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Tri-monkey coaching is helping athletes achieve their dreams. From completing their first Ironman to winning World Championship Medals. In the world of sport you need to be ahead of the game to achieve your best, not following the crowd.
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What the team is up to:
Welsh Gold and Bronze
Rhian Roxbough wins Welsh National Standard Distance Championships, with Rocky taking the men's Bronze.
Can they do the treble and pick up Sprint titles too?
Kilkee Hell of the West
The Kilkee 'Hell of the West' triathlon celebrated its 25th Anniversary and hosted the Irish National Championships on Sat 27th June. The course is is challeneging with a rough sea swim, hilly 45km cycle and hilly 10km run.
Congratulations to the Monkeys that race in particlaur to Aoife O'Connor who finished 4th female. (she has issue with her timming chip so no splits).
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Bala Middle
Bala Middle Distance Tri proved to be another good day out for some Monkeys. Rich Brady stormed through from 15th to 9th place in the Snr men (10th overall), Simon Roxborough posted a very fast bike split, to fast split, but faded a little on the run to finish 3rd in the Welsh Champs (44th over all) and Rhian Roxborough had a storming swim and bike but injuries troubles flared up on the run and she dragged herself around to win the Welsh Championships and place 5th overall.Thats FAST!
Rocky goes 56min 15s for 25mile TT, whilst Rhian goes 60min dead, much to her disgust, she wanted at least 59.59. Nice work!!!Euro Du, Barcelona and Dublin
Nathan Gosling gets M25-29 Bronze at The Euro duathlon champs, whilst Aoife O’Conner finishes 15th in Barcelona Half Challenge, (2nd 35-39AG) and Dave Tunney 4th in the Dublin Super Sprints.
Craig Moore posted a PB and the Barcelona Half Challenge whilst Hugh Carberry and Paul
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Wet Monkey's
In what had to be some of the worst conditions for training and racing over the weekend across
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10th May Racing
Congratulation to Jane Cherry for completing here first triathlon, you will now be addicted to the sport.
At the Exe Valley sprint tri Rich Brady finished 3rd as part of his IM Austria preparations, to take care of the weeks speed work, whilst Julian Wills finished 29th.
The team are off to a good start. Kent Richardson wins his age group (M50) at the Miami Triathlom, finishing 6th over all. At the 3rd and final Nass Duathlon Dave Tunney finishes 2nd and Paul Sulivan 16th. Rich Brady finishes 2nd at the Exmouth Aquathlon. Sam Herridge and Nathan Gosling winning the Wadebridge duathlon, Rich Brady placing 3rd at the Dawlish aquathlon and Dave Tunney finishing 5th, whilst placing the fastest bike split at the Naas Duathlon in Ireland. The Big weekends have been and gone, with a minimum of 12hrs training during each, in
On the flat and fast course in Lisbon, Portugal, 7 Tri-monkey athletes kicked off their season over the Half Ironman event. Dave Tunney lead them home in 51st place with a smoking 4hr11min. With Rhian Roxborough racking up her first win of the season on Merseyside a couple of weeks ago and Rocky finishing 4th is business as usual for Tri-monkeys. This weekend Dave Tunney finished 2nd at the NaasWheelWorx Du, near Dublin. In his words: Rhian Roxborough set a new course recorded in winning the 3rd Epic Events Winter Duathlon. Simon Roxborouh finshed 7th setting a new pb for the course. I ran at the Brighton Half Marathon after a tough week of training with my buddy Steve. He posted a pb on a glorious sunny day, whilst I got around without any fire in the legs. On Sunday 9th March at Catle Combe, team coach, Rich Brady placed 3rd. He put together a consistant performance even splitting the 2mile runs and posting the 3rd fastest 10mile ride of the day. 'I'm really pleased with my form and feel ready to start my build up for Ironman Lanzerote'. 2007 was another great year for Tri-monkey athletes, below are some of the mjor achievements: 1sts - Central American & Caribean Champs, Small Island Games tri (Rhoades), Windsor tri (elite), Bala Middle Distance, Pembroke Tri, Milton Keyenes Tri. 4th ITU World Cup Lisbon 6th ITU World Champs 30-34AG 15th ITU Sprint World Champs 30-34AG 4 x 70.3 finishers (Clearwater, Blackwater Eagleman, 2xUK) 10 x Ironman Finishers (2xLanzarote, 1xRoth, 5xAustria, 1xUK, 1xFlorida) Flora Duffy won the Bermuda National Duathlon Champs on Sat 12th April. She lead from the gun, leading the men into T1. Kent Richardson was close on her heals and smoked the bike course, posting the fastest time of the day. Unfortuanetly for Kent, bad cramps saw him limp across the line for 2nd, whilst Flora cruised in for the win. Rhian Roxborough battled the elements at Parc Bryn Bach, on Sat 19th Apr, in the British Elite duathlon to take Silver. She raced solo, during the cold, wet and windy conditions, which saw many of the Elites drop out. Simon Roxborough p
