The podium was awash with orange and black at the North West Sprint Championships at Boundary triathlon. 

Having had a miserable winter following a biking accident, TORQ’s Danielle Stewart showed that she was back in the groove with a series of excellent results – 3 races, with 2 wins and a close 2nd…

Two Castles 10k: I decided that my first race would be a low key – a local 10k road race, so I entered the Two Castles 10k that I had heard so much about. 

Eleanor Haresign was out racing the best in the UK at the Chumley tri. 

Eleanor Haresign was out racing the best in the UK at the Chumley Castle Tri. 

Three of the TORQ team went to the European Triathlon Union (ETU) Championships in Kitzbuhel, Austria. 

Emma Lamont got the opportunity to race ‘Escape from Alcatraz’, a bucket list race for all triathletes. 

Bala middle distance triathlon is a regular favorite with the TORQ tri team – a great race and really good value for money. 

Two of the TORQ triathletes were racing at the highly competitive Chester Triathlon, which also doubled as a qualifier for the Edmonton ITU Standard Distance Triathlon World Championships. 

Chris Standidge takes on a particularly competitive field at Ironman 70.3 Pays d’Aix in France and came away with, first Brit home, 4th in age group and automatic qualification to the Ironman 70.3 World Championships. 

Super talented Alex Lawton has continued his strong racing season with yet another set of podiums including the British Sprint Championships…

Stockton Duathlon; 2nd overall: An unplanned, late edition to the calendar the Stockton Duathlon seemed like too good of an opportunity to turn down, which unashamedly I’ll admit was due to rare chance to race for some prize money.  

The National Series heads south and attracts a big field of 28 riders to contest this omnium at the 1948 Olympic velodrome (in glorious weather too).  

Stepping up to racing professional Ironman racing is no mean feat.