Hills, thrills & bellyaches

24 SWYD SPRINT TRIATHLON ( SPRINT) (750m S/20km B/5km R) Barry Island, Wales. allornothingevents.com 27 DORNEY LAKE MIDWEEK TRI (various dists) Dorney Lake, Windsor atwevents.co.uk 28 PARK BRYN BACH A

Competitors at Ironman Lake Placid, on 20 July, are treated to 180km of epic climbs and swooping descents through the region’s majestic Adirondack Mountains. In the pro races, Norway’s Solveig Løvseth

Sometimes you have to do things that scare you. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself ahead of the Dartmoor Discovery, a 32-mile, 899-yard ultramarathon with more than 4,000ft of elevation. And

The swim might be the scariest, the bike leg the longest. But it’s during the 42.2km marathon run where the suffering can be turned up to 11 and finish-line dreams are made or broken. The bad news is

Black Hill Road. Lap three. A biting headwind. My neck screaming. I glance up and see the same slope that’s already broken countless riders today. And as the lads around me clip out and walk, I dig in

Places we've been, things we've seen, and mountain-related stuff we like