Hamish Shaw
Likes
Triathlon, Getting PBs! Food, tomato ketchup
Dislikes
Vegetables
Aspirations
Olympic Tri in under 2 hours, Ironman (one day!) in under 10 hours
Members
Karen Newby
Likes
Sunshine, chocolate and wine!
Dislikes
People who drive and park in cyle and bus lanes
Aspirations
Do an olympic distance tri
Rob Garner
Likes
Dislikes
Aspirations
Josephine Ellison
Likes
Beans on Toast, Mountain Biking
Dislikes
Cold water and steep hills on a bike!
Aspirations
To keep on swimming, cycling, running and maybe another triathlon?!?
Julie Abbott
Likes
Lie-ins, Bramhall parkrun, Sprint Tri's with views and a bit of challenge
Dislikes
The first 500m of any 2000m swim, hills (but I'm working on that!), headwinds, lorry drivers that fly past and remind me I'm mortal.
Aspirations
Has to be an Olympic Tri. It won't be in 2009, though... I need to do a bit more running first.
Mark Kavanagh
Likes
Beer, Sunshine, and Closed roads
Dislikes
Drafters, Whingers, Drivers who don't indicate
Aspirations
Enjoy life and maybe race?
Jane Hughes
Likes
Harlech, Lake district, Good white wine
Dislikes
Fast down hills, Selfish drivers
Aspirations
Done a marathon now!! So Long Distance bike and to be doing this when I am 60
Simon Clapham
Likes
Being outdoors in good weather, especially near the sea
Dislikes
Injury, hills riding or running, any motorised vehicles
Aspirations
Just to run again (what used to pass as running!)
Jennifer Hopes
Likes
Dark chocolate, marzipan, travelling, swimming and running
Dislikes
Milk, cheese, butter, traffic, cycling in inclement weather
Aspirations
To improve my cycling (still!), to do a marathon
Ralph Sibley
Likes
Recovery weeks / days, chocolate
Dislikes
Long bike rides in storms and rain!
Aspirations
Complete another Ironman with a new PB
Andrew Jon Turner
Likes
Finishing
Dislikes
Hills
Aspirations
To get to Hawaii!
Graham Taylor
Likes
Running, running in the hills, running in bad weather, running in the hills in bad weather, cycling home from work in the sunshine & beer (then another)
Dislikes
Running injuries, white van drivers, pot holes, swimming and bananas
Aspirations
Not to be injured for a whole year, have a vague clue about how to swim well, find the elixir of youth and do an Iron Man.
Christian Preece
Likes
Chocolate, holidays in the sun, cycling.
Dislikes
Inconsiderate drivers.
Aspirations
Sub 60 sprint triathlon
Lewis Sanders
Likes
Cycling / swimming
Dislikes
Running
Aspirations
To be good at running!
Matthew Sanders
Likes
Cycling / swimming
Dislikes
Running
Aspirations
To be good at running!
Simon Jones
Likes
Being injury free, sweet soul music, hills
Dislikes
Achilles tendonitis, sloth
Aspirations
Olympic triathlon
Mark Kavanagh
Likes
Wales, family, Man Utd, my race bike
Dislikes
Illness, hitting the wall, people scared of trying something new
Aspirations
Complete an Ironman, go sub 2:20 for Olympic
Terry Greenwood
Likes
Italian food, red wine and winning (reverse order!)
Dislikes
Moaners
Aspirations
Biofuel for the world
Oliver Reece
Likes
All things fast, fun, and fabulous
Dislikes
Any form of breakdown - bike, car or body.
Keeping up with Hamish in the pool
Keeping up with Christian on the bike
Aspirations
London 2012, from the viewing area
Events
- MAY
09 - Wilmslow Triathlon
Swim 400m / Bike 23.8km / Run 6.7km
Simon / Emma
w: www.xtramileevents.com
e: info@xtramileevents.com
- JUN
27 - Liverpool Triathlon
Swim 400m / Bike 23.8km / Run 6.7km
Simon / Emma
w: www.liverpooltriathlon.co.uk/
e: info@LiverpoolTriathlon.co.uk
t: 01451 605007
- JUL
04 - SteelMan Trithlon
Swim 1500m / Bike 40km / Run 10km
w: www.humanrace.co.uk
e: info@humanrace.co.uk
t: 07885 964664
- JUL
11 - Llandudno Sea Triathlon Standard
Swim 1500m / Bike 38km / Run 10km
Simon / Emma
w: www.xtramileevents.com
e: info@xtramileevents.com
