Hopefully people like seeing and hearing who is up to what. This weekend may be the new record for number of combatants ( 21) out daein stuff. We have: GTC Bishpbriggs Tri - Finlay, Catriona, David and Vicky with Sean as RD and Alan as MC for the day Etape Loch Ness - Sean, Mark B, Zoe, Beppo, Fiona G, Felix, Gerard and Darren Dirty reiver - Chris, Jo and Julian with Stevo and Dunc from LTC Kinross Sportive - Alan K, Mark C and Paul Davies 10 under the Ben - Dieter and Coops ( may not start but going up anyway) Hidden Glen 10k - Jill Holyrood 10k - Craig T Hope the sun shines for us all - lets be having it.

Hi all, I’ve been trying to figure out some good snacks to have whilst out training or for race day, to supplement gels. I’ve tried out rice krispie bars, rice cakes, Stryker rice bar, Waf-fuls, and god knows what else. They all have drawbacks for me ao looking for advice from the athletes in here 🙂 Currently trying some banana lunchbox loaves, which are really easy to eat, have 19g carbs but I’m a bit worried about fibre. Any recommendations?

Current temps are 8 degrees. Lots of snow still to melt so race day temps likely to be 10 so if you haven't started dipping to acclimatise now is the time. First few dont need to be long just getting the head round how the cold feels and how it impacts you. It's a bit like boiling a frog..get in get used to it and race day has no surprises

Dog walk musings. Today there are a plethora of races and formats to play with. Back in the early 90s there were much fewer opportunities to have organised fun. The race brochure for the first M dot race in the UK profiled all 5 IM races on the go. Yes 5. No Challenge, No PT100..no social media nada. So what's your favourite race format?

All the rage at the Stirling Triathlon Performance centre. There may be a reason for it. Dorian works with Arild Tveiten and is using INSYCD software to provide 360 metabolic profiling. We have completed 3 of these in the last 2 weeks and the insights are super beneficial. It allows us to be super accurate in doing the training that impacts each physiological marker. No doubt we will see more of this as time moves on.