TriSportsPlus in Huntingdon : Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

Christmas Eve   10 - 4pm
Christmas Day   CLOSED
Boxing Day   CLOSED
Mon 27th Dec   CLOSED
Tue 28th Dec   10 - 6pm
Wed 29th Dec   10 - 6pm
Thu 30th Dec   10 - 6pm
Fri 31st Dec   10 - 6pm
New Years Day   10 - 4pm
Sun 2nd Jan   10 - 4pm
Mon 3rd Jan   10 - 4pm
Tue 4th Jan   CLOSED
Wed 5th Jan   10 - 6pm (closed 2 - 2.45pm)
Thu 6th Jan   10 - 6pm (closed 2 - 2.45pm)
Fri 7th Jan   10 - 6pm (closed 2 - 2.45pm)

From Saturday 8th Jan TriSportsPlus is moving to its WINTER hours till February 18th inclusive
Saturday   10 - 6pm
Sunday   CLOSED
Monday   CLOSED
Tuesday   10 - 6pm (closed 2 - 2.45pm)
Wednesday   10 - 6pm (closed 2 - 2.45pm)
Thursday   10 - 6pm (closed 2 - 2.45pm)
Friday   10 - 6pm (closed 2 - 2.45pm)

TriSportsPlus 20% OFF through December to ALL our customers

As a thank you to ALL our customers and those we don't know yet, TriSportsPlus is offering a 20% discount** throughout December 2010.  Vivienne, Tim & Amie look forward to seeing you in store soon

**20% offer is valid in store only and excludes items already marked down, the purchase of gift vouchers and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount

Hereward Ultra - BRJ Runners

TriSportsPlus says "hats off and well done" to all those who completed the Hereward Ultra on 28th November.  Especially those from BRJ Runners, including Bren, Keith, Lucy, Phil & Steve.  You look soooooo cold in the picture I've seen and that was near the beginning!

TriSportsPlus in the Huntingdon & St.Ives News & Crier

Take a look at the TriSportsPlus feature and advert in the Huntingdon & St. Ives News and Crier.  Bring the advert, either from the paper or a copy of the e-paper (use the link and go to pages 30/31) intoTriSportsPlus, 77 High Street, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE29 3EN and get 10% discount throughout December 2010. 
Don't forget, we're not just about triathlon, we stock running shoes/clothing/accessories, bike equipment including turbo trainers and saddles from fizik & ISM Adamo as well as swimwear and accessories.  We do FREE gait analysis and theres FREE parking outside ( and round the back in Ferrars Road)
Vivienne, Tim & Amie would love to see you in store soon

Ultimate Performance Running Head Torch

TriSportsPlus is pleased to be one of the first to offer the Ultimate Performance Head Torch in its store in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire and on line at TriSportsPlus.co.uk.   Nifty little light, very lightweight at just 25gm but giving a punch when it comes to showing the way. 
If like me you run on roads that in places have intermittant street lighting, then this is a great little tool to keep you sure footed and clear of obstacles (otherwise known as bollards).  The number of times I've nearly come a cropper and I know they are there!!   
This looks to be a great new product from the 1000 mile team and the new brand Ultimate Performance.

St. Neots 1/2 Marathon

Well I did it, 1hr 53min 49sec and chuffed to bits.  Thanks to Louise who set off with me as we both decided to try for under 2 hours.  Cold morning with a breeze so not bad running weather and the event was well organised to allow you to keep warm indoors till just pre the start, (never had that before a triathlon, maybe it's juist the ones I enter). It was in fact a very well organised event by the St. Neots Riverside Runners, so well done to them.
Keeping with the pace setter meant I didn't go off like 'a bat out of hell' as I would have done, only to die in the 2nd half of the race.  I'd been told before the race about the 'hills' that last the first 3 miles and then some steep sharp shocks later on, well I was expecting something more than a gentle slope, I couldn't class it even a mole hill.  Yep the 2 in the middle of the run were steeper but they were short, so manageable.
At half way, both Louise and I realised we had more in us and pressed on ahead, at 9.5 miles though I had reached my pace and pressed Louise to go on ahead.  I kept this pace up well and even passed a couple of fellow BRJ Club runners who gone off quicker than me.   Coming into the last couple of miles we hit a headwind but it wasn't for long and I managed to up the speed again in the final mile and put in a dash for the last couple of hundred metres to the line.  
The best bit, apart from coming under 2 hrs, was the great support from everyone along the way, from fellow BRJ club members and friends, to the general public who were there for others but lifted the spirits of us all.  
Would I do it again, at heart though I think I'm a 10k runner but yes, now I know what it's like and I know what to expect, how to pace myself etc.  It's also good endurance building to help for the 'Olympic distance' triathlons I'm planning for next year. 
So St. Neots Half Marathon, you'll be seeing Vivienne from TriSportsPlus again in 2011 (with a challenge to myself of a 1hr 45min time), thanks

St. Neots half marathon

Vivienne from TriSportsPlus will be doing her first (and probably only!!) 1/2 Marathon on Sunday 21st November in St. Neots Cambridgeshire. 
"Could be interesting as I really haven't put in enough training, but we'll get round somehow. Owner of TriSportsPlus, I'll be running for my local club, BRJ Runners Huntingdon and there'll be plenty of us, so come along a cheer us on our merry way".  Race starts at 10am and finishes... who knows???  I'm aiming for around 2 hrs but could be quite a bit longer as it says it could be windy.   Catch the follow-up blog on Monday
St Neots 1/2