After finishing 15th at Camlough on Saturady, Dave Tunney leads the Irish Triathlon Premier League. Dave is pleasantly surprised, but delighted as he rests up for the UK70.3 this weekend. This year I scaled down the camp as group of athletes I am working with needed a little extra. All the athletes have international level targets this year strating with the Olympic Games, ITU elite racing, Age Group Medals in Vancover and qualification for Clearwater 70.3 world champs. Over the 10 days the group logged up to 45hrs of training each and quietly pushed each through each day. Half of that was on the bike and the rest a fairly even split between the swim and run. The team are now home and resting hard, as their early season targets loom. On what proved to be a very hot day in the office in Austria 5 more Iron-monkeys are born. congratulations to you all. In Rohodes at the small Island Games, Sam Herridge continues her winning streak after dominating at Windsor, with a GOLD medal for Gurnsey at the Small Island Games. More from Sam when I get the detials from her. For Bermuda Kent Richardson finished 15th, again his story will be posted as soon as I get it. Rhian Roxborough, AG bronze medalist and the current welsh champion over sprint, standard and middle distance, won the Pembroke standard triathlon on Sunday. Simon Roxborough contiued to race himself back to fitness after a nasty accident at work a couple of month ago, although being beaten by the missus again must hurt. This Friday 6th July see Sam Herridge (Gurnsey) and Kent Richardson (Bermuda) take on the Small Islands Games triathlon in Rhodes, Greece The ladies are holding the fort with Rhian Roxborough winning at Chirk & Harleck, whilst Sam Herridge taking the Helston title on local turf. For the gents Simon Roxborough placed very credable 6th & 7th places at Chirk and Harlech, whilst Rich Brady (aka tri-monkey) topped of his Lanzarote Ironman preparations with a win at Helston. The ITU World champs in Vancouver, will have 5 Monkeys in action, have a good one. Sam Herridge won the Nokia Winsor Trithlon, with a comanding performance leading from the gun. This rounded up a great month of racing for Sam, who finish 7th in Glasgow , 8th in Welsh corus elite series and 3rd at the Blenhiem Elite race. UK70.3 proved to be a very frustrating day for myself. After a great swim, exiting the water in 10th and a speedy transition I settle in a good rythm on the bike, but at 30km I punctured. Proving more difficult than normal to fix, I lost 20mins and was out of the race. I decided to continue, but a steady pace and have a good training day. I f
Yet again more outstanding resuts from around the globe. At the The Beaulieu Triathlon James Ridout produced a life time best 3rd place. Not bad for a Ironman in training. In Bermuda Kent Richardson took a break from triathlon to compete in his National Time Trial Championships. Kent finish 4th, even though he thought he had another lap to go and hadn't given it his all. Ellen Charlney qualified for the Clearwater 70.3 World Championships at the Balckwater Eagleman, posting a time of 5hrs30mins (31, 2:50, 2:00 +T's) In Irelaand At the Premier League Sprint Tri in Cam
Another weekend has passed and more fantastic results Rhian Davies, fighting of a cold and thinking of not racing won the Bala middle disatnace race on Sunday, adding the Welsh National Middle distance Champion title to hear 2006 Standard and Sprint titles and not forgoeting her World AG bronze. Sam Herridge after a credible 9th place at the Elite National Sprint Champs in Strathclyde last weekend, fiinshed 3rd in the Blenhiem eilite race. Dave Tunney cotinued his rise in Irish triathlon taking 2nd place at the Garadi
Big congratulation to Dave Hooper and Rich Sawdon who took on and finished IM Lanzerote. Rich went 11:53.41 (1:09.52, 6:01.33, 4:26.48) and Dave 12:15.09 (1:01.16, 6:27.56, 4:35.43). Rhian Davies, world AG bronze medalist, established a new 5km pb of 17:53, smoking last years 19:13 on the same course. Dave Tunney contiues to forge forward with a 10th place at the Fingle Sprint Tri in Dublin, posting the 4th fastest run of the day. It was a busy weekend with athletes racing in Lisbon at the half Ironman, and ITU World Cup, in Ireland, Bermuda National Champs and the UK. The hard winter of training has started to pay off with a number of personal best's: Also few fast times at Dorchester 'Fast Twitch World Series' from my training buddies Pete (1st) and Harry (3rd) and James keeps cranking out higher FT. Its only ea
