Tunbridge Wells Triathlon Club

Happy Trails to You 🎶. The TWTC were out and about on Saturday morning running the stunning trails around Groombridge. It was crisp, it was cold. We had coffee and cake in the Groombridge Community Cafe afterwards. Each Saturday we do a scenic trail run in the area offering a variety of distances and paces. If you would like to join our friendly club for a trial membership, please see our website. 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🧡🖤

New Year’s Greetings from Tunbridge Wells Tri Club! A fantastic turnout for the Penshurst New Year Cross Country run on NYE with more than 30 club members in attendance. A muddy great time was had by all 🧡🖤!

The mighty Orange & Black were out in force at Bewl Triathlon on Sunday. Lots to celebrate including podiums, top tens or racers and supporters just enjoying the atmosphere and sunshine. Well done to all club members who competed! 🧡🖤

TWTC members enjoyed a fantastic afternoon at .kent to learn group riding and other cycling skills. The lashing wind and rain didn’t discourage some frantic sprint and pursuit racing at the end of the session! 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️💨🌧️🧡🖤

Over 20 hardy TWTC riders braved very wet conditions to meet at The Greyhound in Charcott for a fabulous Bacon Butty Brunch social meet up. The breakfast baps were very good indeed. Looking forward to more social events as the weather improves 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️🥓🍳🌧️🧡🖤😀

Well done to all TWTC members who completed the Hell of the Ashdown 2023 sportive on Sunday. 100km of riding, 1900m of climb and bitterly cold weather made for a challenging day out. But a good time was had by all! Thanks so much to for putting on an excellent event once again. 🧡🖤🚵‍♀️🚵🥶

Over 20 members of TWTC took part in the Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon on Sunday with some great performances from the Orange and Black in the sunshine. Here’s a few of the team at the summit of Spring Hill. Huge thanks as always to our friends at Tunbridge Wells Harriers for organising this great event! 🧡🖤🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️🏅😎

More memories from 2022. This time from hot and sunny July and August which saw club members racing (and winning) at Hever Castle, Bewl Water and Alpe d’Huez. Plus lots of training rides around the hills of Kent and Sussex! 😎 🧡🖤

Our 2022 advent calendar🎄warms up with a look back to May and June. Racing highlights included a rainy 🌧️ East Grinstead Triathlon and a sunny 😎 Marshman triathlon, plus supporters who rode out to Appledore to cheer on the team. Further highlights included David Bagge and Jane Blunt representing Team GB at the World Duathlon Championships in Romania coming 2nd and 4th respectively. A good time was had by all!! 🧡🖤

Here’s the next Christmas cracker from the advent calendar 🎄. March and April saw club members fly to Mallorca for the annual PiTB cycling trip. This included a trip to the velodrome and epic rides across the mountains of the island 🚵‍♀️🚵. Closer to home the club took part in the 7Oaks triathlon while David Bagge won the AG British Duathlon championships. For training, our ever popular trails by torchlight 🔦 saw us trudging through muddy fields and woods before heading to a pub somewhere. All good fun! 🧡🖤. Stay tuned for more 2022 highlights .

Welcome to the Advent Calendar for 2022!! 🎄First some highlights from January and February featuring big turnouts at the Penshurst New Year Five Miler, Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon and the Hell of Ashdown bike ride. Lots of training too on local roads and muddy trails. Keep checking back for more highlights from 2022! 🧡🖤

We revise our training schedule throughout the year. This is for Autumn/Winter:

Monday 7:30pm: Coached Track Running 🏃 with the Harriers
Wednesday 6:00am: Coached pool swimming🏊 (Tonbridge School)
Thursday 7:00pm: WTRL Team Time Trial on Zwift🚴🚴🚴🚴
Friday 6:30pm: Coached pool swimming🏊 (Tunbridge Wells)
Saturday 8.30am: Club Trail Run🏃
Sunday 8.30am: Club Ride🚴

Visit our website for more info or to join a session:
https://tunbridgewellstriathlonclub.org/

We're stoked to be continuing our successes in the TESE Senior Series this season! Our results after Bewl:
🥈 Moved up from 3rd to 2nd in the overall classification 😁
🥇 Retained 1st in the men's classification 😁
Unfortunately bumped down from 1st to 4th in the women's classification 🥺
🥇 But retained our 1st place in the mixed classification 😁
🥇 And still 1st in the mob (participation) 😁

So, a massive well done and thanks to everyone that raced and supported at Bewl 🧡🖤

2022 SE Senior Series Standings (After Race 4/6) Standings after 4/6 Overall Classification Position,Current Total (Best 3 To Score),Club,Sevenoaks,East Grinstead,Eastbourne,Bewl,Southwater,Brighton & Hove 1,232,Brighton Tri Club,32,32,100,100 2,188,Tunbridge Wells Triathlon Club,40,76,30,72 3,170,MedwayTri,76,32,22,62 4,160,Epsom Triathlon Cl...

