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1 week ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
The 1.9km swim at the start of a half Ironman/middle distance triathlon hits that tricky not-so-sweet spot. It’s long enough that you need a solid base of endurance. But short enough that, if you want to be coming out with the front pack in your age group, you need to be able to hold speed. And getting the balance right in training to see improvements can be difficult to master.
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2 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
Swimming: The triathlon discipline that most of us age-groupers love to hate. With swimming being such a technical sport, making improvements in the water can feel like you’re swimming upstream. It’s hard work, it takes time. And sometimes, despite all your hard work in the pool, the second you get into open water or find yourself in a race situation – you can end up feeling like you’ve not made any progress at all. Frustrating! So what the front-crawl is going on?
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2 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
Once you’ve ticked off your first triathlon or two, chances are you’ve caught the multisport bug. And alongside looking for more races to enter (check out our Let’s Race guides for inspiration!) it’s likely you’ll also be starting to think about upgrading your gear with more triathlon-specific kit. So should triathlon cycling shoes be on your kit list?
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2 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
Triathlon is increasingly becoming a sport where marginal gains make all the difference. From ultra-buoyant wetsuits to help you swim faster. To constantly evolving bike set ups, riding positions and tech-laden tri suits to improve aerodynamics and reduce CdA. Many triathletes, PROs and age-groupers alike, are constantly looking to optimise their gear to get the extra 1% out of themselves come race day. And while running super shoes are a hotly discussed topic.
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3 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
The MAGIC5 goggles are custom fit swimming goggles. Using clever face scanning technology, swimmers and triathletes can get custom made goggles designed precisely for the contours of their face. Without having to go and actually have your face mapped and measured. The MAGIC5 boasts goggles that will fit your face perfectly – no annoying leaking, fogging or over tight goggles giving you a headache mid-swim. So do they actually work?
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3 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
It was an emotional moment of redemption at the Paris 2024 Paratriathlon, when Great Britain’s Dave Ellis along with his guide Luke Pollard cast aside the ghosts of their Tokyo 2020 agony to finally win a Paralympic gold medal. And now British Triathlon are looking to build on this Paris 2024 PTVI success as they launch their search for guides to join their Paralympics World Class Programme – with sights set on LA2028.
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3 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
In 2018, Luke Pollard saw an advert from British Triathlon seeking guides to work with their elite paratriathletes. Responding to that advert would see Luke embark on an incredible journey with paratriathlon legend Dave Ellis. Since 2019, the pair had secured almost every major title in paratriathlon. But there was one missing: a Paralympic title. The duo went into Tokyo 2020 with high hopes and even higher expectations.
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3 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
The 3.8km (2.4 mile) swim at the start of an Ironman distance triathlon might be the shortest part of your race. But how you feel coming out of the water, and your position in the field can have a significant impact on the rest of your race. And for plenty of amateur triathletes – myself included – the swim can be our arch nemesis. Whether it’s struggling to have time to consistently get to a pool to get the training done.
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3 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
The world of cycling can be a little bit confusing if you’re just getting into it. Because not only are there various types of bikes to choose from, depending on what terrain you’re riding and how fast you want to do it. There’s also different gearing, cog sizes, crank lengths, tyre set ups and pedal types to pick from while you’re at it. Once you’re well and truly down the cycling rabbit hole, this is great because you can pretty much always find an excuse for an N+1 purchase.
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3 weeks ago | 
tri247.com | Jenny Lucas-Hill
Compared to TRI-FIT’s first swim suit – the RAPID which I tested out last year – the new Propel swim suit brings a completely different style to the pool party, and it comes in at a lower price point, too. A higher cut leg, thinner straps and, most excitingly, a fully reversible design are the headline differences here. So how would the new Propel suit compare to the RAPID? With multiple early morning pool sessions a week in my training plan at the moment, I didn’t have to wait long to find out.
