Thank you to AJ Bell for the invite. A brilliant event full of nerves, adrenaline, doubt, euphoria and ultimately exhaustion....mostly occurring in that order.

An exceptionally hot day was something of a surprise. The swim was a welcoming cool down, though the lack of vision in the murky water was a little unsettling, however overall the swim was enjoyable and a relief to complete.

Having won a free sponsors place I ran in memory of a very good friend and triathlon training buddy Darren Hale who died the weekend before after completing the Blithfield Standard Triathlon.

I was a little nervous at the start line but the event was such a fantastic one that I enjoyed every minute of it and thought of Darren all the way round. My wife Jo and daughter Hannah were there to watch me and I was tearful at the end but really glad I did it.

A real big thank you to the Sponsors AJBell!

Well, I’m writing this blog post from inside a cloud, on the edge of a Swiss mountain lake at the British Triathlon Rio preparation camp!

I’ve had lots of questions about triathlon training and preparation from the #AskAJBell competition that we ran the other week, so I thought I’d use this post to share my answers with you all ...

How can I improve my timing when swimming? I have been doing tri’s for just over a year and am held back by my lack of swim technique and experience.

Thanks for visiting my blog. As this is my first post, the guys at AJ Bell suggested it would be worth doing a Q&A to reveal some background info about who I am and what qualifies me to be their ambassador! That seemed like a pretty sensible idea, so they sent me a list of questions and I got stuck in ...