by Ben Tisdall | Oct 28, 2020 | General
Navigating with GPX or GPS Self Navigation Devon Grit & the Haldon Heroic are both largely self-nav. We’ve decided to put our time & effort into producing excellent, accurate GPXs & course descriptions. And to providing technical support to make sure...
by Ben Tisdall | Jan 30, 2019 | General, News, Technology, Triathlon Guides
Your child comes bouncing in saying “Mum! Dad!, guess what? I’m doing a triathlon!” You answer with enthusiasm “That’s Great! Well done! A triathlon!” But one of two things will be going through your head. The first might be,...
by Ben Tisdall | Apr 25, 2018 | General, News, Triathlon Guides
We’re getting lots of questions from first time triathletes. So we’d thought we’d put together some of the most common questions into a Beginners FAQ aimed at people taking on their first triathlon. What order do you complete the swim, bike and run? (nb this is a...
by Ben Tisdall | Oct 8, 2016 | General, News, Triathlon Guides
A duathlon is almost always a run, bike, run. Distances can vary but a typical sprint distance duathlon is a 5K run, a 20K bike and a 2.5K run. A standard distance is double those distances. The winning time in a sprint distance duathlon is likely to be around an hour...
by Ben Tisdall | Jun 15, 2016 | General, News
After the perfect conditions of 2015 it was back to normal British summer weather for the send South Hams Triathlon on Sunday 12th June. It started with a cold choppy swim followed by a damp and skiddy bike leg and a slightly muddy run. The red/green wave containing...
by Ben Tisdall | Mar 27, 2016 | General, News
In only its second year the South Hams Sprint Triathlon sold out three months early. The organisers Ben Tisdall & Stewart Bergman took the decision to limit numbers to 300 mainly because the runners have to cross the bikes to access the Run. Ben Tisdall said...
