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Triathlon is one of this countries fastest growing sports. It has been in the Olympics since 2000 and is now regularly seen on the television. It consists of a swim followed by a cycle and finally a run. The olympic distance is 1500m swim, 40km bike and 10 km run but events go up to the legendary ironman 2.4 miles swim, 112 miles bike and 26.2 miles run and even beyond this! Xterra triathlons are all off road, the swim is in lakes or the sea, followed by a gruelling mountain bike ride over 30km and a tricky off-road 10km run. Xterra races run all around the world most weekends, with the most prestigious races with large prize purses forming the Global tour. The global Xterra races are televised and most are part of either the European or US tour.
I took up the sport of triathlon in 2005 after a successful cycling career, and in my first triathlon season I managed to win 13 races, including the prestigious Vitruvian half ironman. In 2006 I concentrated on the European Xterra series and came 7th overall in the series, with several top 10 results including a 4th in Xterra Spain. The highlight of the year was 15th place at the world championships in Hawaii. 2007 started well with 2nd place at Xterra Guam and 2nd at Xterra Saipan (my best Global tour result so far) and 3rd at Tagaman middle distance road triathlon. I acheived 7th again in the European series and 14th at the World Championships. This winter I have been working hard on my major weakness and look to be swimming significantly faster, I hope to remain injury free with my running so I can achieve the form i had in early 2007.
My cycling career started at the age of 14, with my first international selection in 1993 to the world championships in Metabief, France (the first of 6 world champs I’ve done). In 1994 I became the overall winner of the Expert Mountain bike national points series before taking the National Under 23 hill climb title and Bronze medal in the cross country in 1996. Since then I have raced international both on and off road all round the world, including a full Mountainbike world cup series in 2002, where I was 3rd Brit overall. I have had podium finishes at all the countries major off road races including Mountain Mayhem, National points series and the National Champs.
Since turning to triathlon, I have won races both on and off road at a variety of distances. The highlights being the Vitruvian and the Mountain bike sections of all 3 rounds of the Scottish Adventure tri series (televised on channel 5), for full list see results section. I have got a great team of supportive sponsors behind me at present and look forward to more success in the future. Feel free to follow my progress on this site and contact me if you have any questions or need more information.