Agegroup Multisport Podcast (Triathlon,Duathlon,Aquabike,Aquathlon)

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On this episode we have the pleasure of speaking to, Robert Myler, GB agegroup athlete.triathlon club founder, coach and Local Technical official for Triathlon Scotland 

Roberts Tells us "From the age of 10 been playing football in Holland

Played for a few years then moved on to Korfball which I done at a decent level.

Back in Scotland took up Taekwondo for a number of years.

Lost touch with sport for a while due to a back injury then ballooned in weight and ended up doing Boot camp outdoors.

First Duathlon in Fort William as part of the winter series 2013

Then progressed to the Wee Triathlon in Fort William on the same year.

2 years later started up the Grangemouth Triathlon Club with around 15 friends now well over 140 members

Raced a lot of sprint and standard triathlons and found out early that my swim was not the strongest

2017 became a Local Technical official for Triathlon Scotland and have officiated well over 50 events now. Including ITU World Series in Leeds. I am now a National Technical official.

May 2018 raced at 70.3 Barcelona.

That really was my last event till Oct 2022 Graham Duathlon

After this started a proper training plan with the aim to show people that age was just a number and had a target to qualify at both Sprint and Standard Distance for next years European Championships & World Championships in Australia.

January Buclyvie 10km 43.02

Managed to qualify as a Q2 at Oulton Park in March for the Sprint distance at the worlds.

Managed to qualify as a Q2 at Northumberland Duathlon in April for the Standard distance at the European.

Round the Houses 10km 40.52

Next races up are Darleymoor28th May European Sprint qualifier and Windermere standard world qualifier 2nd July"

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On this Episode we chat to Agegroup athlete Julie Gadsden who is a member of the GB Agegroup Team and competes in the 70-74 agegroup.

Julie tells us "I had no interest in sport at all throughout school and all the way up to the age of 40 – though I did a lot of sailing and also eventually took up mountaineering.  I decided to try to start running around the age of 40 when I was commuting to work in London, just to save my sanity.  I managed about 50 metres before collapsing in a heap – but persisted and became a very slow social runner.  (It turned out I had asthma, which explained why I always hated sport at school.)  I used to ride a bike so I entered a local sprint tri relay event in 1994 and then my first solo sprint race in 1995.  I was always extremely slow but enjoyed the social side of it – and just the sense of achievement.  I did a few local events – some standard, some sprint distance – up to around 2000, when I took a break for around 10 years and focussed on running (slowly!)."

" I retired in 2011 (at the age of 60) and decided to get back into triathlon, now focussing entirely on sprint distance.  I entered the local race in Petersfield (Hampshire) and shortly after joined Petersfield Triathlon Club.  I bumbled along happily, becoming ever more involved in the club, until I went to a triathlon training weekend in 2015 and ended up signing up with a coach (Jo Lewis of Tri50) to see if I could be a bit smarter with my training.  Jo persuaded me I could have a go at qualifying for the GB age group team (which I didn’t know anything about) – I thought she was probably mad!  But she got me to the start of the World Sprint Tri Championships in Rotterdam in 2017 (qualifying by the skin of my teeth).  And since then it’s become something of a habit – competing in Glasgow, Lausanne, Valencia and Munich).  Along the way I qualified as a Level 2 triathlon coach and had a couple of years of coaching myself and a year or so ago I signed up with Ade Bungay of Goal Specific Coaching who is now coaching me.  The highlight of my triathlon journey so far was getting third place in Munich last year in the 70-74 age group (I am now 71)."

"I always try to view the international events as something to enjoy – but I do work myself hard in the training to get myself there in the best form I can.  As a retired scientist I enjoy learning more about the research which underpins training and performance, particularly for the older athlete.  This year some friends from my club persuaded me to throw my hat in the ring for the Aquathlon teams, and I have been accepted for the World and European Aquathlon Championships (Ibiza and Menen) as well as the Sprint Tri events in Madrid and Hamburg.  There are some astounding athletes in the older age groups, so my aim is to stay fit, train hard and just see where it gets me."

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Adam has a background in a multitude of sports, football, rugby, hockey, but the main one was cycling. Coming from a family with a deep history in the sport, Adams grandad was an Olympic standard cyclist, he fell in love with it and was compelled to enjoy the time trialling aspect of the sport.

having joined his local club over as a youngster, his hard work and ability led him to break records in the Team British Best All rounder Time trial event, which combines 50mile 100mile 12hour time trials.

He then moved on to multisport using his background in cycling to his advantage, to help him win bronze in the 2020 European Standard  Duathlon champs and then in 2022 he won Gold in the Standard World Championships.

Adam is determined to break into triathlon and his long term goal is to complete the Ironman distance.

Hope you enjoy Adams Story.

