Successful Weekend for Team Mountain Fuel

Well done everyone who was racing last weekend!   Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn made the most of the weather running the Kong Adventure Keswick 2 Riggs course as a warm up and then racing it and finishing 2nd lady.   Kirsty Hall (see below) would usually be in the mix but graciously gave everyone a 10 min head…

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Another successful weekend for Team Mountain Fuel

Congratulations to TeamMountainFuel‘s Kate Morris 1st lady at Dark & White Events Limestone Way Ultra Half, Nichola Jackson 1st lady at Bunny Run 10k. Also well done to Ryan Shiel completing the IRONMAN Barcelonaand Callum Hughes getting a very dirty 8th place at the Wessex Cyclocross.

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Gold in 2017 European Standard Distance Duathlon

Gold medal in Age Group ( FV50-54) Championships. Soria, Spain. This was my A race for the year, primarily because I lack the imagination to deviate. I bullied my Brutelle friend Margo in to qualifying too, but as her enthusiasm gained momentum, mine began to dwindle … The year didn’t start too well … I…

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Keswick Mountain Festival success for Team Mountain Fuel

At the start of the festival Team Mountain Fuels focus was on the Team Trail Cup as with this came a cheque £250 which Mountain Fuels owner Rupert wanted to donate to Keswick FC Juniors to help but new goals which were lost in the floods. The team this year consisted of local runners James…

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KMF2016 Long Distance Triathlon win

Keswick long distance tri (800m/35k/10k) was my first triathlon (of two) of the season. It was just one of a variety of sporting events being held as part of the Keswick Mountain Festival. My iron friends Rekha, CJ and Dave came too, mainly they swam, ran and got a little bit tiddled.   Race day…

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European Standard Distance Duathlon AG Champion 2016

After a somewhat lack lustre 2015 due to injury, I targeted the age group European duathlon champs in Kalkar, Germany, as my ‘A’ race for 2016. With a choice of sprint or standard distances I thought I’d race in the sprint on the basis that the pain would be relatively short lived. But at the…

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