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Human Performance Unit Triathlon Race Team
‘Helping triathletes achieve their potential’
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IM athlete 45-49 age group. IM p.b. 10h54m.
World Long Distance bronze medallist in age
group 2009. 2011 IM Lanzarote 45-49 Winner
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Started triathlon in 2008 and
quickly discovered her swim background and
liking for marathon running made her better at
endurance triathlons rather than sprints. Has
now competed for GB as an age grouper both in
European and World long course events. Her best
results to date taking gold in the European long
course, Prague in 2009 and silver in the same
event in Finland in 2011 ( was in gold medal
position but punctured and had to work hard to
get back to silver position).
Has competed in 4 ironman events coming 4th in
her age group in her first attempt in
Switzerland in 2008, then 3rd in ironman Nice in
2010. Had success in ironman Lanzarote in 2011,
taking 1st place, a new age group record, and
qualifying for kona. Competed in ironman Kona in
Oct 2011 and came a respectable 15th out of 52
in age group.
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2011 Challenge Roth 9h52m 13th overall, 1st
45-49. 2010 ITU World Long Course Champion
45-49. |
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Ali Hllington
"I did my first triathlon in
1989 after starting off as a middle distance
runner and modern pentathlete. Chronic shin
splints slowed my running career and triathlon
seemed like good fun. After winning 2 middle
distance titles and an olympic distance title in
the early 90's I surcumbed to chronic fatigue
which seemed to hang around for several years
and I immigrated to New Zealand where I took to
tramping up mountains and generally being active
in a less intense way. Eventually I managed to
get myself back healthy and slowly got back into
racing ironmen as the less intense training and
generally lower training and racing heart rates
allowed me to continue my first love. I am
heading for Ironman New Zealand no. 5 in March
2012 and have slowly lowered my times from 12.20
in the Hawaii Ironman back in 1993 to 9.52 at
Challenge Roth at the age of 46 in 2011. In 2010
I had a very expensive year! but great fun with
winning my age group at the ITU world Long
distance champs in Germany and coming 4th in my
age group at Hawaii."
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Standard distance athlete in 40-44 age group.
Placed first or second in 16 eastern region
events in last 2 years. 2011 National Standard
distance 3rd 40-44.
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Julia completed her first
triathlon in aged 40 in her local area on a
borrowed bike. After placing 3rd in this race
she decided that she would like to combine her
previous running experience with swimming and
cycling to become a triathlon competitor. In the
last three years she has entered many more
events and has had some very encouraging
results. In 2008 and 2009 Julia took first place
in Culford. This spurred her efforts in 2010
where in her home town of Newmarket she once
again took first place. Julia also took her
efforts further afield when she travelled to
Paris in 2010 and completed her first marathon
in good time whilst thoroughly enjoying the
experience.
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IM athlete 45-49 age group, qualified and raced
Hawaii 2008, 2009, 2010. IM p.b. 9h33m. 2011 IM
St George 45-49 Winner (course record), Hawaii
IM 11th 45-49.
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Roger started triathlon in 2002
as a means to keep fit and to challenge himself
with some else than running. As he gained
experience began to compete for GB although
found that it may not be possible for him to be
competitive. Roger completed his first IM in
Lanzarote in 2007 and used this experience to
take him forward in 2008 where he came 7th in
IMNZ. From the exciting performance Roger
secured himself a Kona slot and raced hard to be
rewarded with 18th in the 40-44 age group. 2009
brought Roger a win in his age group for IMSA
and another slot with Kona in which he secured
7th in the 45-49 age group. Roger also obtained
3rd place in an IM with a pb of 09:33:05 in
Arizona and once again successfully qualifying
for Kona. In 2010 Roger began to feel more
accustomed to training and the mental tenacity
long distance racing demands which showed when
he won the ETU Long Distance Championships in
Spain. Later in the year Roger won his age group
at the Vituvian and finished with 18th place in
the Kona World Championships. Roger is now
looking to develop himself as an athlete and is
looking forward to the journey that will take
him on.