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On episode 71, we feature Agegroup athlete Ben Sommerville.

Bens story is one of a swimmer, turned triathlete, turned triathlon coach and it began for him in 2012 he was introduced to the sport of triathlon by his then swimming coach.

He recommended that Ben watched the upcoming Olympic Games triathlon and the already world famous Brownlee Brothers to see if that was perhaps something he might be interested in doing. As he watched the London Olympic triathlon He knew then and there, that's what he wanted to do.

Ben has had to conquer a fair few challenges along his journey, moving away to University, moving back home again, countless injuries and setbacks. But, he counts himself lucky that all this time he has been surrounded by some of the most amazing athletes, coaches, friends, and rivals.

Ben never fulfilled his own Olympic dream but he has been fortunate enough to represent his country in a sport that has truly shaped and changed his life for the better and that continues to inspire him to be the best athlete, coach, and person that he can be.

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On Episode 70 we chat to Agegroup Athlete Jane Blunt after she got in touch wanting to share her story of how she got into multisport after years of playing tennis.

Jane had a background playing tennis at a very good level and then went on to coach abroad for several years, when injury and family life took over.

After trying to get back into tennis socially and having a further injury, she decided to give sport a rest.

When Jane decided that she wanted to get moving again not only for her physical wellbeing, but mental well being as well, she joined a gym where she met a coach who was doing her first triathlon. Jane became interested and through that aimed to do one also. 
Jane got the bug, joined a club, got a coach, trained hard and won several triathlons before qualifying to represent GB. 
 
 Jane came 4th in the standard world duathalon championships in Romania last year at 56 years old. She had only started training In 2020. Joined TWTC  club 6 months earlier. Her  first triathlon was on a mountain bike  and she only mastered cleats 4 months before world Champs. 

A truly inspiring story, hope you enjoy it and you can follow Jane on instagram at the @bluntwaytowellness and on facebook @janecottonblunt

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We are delighted to have Ben Wilf Goodfellow on our podcast.

Wilf is From - Cumbria

he now Lives and works in Wrexham

Specialities - Hilly course, The hillier the course the better Wilf  performs!

Growing up Wilfs parents tried their best to get him to enjoy sports. He swam multiple times a week for a local club (Carnforth Otters) but never showed much talent. By age 16 he fell away from sports. 

Wilf began training for a triathlon in his 3rd & final year of uni (2017) to keep himself busy in his spare time by joining the local Tri club (Wrecsam Tri). He was seeing massive improvements session by session giving Wilf the drive to keep training harder and harder. Seeing improvement is still what drives him today. 
Looking back on his progress over these years Ben  has completely evolved as an athlete. Wilf says he could never have imagined what he would have achieved already and he is  looking forward to seeing what he can do in the future.

​So far Wilfs palmares is as follows

2022
Ironman 70.3 World Champs – 1st M25-29
Ironman 70.3 Stafford – 1st
Ironman 70.3 Swansea – 1st (AG Overall)
Ironman Full UK – 4th (2nd M25-29)
World & European Middle Distance Duathlon Championships – 1st (AG Overall)
British Standard Distance Duathlon Championships – 2nd
Welsh Duathlon Championships – 1st
2021
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British Standard Distance Duathlon Championships – 1st
Helvellyn Triathlon – 1st
Welsh Middle Distance Championships – 1st
English Standard Distance Duathlon Championships – 2nd
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2020
UK Bike Everesting Record
Horwich Triathlon - 3rd Overall
Helvellyn Triathlon -1st none Elite/Pro
Epicman Windermere (70.3) - 2nd
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2019
Alpe d'Huez Triathlon - 46 Overall (2nd in Age Group, 3rd British Athlete)
Helvellyn Triathlon - 2nd Overall
Wirral Triathlon - 2nd Overall
Chrik Triathlon - 3rd Overall
Ruthin Triathlon - 1st Overall and New Course Record
North Wales Cyclocross League Champion 2019/2020
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2018
Helvellyn Triathlon - 3rd Overall
Ruthin Triathlon - 1st Overall
Southport Triathlon - ITU Standard Distance Triathlon World Championships qualification
North Wales Cyclocross League 2018/2019 - 1st Senior
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2017
Epicman - 13th Overall

Wilf is now pursuing racing in the pro ranks. Please enjoy his story and find him on Instagram @benwgoodfellow and his website https://benwgoodfellow.wixsite.com/bengoodfellow/about

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We welcome Andrew Martin as our agegroup athlete this episode.

We believe he is the first guest from Wales we have had on the pod.

Andrews sporting history began with running and being a Welshman, rugby.
He took part in Cross country (was good, hated it), Andrew states he lived on a BMX, swam for a local club. Great start for someone who later in life became a triathlete.

