Happy – proud even, to reach the finish line in second place at Bolton on Sunday. Ironman is a long, tough day for one and all … me included. This was my longest one yet – all 9 hours, 7 minutes of it, and therefore continuing an upwards trend in my finish times – note to self; something […]

Mr. Cartmell placed at Ironman Arizona 2011 in 26th overall and as 25th PRO. Swim: 48:44 Bike: 4:28:00 Run: 3:29:03 Total: 8:50:14 Bravo! Long season…

Steelhead was never a race that I had planned to race at before I arrived in the US – but after the Boulder 70.3 last weekend I decided to make the trip over to Michigan and do my first ‘back to back’ in some time; it could end in tears, or – I hoped – act as […]

9th Place: Swim 24:00, Bike 2:03:48, Run 1:29:59 ….total 3:59:50  Yesterday was the next installment in my ‘racing myself back to shape’ programme … let say I maybe underestimated the effects of racing at a mile high elevation after less than 3 weeks of acclimatisation, but lessons were learned and plenty positives taken. Onwards and upwards.

Let me tell you – this week has been a busy one; starting off with a trip to Switzerland , a couple days at home to pack (read: procrastinate) and head on over to the US for 6 weeks of training and racing based out of Boulder. En route was a visit to Trek in […]

Two weeks further down the line from the trip to liverpool and with two more weeks of Shire-training tucked away it was time to head towards departures at Edinburgh airport once more. Destination Zurich; for the next round of the Ironman 5150 series of olympic distance racing. I had Ritchie Nicholls as a travel buddy, starting only his […]

So the bike is geared up and the bag is ready and waiting to go. All that’s left is to get to bed and wait for the 3.30 alarm! I’m excited to be racing again, as I said yesterday, it’s one of those iconic races to tick off.

Fellow triathlon team athlete Lisa kicked off the 2010 ITU season in good form down in Sydney with a 5th place finish. Good work! The womens racing starts for the ITU 2010 season …. Lisa 2nd from the right.

Fraser Cartmell placed 4th at Abu Dhabi Triathlon 2010. 1 ) Eneko Llanos 6:34:37 2 ) Dirk Bockel 6:35:30 (+0:53) 3 ) Rasmus Henning 6:36:07 (+1:30) 4 ) Fraser Cartmell 6:36:12 (+1:36) 5 ) Frederik Van Lierde 6:36:31 (+1:55) 6 ) Faris Al-Sultan 6:37:53 (+3:16) 7 ) Jordan Rapp 6:38:02 (+3:25) Check out the official […]

Fraser Cartmell finished Ironman 70.3 Austin in 11th place overall and as 11th PRO.  (Quick race report below from me – thanks Nikola). Swim: 22:59 Bike: 2:10:04 Run: 1:20:10 Total: 3:57:07 For full results check Ironman.com. This race is still within his hard training and he has taper ahead of him (he should confirm this) […]

Whilst I was continuing my aquaintance with the rare air there was a lot of superb racing happening in Europe (and a bit in the US too!) – makes you want to get out there first thing in the morning and rip it up. Well, at least get out of bed early…. ….which is exactly […]

3rd place wasn’t what I went to Wimbleball Lake for, but given it was – on reflection – probably the toughest race I’ve finished so far in my career, I’m content with a podium; my 6th on the 70.3 circuit. More to follow when i wake up ‘tomorrow’ – its nearly 4am right now after driving back up […]

I had a fun day today – firstly racing, and then mostly helping out – at the Stirling Triathlon which included the Scottish Schools Championships. I like racing at home when I can, and the Stirling Triathlon Club have been very supportive of me so far, making it all the more worthwhile being able to give a little something […]

Fraser won Tri Athy 2009. “TriAthy was a success I defended my title from last year. Gutted for @gavontwitt who punctured at 5k into the bike. Lovely weather” More info will follow…

Swim 25:42 Bike 2:11:09 Run — Total: DNF Hope there was no injury! This is Nikola, more will come from Fraser later on…