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

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We are back after the holiday break. On this episode we chat to Martin Hopwood  now 65, he first took up triathlon in 2007 at the age of 50. Since that time he has competed in over 60 triathlons qualifying for the GB age group team in 2010 competing at the World AG Championships Beijing 2011. Competed in subsequent World and European championships in Alanya, Kitzbuhel, Geneva & London. 

Following a 6th place Ironman distance race at the European Age Group Championships in Weymouth in September 2015 Martin was diagnosed with lower colorectal cancer. 

Martin was then treated with an 8-week combination of chemoradiotherapy followed by a ten-week window of rest before major surgery and finally 6 months of curative chemotherapy. 

Since that time he has  fought back to similar levels of fitness but with the limitations of a two third reduction in bowel capacity and neuropathy of the feet. 

However in 2008 Martin completed the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco and qualified once again for the GB AG team in Brighton 2019.

Hope you enjoy Martins journey.

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On this Episode we are delighted to have Rosalind  Davies Jones, who was an athlete we had on our spin off show AMP Next Gen,  We followed Rosalinds journey as she tried to qualify to represent Team GB at Aqua Bike. 

At the end of  March she had her qualifying race and we are delighted to say , she not only qualified as Q1 in her age group but she was first lady overall. 

Ros goes into detail about her sporting background as a child, her first triathlon and getting into Multisport in a big way at `University.

It was after listening to our podcast that Ros decided to take part in AMP Next Gen and try to qualify, as the podcast give her some countability.

Hope you Rosalind's Journey.

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On this episode we have a couple of firsts. Number 1 we have our first two person podcast, number two we have a man and wife agegroup team. Bjorn and Gemma have both qualified and raced for team GB, after having no sporting background as such, growing up, they got into running which progressed into multisport. 

They tells a bit about how they met and how they supported each other each step of the way and how their biggest ambition, back to back Scandanavian Ironmans came to be. they talk about the ups and downs over the three years which this was in the planning and until this year knocked back at every turn.

They discuss the reason they are doing it and the worthy charity they hope to help when they complete it. 

So whatever your doing, enjoy their journey.

You can donate to justgiving.com/fundraising/gemmahughes39 to help with their fundraising

for more info on our sponsor head over to Prescasportswear.com

and if you were interested in REAP bike find out more on reapbikes.com

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On our final episode of AMP Next Gen, Ros shares her final audio diary and talks about competing her race to qualify to represent GB in Agegroup in the standard Aquabike.

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On Episode 51 we have GB Agegroup Triathlete and former GB Pentathlon athlete Matt Barnes

Heres Matts Story:
I started out as a swimmer from being about 8 years of age. I was ok, club/county standard. However, my swimming club had a biathlon club attached to it (run/swim competitions) and I was a better runner than swimmer. From 11 I gradually picked up the other events of the Modern Pentathlon  - shooting, swimming and horse-riding, until I was doing full Pentathlons at 16. I started taking the sport more seriously at University and won my first international appearance in 1997. From then I competed at 2 European Championships and 3 World Championships as a Pentathlete. My last year in the sport was 2002, when I was National Champion and finished 24th at worlds.

In 2002 I started my job as a lawyer, working in the sports industry, so retired from Pentathlon and decided to focus on just running. I became a 1500m runner and my best year was 2007 when I made the National final, ran 3.42 and a sub 4 mile. I moved up to 5000m a year or so after that and ran a 13.58 5,000m and got a Great Britain vest on the road.

From my md thirties I suffered with a few injuries and was back in the pool trying to keep fit and also doing a bit of cycling, but nothing structured. Alongside my running, I entered a few triathlons from about 2016 and in 2017 I went to the world standard distance champs in Rotterdam and got a bronze in the 40-44 age group. In 2018 I also won a silver at the european sprint. I was still also competing as a runner and in 2019 I won the european 1500m title as a v40 in Italy.

