LFTC raising the bar!

Another huge weekend for LFTC athletes last weekend. The results below show place in category. Pretty impressive reading huh? UK 70.3 Wimbleball5:21:59 17th Gabriel Sayer5:35:04 24th Nathan Dytor5:47:01 7th Gail Wilkinson6:33:23 10th Shiz Gerami Lakeside Triathlon1:09:04 2nd Felipe Almeida1:28:51 1st Hannah Moora Dambuster TriathlonThere were some impressive results in very testing conditions. This was a … Continued

Hackney 1000

London Fields Triathlon Club are delighted to be a part of Hackney 1000, raising money for Hackney Quest, an amazing local charity offering opportunities to young people in our area. On August 18th 2012, we’ll mark out a 1km route around Well Street Common. We will be asking people to travel that route in any … Continued

A controversial week in triathlon

Triathlon has seen it’s fair share of controversy this week. Liz Blatchford is appealing against not being selected for the GB Olympic team. Lucy Hall, ranked over 100 places further down the world rankings, was chosen over Blatchford. Lucy Hall may have been selected to perform the role of ‘domestique’. She will sacrifice her own … Continued

Jonny runs away from the field in Madrid!

Just in case you missed the latest race from the ITU WCS in Madrid, Jonny Brownlee was again in formidable form. He ran away from the rest of the men’s field after a fascinating race not without a little drama. A small group broke away on the bike, working together they got a sizable break … Continued

Lance wins his first 70.3 race

Another big weekend this weekend! It’s the ITU WCS race from Madrid; the last chance for athletes to qualify for the Olympics. There are a lot of GB athletes racing in the men’s race including Tim Don, Will Clarke and Jonny Brownlee. It’s looking far more like Alistair Brownlee’s first race of the year might … Continued

Jenkins and Brownlee smash the field in San Diego

If GB weren’t favourites already for Olympic gold in the men’s and women’s triathlon they certainly are now. Both Helen Jenkins and Jonny Brownlee ran away from the rest of the field in a dominant display over the weekend. There were a few big names missing from both the men’s and women’s line ups but … Continued

Zone3 visit postponed

Unfortunately due to vehicle problems Zone3 are unable to visit us tomorrow. The session will still go ahead but obviously we won’t be able to provide wetsuits for those without wetsuits of their own. Sorry guys but it is out of our hands. See ya, Tim (LFTC Coach).

Zone3 visit this weekend…test out a wetsuit

We all new it was only a matter of time before the LFTC lads started to show the potential we all knew they had. At the Marshman Middle Distance Triathlon last weekend Nathan Dytor was 3rd in his age group and coach Mick Cairns was 1st in his age group. The chilly conditions meant that … Continued

LFTC takes second place at the Dragon Slayer Duathlon

You know it’s been a bad week when you get a puncture on the turbo trainer! I kid you not. Anyway, all was made good when I checked the results of the Dragon Slayer Duathlon, part of the London Triathlon League, which a hardy bunch of triathletes from LFTC took part in last Sunday. LFTC … Continued

Junk miles

We had some very interesting discussions at the two education sessions on Saturday morning. My plan is to run a workshop on ‘Planning Your Own Triathlon Training Program’ in the near future. This will be more of a practical session where you will put together your own six week training block. We will certainly run … Continued