Swallows Triathlon

04/08/2026

26/07/2026

The three beauts this morning at park run

03/04/2026

Gooder Friday . spent coaching and hiding eggs with the family x

13/03/2026

English Schools framed my teenage years.
how I did felt like a reflection of who I was

Year 7 10th - naive and wanting
Year 8 1st - ok
year 9 5th - useless
Year 10 1st - redeemed
Year 11 1st - enough
Year 12 20th - scum
Year 13 - dns - sick

I didn’t know I came 20th in Year 12 - I genuinely thought I’d finished 100th - all I knew is it was failure. I was soon diagnosed with glandular fever and spent 18 months out of competitive sport.
then I did a triathlon

the very best of joy to my athletes racing English Schools tomorrow. please know that wherever you finish I am proud of how you work as athletes and act as humans. if you win I’m happy but it will not change your soul. likewise if you are disappointed the future is long and varied.

i was always an amazing athlete when I was young because I was resilient and determined and brave and that NEVER changed with a position. I was exactly the same. that’s why you can be proud already - you wouldn’t have qualified without already being enough

coach Jodie x

25/02/2026

Day 7
some wounded , some not . but together knowing it could be anyone but the risk is still worth the gain
a longer run and a sea swim to end the sun . Bikes were packed for the injured by the healthy , cuddles were given and could not be more proud of the kids. Mine and my academy . thank u to all assistant coaches Stuart Foster and Richard Smith and to for the seamless logistical provision . What a week . what a place . Vilamoura

25/02/2026

Saturday …….where it all was not perfect. A standard get it done swim filled by a day in the hikes.
Where there is an up there is a down and unfortunately a pack crashed on our long ride . Bodies were scuffed , some bones broken - all the unprecentqble reality of riding on the road realised . It’s tough when you are leading a camp with children and strikes fear into me on what i know can happen in crashes from personal experience.
James and Richard’s groups were beaming on return but amazing Stuart was a pillar of strength for his group some of whom haven’t experienced crashing before. It was a long night for Philip at the hospital and me on the phone to parents.
Get well soon to the five whom went to the hospital . Three in slings on return with a long journey tomorrow. All will heal thankfully 🙏
Their resilience and their teammates support was exemplary x

25/02/2026

Day 4 . my favourite day of camp
Volta so Algarve was in town so after a VO2 swim the kids collected bottles and explore the tour buses on the walk home.
then it was a hard track session with moments of learning unreplicable for many. and bonding as always through fun and hard work.
The track is my happy place then and now - then running , now coaching.
A beach debrief to finish with honesty and openness from the kids
10/10 day

25/02/2026

Day 4
Classics - tech swim , 2 hours of hill reps and a steady run (with Jack supporting on the bike) and finished with strength and conditioning with Richard
Standard day nothing unremarkable except hard work , joy and the amazing

24/02/2026

Day 3
Jodie swim sets begin with a test set 10x300 best pace.then a long ride to brighten the faces with serving the junior boys and Stuart and Richard logging the miles with the girls and youths. Philip supporting in the vehicle.
Then we got to BBQ and play and bond
It was a hard day but a productive one I felt FOMO for riding for the first time since summer.
Everyday is finished with Richard’s strength and conditioning and my debrief . The kids continued their maturity and composure the coaches teaching them but them also teaching the coaches and my own kids. The balance of age - the quality of young sporting people

24/02/2026

Day 2 of camp
optional ride or run out to cross country worlds course. Some clocked 21km today.
The course was joyous the athletes fabulous to varying degrees- Monaghetti the menu. We had the introduction of Queen Poo and King Poo for the camps high achievers.
Then a truly superb session with Stuart on the board and Richard and I on the beach. It was competitive, challenging and unique. Philip took the amazing photos.
This was a day where all were happy and the reason I do this job . Probably because it was cross country and swimming ….funny that …..
9/10 day for and an ominous calmness throughout