Stephen

I came dead fucking last and it was the best race I’ve had in ages. 🫠 Not my A race. Did everything I wanted to do in the way I wanted to do it. Everyone else in my age group just did it better. It’s nice to be at peace with that. Special shout out to the chap from @chestertriathlonclub who risked a massive bridge with me to get out of a dodgy groupetto. Ultimately it didn’t stick but it was loads of fun 😅 Run 1 - 4.3km at 3.43 per km Bike - 21km at 36.3kph Run 2 - 4.3km at 3.53 per km Room to get better. Let’s go. #duathlon #gunshow #britishtri #agegroupduathlon

RCC MCR Cappuccino 160 Thanks to all the riders for being great sports. Longer version on YouTube. Link in bio. #rapha #raphacyclingclub #raphamanchester

Winter Spine Sprint 2026 72.51km. 2101m. 14 hours. 4 minutes. 3380 calories in. Twice that much out if you believe the watch. 2 wilder-poos. 2 kit malfunctions. Two bodged but perfectly adequate solutions. 2 Menty Bs. Countless moments of pure elation. Truth be told, I hadn’t been super looking forward to this. Extended illness pre-Christmas (like everyone else, it seems), I hadn’t done a long run in almost three months, and work and life have just been ✨ heavy ✨ Contrary to all that, I did feel good on the start line. A month or two of being “off” hadn’t bulldozed a year of graft. A few GI issues probably added an hour to the overall but I’m just glad to have finished. Even more glad to have been able to pull myself out of some absolute pits of despair. The event itself was impeccable. Organised, efficient, and abundantly friendly. Absolute banger @spinerace A few honourable mentions. @tino_oudesluijs for the GPX unit lend and advice. @msbvintage for foot care advice (she’s still out there on the challenger at time of writing, go get it Alex!) @jonnydiscoballs @lausmuzz @just.george.kirk @bendunning_ and the rest of the pathfinders for being the reliable rollout I never knew I needed. @scuttcarl and @ipulledthepin for being the worlds greatest WhatsApp cheerleaders throughout the event. @zakk0l even came out to give us a wave and some support, twice! And of course @heatherwood_photography for both the pictures and putting up with my bullshit. She has since mentioned she thought I wouldn’t make it. Legend. #spinesprintsouth #ultrarunners #montaneofficial #spinerace #trailrunning

Mad journey this year. Putting all the pieces together. Mentally, and in a nice little video for you that might get finished this year. Turns out if you follow a process and WARM UP PROPERLY good things happen. #lovethegrind #duathlete #gbagegrouper #sprintduathlon

Watch to see me stack it 😂✌🏼was full of summit glee coming off a very rough and windy Causey Pike, kicked a rock, and lost the top off my soft flask. Could have been worse! Had an amazing weekend toddling round the lakes. I was introduced to the Espresso Round by @jonnydiscoballs last year and it’s a banging route. 24km and over 1000m of elevation make for a good challenge. Starting to up the weight I’m carrying with me on these things to make sure it’s no surprise when the @spinerace sprint rolls round in January 🙃 Also. I need to write an ode to Reuben. He’s run about 60km with me in the last few days and all he does is look at me with “what’s next, dad?” In his eyes. Love this dog to the end of time. #georgefisherespressoround #trailrunning #keswickrunning #lakedistricttrailrunning #nnormal #ultrarunningtraining

That “nailed transition” grin. I’ve been doing multi sport races for 6 months. Training for 9. Today I came 3rd at the @runthroughuk events #oultonparkracetrack sprint duathlon and it was ACE. In my last few races I’ve lost time in transition, today my transitions were the fastest in the field. The first run was SPICY. So coming in to transition all I could think was “don’t try the flying mount, you’ll fall off” 😂 Took a slightly conservative approach but the rubber banded shoes worked perfectly and got me on to a brill start for a super strong bike leg. The boys ahead of me were on flyers, I only managed to take a few places on the bike leg, and found myself in a bit of no man’s land, but somehow that’s how it goes. I’ll take third this week. Now we build for Thruxton and GB age group qualifiers in four weeks time. Bangin. #duathlon #sprintduathlon #cyclinglife #lovethegrind #duathlete #cannondalesupersixevo #multisport #assosofswitzerland #raphacyclingclub

Even having one of the most interesting bikes on the market wasn’t enough to make up for a complete lack of long distance training. That being said, if you’d like to know more about this incredible @laufcycles Elja you can see more on my YouTube channel. #cyclinglife #calderfornia #triathlete #laufbikes #laufelja #sram #sramxx #sramflightattendant #schwalbetires #mtb❤️ #mtbphotos #youtube

Hit all my training peaks sessions so letting my hair down today 💅🏽 🤙🏽 #gunsnrosesfan #trainingpeaks #triathlontrainning #duathlete #duathlon #bbq #bbqislife #cyclingstyle

I’m giving video content a proper go and it would be ace if you come with me - but also absolutely no drama if it’s not for you. I really enjoy story telling (as anyone who’s sat down for a pint with me will attest), but translating that onto video is really hard and over the last few weeks I’ve unearthed a real deep respect for those folks who churn out great quality, coherent content. It’s a real art. I’m not there yet, but this video is better than the last. I had an excellent time failing miserably at @bobbymcnicol s beyond bounds challenge and look forward to failing less hard next year. If you do want to see how it unfolded, I’ve left a link in my bio. With any luck, they’ll keep getting better and you’ll get some enjoyment out of them. I dare say; we might all win. Big love xox #cyclinglife #ultracyclist #beyondbounds #raphamanchester #laufelja #laufbikes #rapha #raphacyclingclub #rcc #youtuber #contentnewbie #makeitfirst

Sheep speed check. This is like “Tek care, lambs on’t road” except for mtb. It’s a proper good heat out there today. Not too claggy. Go get it. #mtblife #mtb #laufelja #rockshox #schwalbe #insta360 #calderfornia #offroadadventure #sheepsheep

FAIL First things first. Massive shoutout to @ruthxeve for being the best cheerleader/foghorn. To @jackbentley20 for coming all the way from Edinburgh to run around a bit with his brother in law, and @heatherwood_photography for once again joining me on the start line. However. I had a target of 90 minutes, and I missed. By 14 seconds. It’s kind of ace, targets like this are supposed to be hard, and there’s been a few speed bumps over the last few weeks. 90 will come. But not today. Now to focus on next weeks stupid event. No rest for the wicked. #lovethegrind #triathlon #duathlete #halfmarathoner #fyldecoastrunners #runner #runningcommunity #satisfy #satisfyrunning #metaspeedskyparis

Smashing day out at @mcafitness duathlon. YouTube video coming soon. Fastest on the bike leg. Third overall. Bosh. Ankle is well unhappy about the whole thing. @tri_fitathletic @pocsports @cannondaleroad @quocshoes @we_are_sungod