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IM athlete 30-34 age group. IM p.b. 9h22m. Ultra
endurance running and cycling competitor. Racing
IM NZ and UK in 2011. 2011 IM NZ 9h22m and
Hawaii IM finisher.
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Laurence has been competing in
triathlons and endurance events of various
distances for the last 8 years. After racing
Ironman in 2005 he vowed never to do it again
and turned his hand to middle distance racing,
with some success; attending the inaugural 70.3
World Champs in 2006 and achieving a smattering
of podium places over the next couple of years.
In 2008 he returned to full distance with his
eye on a Kona slot. After several near misses he
achieved his goal in March 2011 with a 9:22 at
Ironman New Zealand, and a respectable finish at
Kona. In addition to triathlon, Laurence
undertakes cycling and running ultra-endurance
challenges, including a recent double Southern
Cross running traverse.
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2011 IM Austria 9h08m.
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"I live in south east London
where I split my time between my family, working
as a full time fire-fighter and chasing my dream
of racing the Ironman World Championships in
Kona. I grew up playing football and played at a
semi professional level before turning to
triathlon in 2002. I completed my first full
distance race in 2004 at Ironman Switzerland and
vowed 'never again!' 7 years and 5 Ironman
finishes later I now have a best time of 9hrs
and 8minutes (59/4.50/3.11) over the full
distance. Although mainly focusing on long
course I still enjoy racing Olympic and Half
distance triathlons."
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Still a junior athlete, but, racing national
elite sprint races in 2011. Has podium finishes
at national youth level in last two seasons.
2011 Eastern Region Champion, National Series
6th.
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 Alex McKibben
Junior athlete Alex, age 17 has
been racing for HPU for three years. This year
she finished her first season in the junior
category ranked 6th in the British super series.
She came 4th at both the British Duathlon champs
and the Strathclyde park tri 2011. Alex prefers
the longer distances and has enjoyed making the
step up to junior racing. She took part in her
first European race this year at the European
cup, Echternach, placing 10th. She wasn't
satisfied with last seasons results but is
looking forward to a tough winters training with
the goal of performing better next year.
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7th Youth at Eton, National Schools cycling
champs 5th, London Cross-Country champs 6th.
Junior in 2011. National Series Competitor,
London Youth Games Cycling 2nd. |
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Adam Edwards is 17 years old
and part of the Junior team at the Human
Performance Unit. He has been competing in
triathlon for 5 years and has had many successes
and is now part of the Eastern Region triathlon
academy. Adam raced in the national junior elite
series in 2011, with some encouraging
performances. With these results in the bag as
well as 2nd place at the London Youth Games
cycling event, Adam is well on the way to
obtaining many more great results in 2012.
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Making triathlon debut in 2011, having
previously placed 5th at National Biathle
(Swim-Run) and 9th at World Biathle. 2011
National Youth Aquathlon 3rd, National Triathlon
Series 5th.
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"I've been competing in swim-run
multi-sport events since I was 9 years old after
following my elder brother into biathlons and
after watching the Brownlee brothers on
television, I decided to start triathlons. 2011
saw my first year in triathlon, and my first
year as a member of Human Performance Unit."
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2011 Eastern Region Youth Runner up, National
Series 16th. |
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"I have been doing triathlon
since I was 11 and this year will be my 3rd year
at HPU. I am predominantly a swimmer and have
been working hard on my cycling and running to
become a better all round triathlete. I have
made it to the IRC's 4 times, the first being in
2007 in the tristar two category, and my best
performance being 5th two years later in the
tristar 3 age group.
I feel that HPU has helped me a lot in the past
few years in making me a much better runner an
improving my technique and I hope that next year
I will improve even more."
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1st TS3 at Eton, and 5th at IRC. Youth in 2011.
