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Kona Report 2015
Six team athletes made the long trip to Kona for the 2015 edition of the Ironman World Championships. Charlie Pennington had qualified in Austria, Richard Hobson at Lanzarote, Alison Rowatt […]
Big Maggy gets some Freespeed
We are delighted to announce that former Paris Roubaix winner and professional cyclist, Magnus Backstedt, will be joining the team for the 2014 season. In a week that saw the […]
Welcome to the Team
We are delighted to announce that the two new members of Team Freespeed Skechers Performance for 2014 are Chris Nicholls and Dee Allen. We were inundated with applications from so […]
Five go to Kona
At the beginning of the year, six of the team set their sights on Kona and all six managed to qualify – a 100% record – although Tim subsequently decided […]
Aloha Alison
Due to the loss of Ironman Regensburg on the full distance calendar, Wiesbaden 70.3 was designated not only the 70.3 European Championship race but also a qualifier for Kona. Several […]
London Calling
Definitely our favourite weekend of the year is the Virgin Active London Triathlon. A chance for the whole team to get together (apart from Sam who was off racing Ironman […]
Two new faces on the team
The middle of the year saw two new athletes joining the team. First up is Kate Driskell who won our Virgin Active “12th team member” competition. Kate caught our eye […]
Matt and Sam on a plane to Kona
In the month of July both Matt Molloy and Sam Baxter punched their tickets to Kona in October. First up was Matt in Frankfurt and having had a good preparation […]
Chapeau Catherine Faux
After finishing off a successful 2012 with a sub 10 finish at Kona in October, Catherine went into her first big races of the year full of confidence. First up […]
Team dominate at Wimbleball
Ironman UK 70.3 has been a key race for Team Freespeed Virgin Active in every year of our existence. It is a notoriously tough but fair course and the strongest […]