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What’s it like to join a Triathlon Club?
With the new year upon us, many of you may be thinking about joining a triathlon club. Our newest recruit, Steve rounds up his experience of joining Berkshire Tri Squad. What made you decide to join BTS? There’s a variety of reasons why I joined BTS. After a couple of...
F3 Winter Duathlon, December 2019
It may be winter but the multi-sport season isn't over! Berkshire Tri Squad members turn their hands to other sports over the chillier months. As well as cyclo-cross our members have been getting stuck in with indoor training such as additional spin sessions in our...
10 things to know before you try cyclocross.
We hand over to Kate, to demystify CX (AKA cyclocross) and why you should try it... Mud is good! Cyclocross is an off-road, winter sport. We live in Britain, the home of rain and grey skies! Yes, it’s a bit of a pain to wash everything afterwards, but the challenges...
2019 Captain’s Challenge
The BTS Captain's Challenge is open to anyone, and friend of the club Carl has written this great review of his experience this year... Rumour has it that the older we become the more we count out our days in coffee spoons. As it transpires, the five members of Team...
Tips on taking on IRONMAN Austria
Tips for doing Ironman Austria from the UK - Chris D. After taking on IRONMAN Austria this year with a group from Berkshire Tri Squad, Chris shares his tips for the race. If you are considering it you can also read Liam's write up. The race normally sells out within...
Ironman Karten and Tallinn Race Reports
Liam's Ironman Karten, Austria BTS yellow was replaced by BTS grey in Klagenfurt Austria as 8 of us successfully finished Ironman Austria 2019 and claimed our finisher T-shirts. All those Drift Road loops, Bray Lake cold swims and Tuesday night and Sunday morning run...
Action Medical Research Coffee Morning
We hand over to Julia for an update on her successful Action Medical Research coffee morning Four years ago I offered to host a coffee stop for Marlow Riders who, every Saturday during the summer, set off from Marlow and meet up for coffee and cakes en route. It...
2019 Banana and Leeds Castle Triathlon Results
Bananaman Saturday brought the hottest day of the year and the hottest event (so far) of the BTS racing calendar. Banana Triathlon (formally Bananaman). BTS minis started the day, with many tackling the Scootathalon. Next up was Alex Titley in the Banana Split race...
Windsor Triathlon 2019
Another year, another Windsor Triathlon but this time the write up is from our Ladies Captain Gemma with a spectators point of view. Over to you Gemma. For the first time watching a tri I had no FOMO what so ever! Being thoroughly shattered from our Ironman training...
How to train for a triathlon whilst juggling work, life and family
Gemma's Top Triathlon Tips “A Triathlon? How do you find the time to train for that?!!” I get it! As a busy mum to two full-on boys ages 4 and 6, juggling a full-time job and triathlon with family life does not come easy. But, If I don’t make the time (and my husband...
Tour of Caffeine 2018
Stuart Boorman reports on his first Tour of Caffeine, an annual BTS tradition where the club sets off in three groups to tour Berkshire's best coffee establishments by bicycle. Each year members meet in the old booking hall at Windsor station before the festivities...
A Day with Madison Genesis
Each Year at the BTS awards ceremony we have a silent auction with some fantastic experiences, goodies and services on offer. Last year Ian Haywood was our highest bidder for a day out at The Tour of Britain with Madison Genesis. Ian spent the day with them for Stage...