Blackzone Coaching

Erwann came to me in January with one goal: to prepare for his first Ironman in June. With only six months to work together, he set himself the challenge of breaking 10 hours.

In the sweltering heat of Klagenfurt, he delivered—crossing the line at Ironman Austria in an outstanding 9:49 on a standard road bike. Sub-10 on debut. Incredible.

Race day was the reward, but the result was built over the previous six months. Every session had purpose, every workout was executed with intent, and he completely embraced the lifestyle required to perform at this level.

This is just the beginning. Next up is a 70.3, and then we’ll be back chasing an even faster Ironman next year. 🚀

Allessio reaps the rewards for a great winters training with two massive PBs. First was Ironman South Africa in April and then just 7 weeks later he smashed his previous 70.3PB at Ironman 70.3 Sardinia. Training in Cyprus over the winter really helped as the weather in the mountains of Italy can cause challenges to winter training.

Well done to Dan Cutler on winning the Scottish Madison Championship.
Along with his partner Sam Barbour they managed to see off a stacked field and win this prestigious championship. A big block of training in Spain and then some specific work for a few weeks leading on clinched the victory

A great way to see out the season with a massive PB for Ella Sibley, finishing Ironman Greece 70.3 in a time of 5 hrs and 23 mins. Next season is going to be massive for Ella with Ironman New Zealand in Match and a place at Celtman! Extreme Scottish Triathlon. We are well into winter training in preparation for the challenging races ahead.

With the Sahara Desert 2 Day Ultra coming up Chris wanted to test himself out. Luckily the William Wallace 50k ultra was on his door step so this was logistically a good choice of event to dip his toe into Ultra running.
This culminated with second in his age group which is pretty impressive on his first Ultra and off the back of a stella performance in Ironman Copenhagen.
Roll on The Sahara

Hard work pays off. Great end to the season for Wendy Davies winning her age group at Challenge Vieux (70.3)
Wendy is a respected triathlon coach herself and puts a lot of time into coaching promising athletes and really helps develop the sport from the grassroots up

Last week brought the curtain down on an impressive road season for Matti Dobbins!

Winning the Scottish Alba series, victory in the Mennock stages race, and impressive top performances in UCI events like the Tour of Kosovo and the Irish Road Race Champs. Most remarkable is that Matti competed in the UK events and achieved the results without a team as a private member riding solo. So, no help from teammates! Now the focus turns to the track season with plenty to aim for. We will also be implementing corrective strength and conditioning work over the winter to try and bring more balance into his propulsion.

Above all this, Matti is a lovely guy and deserves his success.

Great to see Jonny compete at the Ironman World Championships innNice last week. A bucket list event for him. A tough run into this event with not being able to run for 4 weeks and a chest infection leading into the event. But it was going to take a lot more than that to prevent this warrior smashing his day.

Well done to Sam completing The Dragon Back The Hatching. A 6 day Ultra stage race in the Welsh Mountains. Now for a bit of recovery time before her next challenge.

Well done Angela on taking second female overall at The Lough Key Triathlon in Ireland yesterday. Those guys know how to put on a great event!