Fresh from World Championships victory Tom Gibbs, racing with Bruce Duncan and Paul Pickering (a kind, and fast, last minute replacement) managed to seize a win over VO2 in Hawley. Tom’s Portugal race had been strategic and lasted 6 days and 900km. Sunday’s was a marked route over about 2.5 hours including wet and technical mountain biking, wet and technical running and wet but not very technical kayaking. A different experience entirely! Read More
About a month ago a short fella with a big grin winged me an email on the off chance that I may support his team in the world champs in Portugal. It all sounded a nice idea, but with a busy schedule of events to manage and two little 7 month old thurlows these opportunities often get short shrift. However I put the idea to my wife Lisa who promptly replied with “If I’d been asked, I’d go” which was the seal of approval I needed to go. Read More
Tom and I shared a hearty handshake when we met at Heathrow’s Terminal 1 as we’d not seen each other for a while. Despite the warmth of our embrace the sense of muted enthusiasm for the task ahead was palpable. Expedition racing had unfortunately become a results based enterprise with every mishap, non-finish, injury, and team mate debacle magnified by the pain of a million blistered footsteps. The emotional upheaval of leaving a young family behind was not getting any easier. Read More
The Adventure Racing World Championships are due to be screened on Channel 4 in early 2010. Good way to brush off those winter blues!
Dream Team TV were out in force in Portugal. Chris, Eric and Patrick out in the sticks running faster than us, backwards and uphill with a camera as usual!
A big thanks to last minute team member Tom Gibbs for stepping in to make the team of four, when our original team member pulled out with an ankle injury. Read More