Andrew ran middle distance on the track . Achieved County swimming, running and semi pro rugby. 

Being Welsh, played rugby all his life until too many broken bones to continue. 

Arthritis problems with the help drugs and injections he controlled it. Unable to exercise properly, surfed for years but in his own words "got fat". 

Andrew discovered that cycling helped all the back spasms from the arthritis, and realised regular movement controlled it.

He has now been doing Triathlon for nearly 10 years. 

He has been Welsh age group champ, Brit champ, Euro champ . Raced at 42 in elite super series at Blenheim. 

Some masters titles in swimming and Welsh records. 

Hope you enjoy Andrews Journey.

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On Episode 67 we speak to Age grouper Brian Stokes.

Brian's played rugby and cricket at school and joined the Royal Marine Commandos at 17. He didn’t have much time for too much sport in the beginning within that career as he was away on operations or on exercise. 

A little later into his career he took an opportunity to represent the Navy at Bobsleigh, which he did and then did 3 inter-service championships. he even had an opportunity to race for the junior GB squad.

From there he moved base where the Royal Marines started playing rugby league. Brian got involved and eventually represented the Marines and Navy. 

Brian left the forces and joined the fire service. He continued to play rugby league in a semi pro league. After a while he switched codes again and played both Union and league for about 6 years. Ended up starting a club in the town he lived in and continued playing for a few more seasons. 
During Brians time in the fire service, he got into cycling after a tragic accident of a colleague. The team cycled to Bournemouth and Brian did it on a borrowed bike. It was this event that gave Brian the bugler cycling. A colleague and former para on his watch, asked Brian to do a triathlon and then it became a bit of a competition between them. They raced sprints first and then aimed to qualify for the worlds in Vancouver which they both did. Unfortunately due to finances he couldn't take his spot. From there he was pretty hooked.

He carried on with rugby and represented the county and Royal Navy at rugby Union in the vets and he  still plays today even around his Triathlon training. 

I took up track cycling for a while but missed the challenge of multi sport so signed up for another challenge and did an Ultra. That gave me the bug once more so completed another Ironman distance event. 

Brian left the fire service for the police, but found that it wasn’t really working for him so an opportunity came for him to go back to the Royal Marines as a full time reservist working with cadets and schools which is where he is now. 

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On this episode we speak to a Brit Abroad,  Alison Smith, who lives and works in Perth Australia, she is a health and fitness coach and owns Sunshine Health and Fitness, where she offers a range of coaching for personal training and multisport.

Alison growing up as a kid, states was not a sporty child really- hated running, only swam breaststroke and used a bike to hang around with friends .

She started going to the gym after uni and got bored after a while & decided she needed to put the newly gained fitness to a purpose.

Alison played at triathlon for a few years- from about age 27-34. Mostly pool swim events and very low key. 
She then rowed competitively between 2003-2006, mostly in Coxless 4s, winning gold medals ant women’s Henley and the national championships in 2005 and silver in 2006. After that her crew decided to get married, have children and get a life, and she had a new man in her life who was keen on triathlons, so she got back into it.

She confesses that her first open water swim race was at  Blenheim in 2007 and she did breastroke the whole way - hated it!! 

Alison continued to play at various distances but never a full long distance, and finally decided to get a coach in 2017 to help her qualify for the world champs. Always sprint distance.

Her first international was Europeans in Glasgow 2018, then Gold Coast, Lausanne, Montreal and Munich.

Alison is on her way home and by summer this year she will be living back in the UK, we speak about her experience over in Oz and why after 5 years she has decided to return home.

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Heather Lambert is a recently retired (this spring)  children's doctor (paediatrician ) at the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Heather goes into her background story of sporting achievments, but is very humble and doesn't let on how well she has done or how good she is. Instead she prefers to talk about her passion for climate change and how her and a group of paediatrics are trying to bring awareness to this issue.

Air pollution and the wider effects of the Climate Emergency are the biggest risks to health in UK and worldwide. Heather states "we know the solutions involve reducing our dependence on fossil fuels,  and bikes are part of that. I've been increasingly involved in riding my bike and co-organising rides with Ride for Their Lives to raise awareness about something I'm passionate about.

So over the past 6 months, Ive done well over 3000k with RFTL and another 2000k cycle camping in France (about half on my own). All fantastic base miles for the World (June Targu Mures) & Euro (Sept Bilbao) duathlon championships." 

Both these championships she won and no doubt it was the amount of cycling Heather done went toward her success.

please enjoy this podcast and below are the links to the climate Emergency Ride for their lives pages.

This video summarises 

Ride For Their Lives summary video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqzP5ae5-SE


And also to the website

https://www.climateacceptancestudios.com/ridefortheirlives

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