why not join us. You can enter at (www.dbmax.co.uk/event-list/triathlon/item/titan-dartmoor.html).
If you want to do more than one
race, why not enter a series. Laura is hoping
to retain her series champion trophy from the Exeter Aquathlon events (www.exetertri.co.uk/events2016). Both Laura and I have picked four races from
the Freak Events series races. Freak
Events have loads of exciting events to choose from. You can find out more at: www.freakevents.co.uk. If you enter, use my discount code (for
athletes and affiliates only), you will get 10% off all races: PW16.
If you are quick, Freak Events
are also giving 50% off entries to the Weston-Super-Mare Triathlon 26th June, the
Clevedon Triathlon on 11th September and the Grand Pier Half Marathon on 6th
November if you use code: BLUEMONDAY.
Lastly, going back to the fantastic
Rock Run route - that Laura guided me around (hung over as hell) on New year’s
day - GeoPark Adventure have a great choice of fantastic events. Drop Brendon a heads up if you currently have
coaching with us and he will give you a discount. (www.geoparkadventure.com).
What are you going to wear?
Natasha Gee is really pleased
with her new running trainers. She
bought them to ware in before her coastal 10km on Sunday. Laura is loving her new TomTom Cardio
watch. She has a resting heart rate of
35 which makes her clinically dead every other second. I am really happy with my new Ceepo Mamba
road bike provided by the Rekosports racing team (www.rekosports.com). If anyone is after a new wetsuit for 2016
then phone Liz at Route 2 bike shop in Topsham:
01392 879 168. She has a stack of
2015 BlueSeventy wetsuits all half price (www.route2bikes.co.uk).
Stay in touch
That’s all from me. Drop me a line at pete@petewilbytriathlon.co.uk
about any coaching questions. Keep
checking the facebook and twitter pages about things going on and keep us up to
date with how you are getting on and what you are doing. If you are a coached athlete you should know,
I love watching you do triathlon. Tell us where
you are going so we can cheer you on.
Happy triathlon-ing,
Pete and Laura
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