2011 Eastern Region Champion, National Series
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Molly has been doing triathlon
since she was 9, and so this will be her 8th
triathlon season. Now training with and
competing for the Human Performance Unit, Molly
also has separate running and swimming clubs.
Molly described her involvement with the HPU
team over last couple of seasons as having
“helped me a lot with my triathlon; especially
my technique in running using the drills Dave
Parry taught me”. Molly competes in the youth
age group, and is looking forward to being able
to compete in a wider variety and more important
races, “I hope I have a successful season.”
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2nd 2011 Eastern Region TS3 series. |
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Elliot Bennett is 14 years old
and has been competing in the sport of triathlon
since the age of 8. He finished 2nd in the 2011
TS3 Eastern Region series and finished 15th at
the IRC's in Durham. 2012 will be Elliot’s first
time in the Youth category, and he is hoping to
make the IRC team for the 2nd time. Elliot is
also a keen cross country runner and has
represented Essex Schools in the Southern
Inter-Counties, as well as finishing 6th in
Essex for 1500m track run.
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6th TS3 at Eton, and 5th at IRC. Youth in 2011.
2011 Eastern Region Champion, National Series
7th.
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"Having enjoyed a good debut
season in the youth category of the British
Triathlon Super Series I am aiming to build on
my 7th overall (4th English competitor) position
in the same age group in 2012. The highlights
for me over the season where my 4th place finish
at Strathclyde, 4th in the National youth
Aquathlon Championships, 3rd at the Virgin
London Triathlon Youth Super Sprint and winner
of the inaugural Eastern region Youth
Championship race."
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2011 Eastern Region Series Winner. |
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Arran is 15 years old and took
up triathlon seriously two years ago when he
gave up football for triathlon. Arran had always
been a keen swimmer and had managed to juggle
both his football and swimming, having achieved
success at both. In his last season as
goalkeeper for Stanway Villa they won the league
and cup, with Arran being named as the Coach's
Player of the Year. However by the end of that
season Arran had decided that his sporting
future lay in triathlon and he gave up his
football to concentrate on triathlon. He was
selected for the tri-star 3 Eastern Region
Academy and had a successful year. In his first
season at Youth level he finished first in the
Eastern Region Youth League, first in the New
Hall Eastern Region Event and 13th in the Virgin
London Youth Triathlon.
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2011 Eastern Region Champion, 5th at Inter
Regional Championships. |
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"I've been doing triathlons
competitively since I was 11 and in that first
year I managed to get to the IRC's which was a
big surprise. I have won the east of England
league 2 years running and this was my third
year at the IRC's which I managed to come in 5th
place. in the IRC's 2010 in which I was tristar2
I came 2nd.
Over the last 2 years I have been working on my
cycling a lot and have really improved. I am
really looking forward to the year ahead and
hoping that 2012 will be a really exciting and
great season."
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2011 Eastern Region TS2 series runner-up, Winner
Castle Triathlon Series. |
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Ellie began competing in
triathlons after being placed 1st in the schools
aquathlon in 2008. Since then Ellie has gone on
to race four very successful years including Top
3 in the Eastern Region league 2008/2011,
Competing in the IRC'S 2010, winning the Castle
Howard triathlon, the Chateau De Chantilly
triathlon, the Hever Castle triathlon, and
becoming the overall Castle Series champion for
2011.
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2011 Eastern Region TS2 series Winner, 2nd at
Inter Regional Championships.
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"I was shocked when I won that
first triathlon when I was 8 years old – I
entered 10 that year and won every single one. I
was hooked! I have been in the top 3 for most of
the years since and won the Tristar 2 Eastern
Region this year. I therefore qualified for the
IRCs in Sunderland, where I gained a podium
place with a silver medal. In 2012 I enter the
tristar 3 age group and I decided that I needed
expert help and training to improve on my
performances, so I was very happy to be accepted
into HPU race team. I hope with their help and
my determination, I will succeed in my dream to
compete for my country in triathlons one day."
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