Thinking he was the incredible hulk he tried to burst out of his suit and the sound of the starting gun. Unfortunately he then realised he isn't as his zip broke and the water poured into his wetsuit. After 10mins of trying to swim through it, he decided to tie the suit to his waste and just plough on. 1hr20 later he emerged from the canal to have the most enjoyable race since his first tri at the Llanberisis Half Ironman. He soon realised it was gonna be one of those days, but soaked up the atmosphere, saying that it is a race that has to be done, just for the fun of it. European 25-29 champ, Nathan Gosling race hard to finish 7th in hs AG at the World Duathlon Champs in Rimini, Italy. Greg May completed the 3 peaks, cyclocross challenge and was 'the hardest race' he's ever done. I'm not surprised when you are running up mountains with your bike on yor shoulder and no suspension for the descents. Sam Heridge started her seaon off with a win at The Steyning Sprint tri, finishing 2nd overall. Sam opened with a 4:50 400m swim after a swift T1 covered the 18.5km in 31mins, before finishing off with a 17.50 run. Nice one Sam. Over in Limerick the some of the Irish Monkeys kicked off there season at the Joey Hanon standard distance event. The swim was in a 50m pool, whilst the bike was touch lon long at 42km, hence the times and the run is a undulating multi lap affair. Place Athlete Age Gp &n
Rhian wins the Chirk sprint for the 4th year in a row. Rich Brady should be 4th, pending a timing error adjustment making Rocky Roxborough 10th. At the British Elite National Duathlon Champs Nathan Gosling finishes 15th. The team is starting to show the old sparkle in the early in this season. Dave Tuney ripped the firld apart at the North Tipp Sprint over in Ireland to win with 2min 30 to 2nd. Rhian Roxborough also won at Harlech, whist Simon Roxborough finshed 5th. Julian Wills place 10th at the Penzance tri earlier in the month, to kick start his season. 2008 Major Achievements Olympic Triathlete ( Gold 25-19 AG Euro duathlon (Nathan Gosling) Navy Duathlon Champion (N
Rhian's storming season continues by adding the Welsh National Standard Distance title to her CV. She was also crowned Gatorade athlete of the Month in May http://www.tri247.com/article_3435.html and just missed out on a medal at the ITU World Champs in Vancouver. Rocky finished a credible 13th in the Welsh Champs, yet again posting one of the fastest bikes times of the day, even though he got knock off his bike during the race. Kent Richardson won his age group (45-49) and placed 5th overall after leading
Sam Herridge and Rhian Roxborough competed in the final ETU cup race of the season in Alanya, Turkey. Sam lead the race out of the water, with Rhian 20s back. They both rode with the front group and tried to make a team monkey break at 30km, but to no avail. They both ran well in the heat of the afternoon with Sam finishing 9th and Rhian 11th. Next up Tracey Horne and Rich Brady take on Ironman Florida and MArk Ashurst with be competing in Clearwater at the 70.3 World Championships. Congratulation to Nathan Gosling for winning the 25-29 Age group and placing 5th overall at the European Duathlon champs. At the Green Park Corus race Rhian Roxborough finished 8th and Flora Duff th, well done girls. At the Weatherby Olympic tri, Rhian Roxoborough adds another win to her list, whilst Simon Roxborough finished 5th male, posting the fastest bike split of the day. I finished Ironman Lanzarote in 10hr 17mins. See my blog for more detials on how the day went. The team are on an end of season roll, with the ladies once again showing the boys how it is done. Rhian Roxborough wins the Bala standard last weekend and Sam Herridge wins Perranporth tri this weekend. Simon Roxborough finished his season at Bala standard finishing 29th in 2:04.03 Mark Ashurst finish 7th at the Langport tri, with the 2nd fastest bike time. At the Half Ireman Dave Tunney finished 8th in the Irish Champs (9th overall) in 5:00.26, Greg Cambell in 36th in 5:30.03, Darren Cranston in 66th in 5:49.39 and
