Master the middle

Eight-six, 85, 84… log onto the website of any Ironman event and you’ll see a count day to race day. Even with nearly one hundred days to go until the 2025 edition of Ironman Wales, it’s a reminder th

Challenge Cesenatico on 11 May welcomed over 1,000 athletes and 32 nations to Italy’s Adriatic Coast. With calm seas and clear skies, the day provided ideal conditions for racing the 1.9km coastal swi

Water is leaking into my goggles. I blink a couple of times and try to figure out which lens is the culprit. Both? It’s strange, as these goggles have done many miles in training and never leaked befo

JUNE 29 ULTIMATE TRIATHLON (full distance and relay) The Mere, Ellesmere, Shropshire. uktriathlon.co.uk ULTIMATE HALF TRIATHLON (half full distance and relay) The Mere, Ellesmere, Shropshire. uktriath

A seemingly superhuman ultrarunning barrier is tantalisingly close to being shattered. So close, in fact, that we could see it happen this year. Here’s what it will take to push beyond the edge – and who has the grit to do it

“It’s been a crazy few months. I’m in shock, a bit of disbelief it’s over, and the body is feeling it, but not as bad as it could have been.” Mitch Hutchcraft is propped up on the bed of his hotel roo