TriDubai

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  • Biathle ME UAE Challenge + Biathle World Championships – 2nd November 2012

    *** many thanks to Andrew Garrett for this race report *** For those of you who have not heard of Biathle, it is a non Olympic sport, 
part of the Modern Pentathlon ‘family’ of sports, and it held its first 
World Championships in 1999. Modern Pentathlon consists of 5 individual…

  • The Sting Triple Triathlon – 1st November 2012

    *** many thanks to Roy Nasr for this race report! *** Last Friday a great event aka The Sting took place at Wadi Adventures in Al Ain. It consisted of 3x (350m swim/7k bike and 1.5k run). It was lots of fun but quite hard as you are full on…

  • World Age Group Sprint Champs – Auckland – 22nd October 2012

    *** many thanks to Neil Flanagan for providing us with this race report *** I’ll pre-warn you – there’s a lot of pre-amble here, which looks like the idiots guide to preparing in the worst possible way for a huge race – if you just want the race report, it…

  • World Age Group Sprint Championships – Auckland – 22nd October 2012

    *** race report from Ian Le Pelley *** New Zealand is a very long way to go from Dubai for any race.  It is an especially long way to go for a sprint distance race!   However, I’d qualified for the GB age group team in the summer, and fancied racing…

  • Holland 70.3 triathlon – 8th September 2012

    *** many thanks to Finn Zwager for this race report *** Race Venue After racing IM South Africa in April, I decided to do a half distance and The Holland Triathlon early September seemed a good fit as they were putting on a half distance for the first time in…

  • Zell Am See, Salzburg Ironman 70.3 – 26th August 2012

    *** thanks to Marie O’Neill for this race report! ***  Firstly, I’m a virgin to writing race reports and was a 70.3 virgin until 2 weeks ago so be patient with me and don’t expect fireworks first time round, hopefully though this will be the first of many! A little…

  • Ironman 70.3 Zell Am See – 26th August 2012

    *** thanks to Jo Edwards for this race report *** Wow: What a place and what a race! (not referring to my performance – merely the spectacle that is the landscape of Zell am See!)  This was my first half ironman, and I don’t think we could have chosen a…

  • Ironman Texas – 19th May 2012

    *** many thanks to David Labouchere for this race report *** “Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.”  Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1747) l.38 I entered this race in May 2011 and trained well…

  • Ironman 70.3 Zell am See–Kaprun – 26th August 2012

    *** Many thanks to Paulo Costa for this race report *** Where do I start? Maybe by saying that it was great day for me. Back in March I wasn’t able to participate in IM 70.3 Singapore due to an unexpected leg surgery one week before the race. This would…

  • Embrunman – 15th August 2012

    *** thanks to Steve Coutard for this race report *** Embrun is a little city in the heart of the southern Alpes with a beautiful lake, this charming town situated at 700m altitude organize a triathlon for the last 29 years every 15 th August and the race is called…