A BIG congratulation to Liam Dillon for for his finish at IMUK. Liam finished in a very rspectable 13hr 27m 04s (1:15.14, 7:26.13, 4:31.33). The reports say it was a tougher course than last year and very windy on the bike, just to make it a proper day in the office and another Iron-Monkey. Sam Herridge and Rhian Roxborough battled it Strathcylde in the Corus Super Sprint. The both made the final with Sam finishing 8th and Rhian 13th. Good job girls. Julian Wills finished 8th at the Northampton sprint tri. Aoife O'Conner was disapointed to with her 4th place at the '
The team have contiuned to keep good results flowing with: Sam Herridge finishing 5th at the ITU points race in Turkey after leading out the swim and then putting a couple of minutes into the field on the bike, Rhian Roxborough lead the PRO ladies out of the water at the Antwerp 70.3 and went on to finish 10th overall, whilst the Simon Roxborough had a solid day to finish in 4hr 36mins. Davey Tunney took on a strong national field in the Mourne Olympic Triathlon, in Ireland. He was delighted to post a pb of 2hr 11min and take 11th overall. Simon and Rhian Roxborough both won Silver medals at the Welsh Sprint Championships at the Tuska Triathlon. Rhian took second place to Beijing bound World Champion Helen Tucker. &
Training camps are meant to be tough, but the 2007 campers made my job a challenge by giving me the following the extremes: - Ability range – novice to ITU World Cup top 10 performer. Distance range – never done a triathlon to Ironman regular. Age range – 19yrs – 48yrs. 4 Countries –
Sam Herridge lead the swim out and kept her postion at the of front of the race to finish 3rd. Rhian Roxborbough made the chase pack and ran through to take 5th. Julian Wills had the race of his life to finish 3rd in the sprint race. His new race angry approach definately worked. Great work and congratulations. Spend the pocket money wisely. Dave Tunney and Aoife O'Conner make history with the 1st Tri-Monkey wins in Ireland at the Gardice Sprint Triathlon. Hugh Carbery also finshed on the podium with 3rd in the mens event. Mark Ashurst competed in the 70.3 World Champs in Clearwater Florida, finishing in 4hr 48min 33s. The previous week Rich Brady set a new Irish record at Ironman Florida of 9hr 13min 29s. 2008 Major Achievements Olympic Triathlete ( Gold 25-19 AG Euro duathlon (Nathan Gosling) Navy Duathlon Champion (N
2008 Major Achievements Olympic Triathlete ( Gold 25-19 AG Euro duathlon (Nathan Gosling) Navy Duathlon Champion (N
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Early Season Races
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Lisboa Half results
Early seasn Duathlons
'There was some decent competition at the race and before hadnd I had reckoned that I would end up about 8th or 9th.
I did a decent warm up on my turbo and on the run and I felt ready for the race.
Recently I've not been able to run "fast" so I wasn't expecting great shakes on the runs, I expected to have
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Rhian sets course record!!
3rd at Castle Combe
Reults 2007
National Duathlon Medals
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Tunney on top
The Italian Job 2008
Ironman Austria
Sam gets GOLD
Win at Pembroke for Rhian
Race wins!!!
Win at Windsor, frustration at Wimbleball
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Weekend round up
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Weekend Round Up
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Weekend's racing
Around europe + Bermuda
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Geth does it his way in Roth
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World Du and 3 Peaks
Bank Holiday racing
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Rhian does it again
Back to winning ways
Nathan Gosling Wins Navy Duathlon Champs
Nathan Gosling cruised to win his 2nd sucessive Navy Duathlon on Wed 1st April. He is shaping up well to defend his National AG title and for his assault on the World Champs later this year.
Athlete Achievemnts 2008
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Rhian's Welsh National Champ
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Sam and Rhi in Turkey
Nathan gets Gold
Two weekends and more results
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Big weekend - results
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Racing their Socks off
Welsh Silver
Ironman Austria & Switzerland
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Italy training camp
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Windsor Triathlon
Double Gold at Gardice Lake Tri
Fast in Florida
Athlete Achievements 2008
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Athlete Achievements 2008
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