Club member Andrea Gellan has achieved in one year what most of us can only hope for in a lifetime of riding. After winning her age category at the Outlaw Triathlon in May, Andrea then went onto win the IronmanUK event in July which ensured her place in the World Championship Ironman Kona in Hawaii this month! Here in her own words, Andrea tells us how it went down... "My Ironman Kona 2017 experience The day started at 4.30 with coffee, a pot of overnight oats and a carton of protein breakfast drink. Then I greased up and put on my tri-top and swim skins , grabbed hat , goggles , special needs bags and headed off to the Ironman centre at the king kamehameha courtyard hotel for marking and t
Club members Ben Cumming and Charlie Ross recently completed a mammoth ride for local charity 'Choices Dunfermline'. Many thanks to the Dunfermline Press for coverage and photo. You can read the full story here -http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/15607878.Ben_and_Charlie_have_pedal_power_/ And you can donate here - https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/bencumming1
Club member Rod Leach has had a busy year this year with a phenomenal progression in performance. Having only got back on the bike two years ago, 20,000 miles later (yes, twenty thousand!) he succeeded in winning enough points to achieve his Cat 3 licence. In his own words, Rod gives us a brief race report of some of this years events... National Crit Champs (Cat 4) Today's race (Scottish National Crit Championships Cat 4) delayed by 40min after a bad accident that required two ambulances in the race before mine. Was told it had to be reduced to 25min+5 laps to try and keep the rest of the day on schedule. James and I had a plan to work for Rab and Thomas to get them the points they require
The Rat Race Coast to Coast Event takes you from Nairn down towards Fort Augustus for a quick kayak on Loch Ness then onto the Great Glen way to Fort William, then it’s a run along the West Highland Way and across Loch Leven to finish at the Isles of Glencoe Hotel. The event starts with a 7 mile run from the coast along the rough single track river trail to Cawdor Castle where you collect your bikes and then take the B roads south-south-west towards Fort Augustus. The road is now pretty decent after being upgraded due to the wind farms being built in the area. After about 60k The road takes a long and steady climb up General Wades Military road before the final steep sections up to the Suidh
