Tales From The Trail

The desire to improve and progress is a characteristic that separates those who succeed - and those that are happy to settle. Some of us are content just competing - and some aren't satisfied unless they're smashing the goals they set themselves. The latter takes sheer will, a steely determination - and the adoption of a training regime that makes most of us shudder... Meet Daniel Lannigan, an athlete...

It's easy to take good health for granted, training hard is part of the job  - and we assume, so long as we don't take a fall or have an accident, we'll just crack on. We believe the outcome is within our control - and we decide when it's time to take it easy or push harder. However...  We got chatting with Jayson...

  To say it's been a weird year, is the understatement of the century. No one has escaped the clutches of COVID and we've all been affected in many ways. As athletes, used to digging in and persevering when things get tough, there's an expectation we just take this stuff in our stride. The truth is, it's taken some adjustment...

  Okay, so the outlook for triathlon racing isn't looking too rosey right now... In fact, it's probably never been worse - but hey, positivity and optimism is in our make up - it's part of how we stay motivated during the dark moments.  We all remember our first race. For most of us, it would've been wearing gear and completed on kit...