Gregory Barnett completes his first Iron-distance triathlon (“The Gregman”)
Gregory Barnett completes his first Iron-distance triathlon (“The Gregman”) On Saturday 4th May 2024, I completed my first iron distance triathlon (2.4 mile swim > 112 mile bike > 26.2 mile run) in Keswick, the English Lake District. On a year when the Lakesman Full triathlon did not run, I did my best to emulate…
South Shields Tri starts its Cross Country journey
South Shields Tri starts its Cross Country journey As SST are now registered with English athletics, this means we can take part in the cross country races held during the winter. On a mild Sunday 9th October, the XC warriors headed over the water to duridge bay country park for the event. The weather wasn’t…
Greg conquers his first marathon
Greg conquers his first marathon On 3rd April 2022, I completed the Manchester marathon in 04:47:23. Not only was this my first marathon, it was my first event representing South Shields Tri, which I joined in November 2021. Here’s a summary of my experiences and lessons learned. Training From the Club’s GoTri events last year,…
South Shields Tri Award Winning Go Tri Series Returns
South Shields Tri Award Winning Go Tri Series Returns After a break due to the ongoing Global Pandemic South Shields Tri’s Go Tri Series returned on the 30th June. It was run under BTF covid regulations at Brinkburn CIO. 30 People turned up for the event with some first timers, some returning who have competed…
Fausto Summer Solstice Relay Triathlon
Meet the Teams! Meet the three South Shields Tri relay teams who were an absolute credit to the club and gave it their all in this unique summer solstice triathlon. SST Team #1Steven, Paul & Michelle This fabulous bunch ended up winning first prize for the fastest relay team! An amazing performance by all (especially given…
South Shields Tri – Go Tri Event May 2019
Our Biggest Event Yet South Shields Tri were back at it again with the next installment of their Go Tri series at Brinkburn Community Association, South Shields. The athletes could compete in one of three disciplines: An aquabike (300m swim, 6km bike for 14+) (100m swim, 1.6km bike for 9+) An aquathlon (300m swim, 2km…
Kielder Run Bike Run
What a fantastic race weekend in the forest and brilliant efforts from everyone who took part. It was an early morning start and a longish drive along a rollercoaster type road to the destination, We met up with a few nervous folks and had a coffee to calm nerves, Along we pooped to the registration…