Members of Tunbridge Wells Triathlon Club recently tackled the Alpe d’Huez Triathlon, one of the toughest races in the multi-sports calendar. Situated in the heart of the French Alps, the race commenced with a 2.2km swim in the crystal clear waters of Lac du Verney. This was followed by the 118km bike leg with over 3200 metres of ascent finishing with the famous 21 bends of the Alpe d'Huez, a climb of 14km at 8% gradient. Finally, the competitors tackled the 20km mixed terrain run (road and trail) which included over 300 metres of ascent and a run down an airport runway. Well done to all TWTC competitors who completed this iconic course! 🧡🖤🚵‍♀️🚵🚵‍♂️

Tunbridge Wells Triathlon Club members have been hitting the back pages of the local press this summer with some great performances at home and abroad including in the World Duathlon championships in Romania. Check out their exploits here with lots of podium placings to celebrate. Looking forward to more success during the remainder of the season 🏆 🏅 😀

Pleased to be helping out at TrYathlon today at Tonbridge Park. Maybe some future triathletes right there! Kent School Games

On Saturday 11th June, come and see us on our stand at the Tunbridge Wells Cycling Festival in Calverley Grounds!

at . 24 club members competed at East Grinstead Triathlon on 15/5/22. Strong results saw the club climb up the standings of the Triathlon England South East Senior Series after two events of six. Next stop Eastbourne on 12/6/22! Huge thanks to for organising a superb event once again 🏊‍♀️🏊🚴‍♀️🚴🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

TWTC were honoured to take receipt of the Nina Foord Trophy from our friends at the Tunbridge Wells Harriers. Nina was a long standing Harrier, who was also a great advocate and participant in Triathlon. Nina sadly passed away in 2020. With a growing number of people now being members of both clubs and with some shared training sessions, hopefully this will further cement the ties between our clubs. The trophy will form part of TWTC’s annual end of season awards. Read more about Nina here https://www.britishtriathlon.org/news/tributes-paid-to-nina-foord%C2%A0_14357

We revise our training schedule throughout the year. This is for Spring/Summer:

Monday 7:30pm: Coached Track Running 🏃 with the Harriers
Tuesday 6:30pm: Tuesday Trails - Run🏃to a pub garden (alternate weeks)
Tuesday 6:00pm: Open Water Swim (Weirwood) 🏊
Wednesday 6:00am: Coached pool swimming🏊 (Tonbridge School)
Thursday 7:00pm: Midweek Ride🚴
Friday 6:30pm: Coached pool swimming🏊 (Tunbridge Wells)
Saturday 8.30am: Club Trail Run🏃
Sunday 8.30am: Club Ride🚴

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Last Sunday saw 30 riders from TWTC take on the Hell of the Ashdown sportive across 100km of some of the toughest hills in Kent and Sussex. Everyone made it around and lots of flapjacks were consumed along the way. Huge thanks to for organising this superb event.

There was a great turnout of TWTC runners at the blustery Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon this morning. Huge thanks to all volunteers and supporters on the course and to the TW Harriers for organising this fabulous event. 🧡🖤🏃‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️💨

Our first Saturday trail run of 2022 had a great turnout despite the grey and damp morning.
Nice to see both new and old members out there on the muddy trails.
We had groups doing the 8km & 15km routes, some rehabbing with run-walk, before the essential coffee stop at the end.

Fancy joining us next Saturday? Sign up for a free trial at http://is.gd/twtc_join

All abilities most welcome!

The first Saturday of the month is parkrun tourism day at TWTC. 14 of us + 3 dogs + 2 kids in a buggy headed to Bedgebury Pinetum this morning.
Followed by a lovely mucky ride round the red route for some winter MTBing.

Best of luck to TWTC club legend Dave Bagge as he heads off to the World Duathlon Championships in Aviles, Spain. Smash it Baggy! (and remember short socks are winning socks 😏)

David Bagge is M55-59 British Champion 🏆

Following swiftly on from his win at Hever, David Bagge headed up to the British Standard Distance Duathlon Championships the next weekend - and won his age group!

Another amazing result - next stop is the World Championships in Spain. 🏃 🚴🏻🏃

Two of our athletes qualified for the age group duathlon at the World Triathlon Championships in 2022. 🏃🚴🏃👏
Competing in the Castle Race Series standard duathlon at Hever Castle (10km run, 40km bike, 5km run), David Bagge clinched victory in the M55-59 category in a time of 2:19:01. Jane Blunt also made the podium finishing second in the F55-59 category in a time of 3:08:12
🧡🖤
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/two-tunbridge-wells-athletes-qualify-for-world-triathlon-championships-in-2022/

Weekly Training Schedule from 1st October 2021:

Monday 7:30pm: Coached Track Running with the Harriers 🏃
Tuesday 6:30pm: Trails by Torchlight Run 🏃🔦
Wednesday 6pm: Turbo Session (practice) 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♀️
Thursday 7pm: Turbo Session (race) 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♀️
Friday 6:30pm: Coached pool swimming 🏊
Saturday 8.30am: Club Trail Run 🏃
Sunday 8.30am: Club Ride 🚴

Big club day out at the Southwater Triathlon Relays 2021, with 27 of us organised into teams of 3. Each team member did a 400m lake swim, 18km road bike ride and 3.8km trail run before handing off to the next.
Key successes included a 2nd 🥈place overall in the female category for Lost in Transition (Claire D, Cathy G and Jenny R) in 3:12:28. No Nuts Just Guts (Emily M, Megan W, Nicola G) came 6th overall in 3:29:21.
In the men's open, Chocolate Orange Penguins (Grant P, Richard B, Tommo R) came 4th in 2:54:10.
Claire D said “This was a fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled race which involved more strategy than a usual sprint. We’re so proud to have secured 2nd place in the ladies category, both for ourselves and for TWTC.”
Club Chair Richard B noted the great atmosphere on the course. “There was Orange and Black 🧡🖤 everywhere - we were the loudest and most supportive team of all!”.
Matt B, competing with Still Got It said "it didn't matter whether you were first or last - the support was incredible from both team members and marshals alike!”.