Category: Member News

Stuart's Ironman!

11/10/2025

Congratulations to Stuart, who completed an Ironman event in Mt. St. Michel Normandy, France.

This involved a 3.8km swim in a river/sea inlet, followed by a 180km cycle around the French countryside, followed by a marathon, which took place around the Mt. St Michel Island, running backwards and forwards to the island 4 times, the first lap of which involved climbing to the summit.

He completed the event in just over 14.5 hours, starting at 8am and finishing around 10.30pm. The swim took around 90 minutes, the bike ride around 7 hours and the run around 5.5 hours.

Joelie's 44 mile run!

24/5/2025

On 24 May I completed the Classic Quarter - a 44 mile ultra run from Lizard Point to Lands End along the SW Coastal Path. It was definitely an adventure. The path is tricky and technical at points, so the chance to enjoy the spectacular coastal views can be limited. However I enjoy that part of Ultra running as it keeps my brain occupied. The hardest part was the flat 14km along the concrete from Maurzion to Mousehole through Penzance. I definitely had a couple of sense of humour failures through this part! It was a warmish and humid day, so when I reached Lamora Cove after 7 and a bit hours I was a bit hot. Unfortunately my salty crisps and electrolytes didn't bring me back to life, so that last 3 hours were an effort.

Still the views of the ocean and the Minak Theatre kept me going. 10h 34 mins after starting I crossed the finish line and finished 5th in my age group.

Christine Thomas – 22 December 1964 to 10 November 2024

11/12/2024

We were saddened to learn that Christine passed away last month shortly before her 60th birthday – please see the Facebook message from the family below.

"Unfortunately, we write to share the heartbreaking news of Christine’s passing in the early hours of Sunday morning. She was at home and surrounded by family. Her decline over the past few weeks took us all by surprise. But that was Christine all over - determined to stay alive but then determined to go when she accepted it was time. She was the definition of resilience.

London Marathon success for Jenny!

21/4/2024

Congratulations to Jenny for completing the London Marathon in a time of 4:10.16.

"The crowds were amazing and I am so happy with the day. Thanks to all that have sponsored me."

Mark's Triple Crown Open Water Swim Achievement

28/9/2023

The 'triple crown' of open water swimming is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of three historically important swims:

English Channel
Manhattan 20 Bridges (a 28.5 mile circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island, New York City)
Catalina Channel (20 miles between Santa Catalina Island and the California mainland)

Having previously completed the English Channel and Manhattan 20 Bridges, Mark Johansen has now completed the triple crown with a successful swim of the Catalina Channel.

Read on for Mark’s fascinating account of this amazing achievement…

Sarah's Thames half-marathon swim

13/8/2023

Congratulations to Sarah for completing the Thames half-marathon swim.

This is an 'approx' 5.5km swim starting from a point above Hurley and finishing in Marlow.

Sarah completed the swim in 1:54 for a distance of 5.7km.

Christine and Paddy cycle to Paris

12/8/2023

Christine and her husband, Paddy, recently cycled 306 miles on the Avenue Verte from London to Paris - a 6 day cycle / camping trip.

Apparently they had to consume lots of croissants and baguettes to keep them going!

Bravo!!

Half Iron Man & Woman

9/7/2023

Congratulations to Motoko and Stuart who both completed the half ironman triathlon at Holkham in Norfolk.

The race comprised:

Swim 1,900m / 1.2 miles
Bike 90k / 56 miles
Run 21k / 13.1 miles

Motoko finished in 6:44.06, and Stuart in 6:09.46

An amazing achievement - well done to both!

Judith and Mark's Lanzarote to Fuerteventura challenge

3/5/2023

Mark and I completed the crossing of the La Bocaina strait, Lanzarote to Fuerteventura, 15.2km in a time of 4 hours and 52 minutes. It was so lovely to be able to swim alongside each other. Our pace was perfectly matched. We were blessed with perfect conditions and saw two turtles enroute. What was not so great was the 4.45am get up to get to the start in time but worth it in the end. We were lucky enough to have been able to arrange a support boat with the help of Paul and Angela from Swim Lanzarote. Today we managed a 2k swim in the sea and then treated ourselves to a sports massage which turned out to be tougher than the swim itself!

I was swimming for Pancreatic Cancer UK in support of Christine Thomas, a previous member of the club who was diagnosed in June 2021 with the disease. I would like to thank everyone from the club who has kindly donated so far. This is really appreciated and I have managed to beat my target of £500.

Half marathon success

26/2/2023

Congratulations to Lesley (lane 2/3) who ran the Bedford 1/2 marathon aiming for under 2 hours, clocking an amazing 1:55 and coming 3rd in her age group.

Well done Lesley!

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