Obviously the last couple of years have been hugely disrupted with COVID. I have also had some medical advice that I have to run a lot less as I had a hip operation in 2015 and my cartliage has degenerated more since then. However, I have started working with a coach to improve my bike, which is my weakest event and have seen some big gains this winter. My run is also still holding up so I am hopeful of medals in Munich and Montreal at this year's sprint distance europeans and worlds respectively.

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Another instalment of AMP Next Gen. We hear from Rosalind, she has her race coming up in a fortnight, after a crash and a busy time at work, training hasn't gone to plan, but she is going to  just and enjoy the event and see where it takes her. 

So good luck Rosalind we are rooting for you. You can follow Ros on instagram at rosalind_dj

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On our 50th Episode we celebrate this milestone with Agegroup Multisport athlete Fiona Carter who has represented Great Britain in duathlon.  She won a gold medal at the English standard distance duathlon in Yorkshire in April and qualified to run with an England vest at the 10k at Bourton-on-the-Water at the end of February. She will be racing in Denmark at the middle distance duathlon world championships.

Based in the Cotswolds, Fiona has also set up a charity, Cass & Friends which she set up after realising how expensive it is to compete nationally and internationally, it  helps talented youngsters aged 12 to 18 in and around the county to realise their sporting dreams.

 The charity, which was formed in 2015 and has the support of top names in the world of sport such as Nikki Bartlett and Eddie Edwards. Bartlett, a triathlete, is an ambassador for the charity, while Edwards, a former ski jumper, is the charity’s patron. 

Fiona also runs an 8 week mindset course for the athletes on the charity and for any other athletes  who think they may benifit from working on their mindset.

You can follow Fiona on Instagram @sub3fi,
the Cass and friends website is www.cassandfriends.org

link to the Mindfulness program  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G4GrDhQIZ8

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On Episode 6 we catch up with our budding age groupers, as they submit their audio diaries.
Rosalind back from a week Drinking wine in Italy, its her job, Will on the move with work and home as he gets a new job and Aaron getting a new boot to support his broken foot. 

hope you enjoy this snapshot into the lives of our multisport athletes.

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Dave  originally got into multisport following a knee operation in 2017. This was his que to end playing football, and so took up cycling as part of his knee rehab. Dave  was just cycling 8-10 miles to work and back again each day. His love for it grew to the point he bought a road bike and started entering a few local Dartmoor sportives.

 In 2018, after doing a couple of Parkruns Dave decided to join his local Torbay Triathlon Club. He won the club championship (age cat result) in his first triathlon  (Torbay Triathlon), and just missed out on a podium (by 2 seconds) in the overall race results. (Sportiva Events Torbay Triathlon).

Dave entered a couple of duathlons, as he is  stronger at running and cycling than at swimming. Again he was able to claim top 10 overall positions in his first few events. 

 At the start of 2020 he met and teamed up with his current coach Phil Wylie. He was confident working alongside him that Dave could qualify for the GB Age Group team in sprint duathlon.

Dave raced a qualifier at Bedford 2 months later and claimed a qualifying spot for The 2021 World Champs. 

It wasn’t until November 2021 (due to covid) that he was able to complete his first world championship in Aviles, finishing 19th.

He has also qualified for this years European championships in Bilbao. 

 Currently recovering from a fractured shoulder blade, following a cycling crash. But plans to a race some more qualifiers later in the year, and look forward to Bilbao.

It has been a bit of a meteoric rise having only bought a bike to help with his knee rehab. Dave still feels relatively inexperienced in the multisport world, but he is  loving it and learning with each race.

 we discuss sponsorship in this podcast as dave has  managed to get some good sponsorship deals including John Lewis & Waitrose, his local Torbay Leisure Centre and Stephanie at Sunshine Nutrition, as well as being an ambassador for Sundried.

 hope you enjoy Daves journey.


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Injury Injury, Injury.  on this episode yet another athlete falls foul of dreaded injury, find out how our Next Gen athletes are getting on with this next instalment of their journey to qualifying races, to try and represent GB.

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