{"id":127,"date":"2026-03-19T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ipswich-tri.org\/?p=127"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:45:20","slug":"charlie-stannett-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipswich-tri.org\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Stannett \u2013 Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I joined the club last century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wife Kate decided to try triathlon on the basis that nobody we knew did triathlon, and she joined the club first. I needed to be in a registered club to increase my chances of getting a London marathon place so joined as a family member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually I tried a pool based triathlon. Self-taught, I managed to swim half a length before stopping to get my breath back, then moved to side-stroke. The bike wasn\u2019t much better. I rode out of T1 on my pub bike to laughter. My helmet was on back-to-front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A turning point was Llanberis Half-Ironman UK 2002 which I crewed while Kate raced. I was more broken than Kate so when HIMUK moved to Sherborne in 2003 I asked for a less physical job \u2013 and spent a day guarding bananas. I surmised it would be easier to race than crew so completed the final HIMUK in Sherborne in 2004, and the world\u2019s first ever IM70.3 in Longleat in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2006 I did the first Wimbleball and qualified for the inaugural IM70.3 World Championships later that year. I spent the months in between completing my first two full IMs \u2013 Klagenfurt and Sherborne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That necessitated a lot of expensive swim-coaching in London so when the club committee was discussing coaching provision I volunteered to train up and specialise in coaching people like me and Kate: \u201cnewbies of a certain age\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve experienced various issues over the years (DVT, heart attack, gout, arthritis,\u2026) but still persevere with my own training which informs my coaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite some odd claims to tri fame like being a Wimbleball \u201cRepeat Offender\u201d I still prefer jogging, and have completed nearly 70 marathons\/ultras. That does include ten full IMs which sounds a lot but Kate has already completed nearly 30 IMs, including Kona three times!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remain resolutely slow, but I\u2019m only in it for the giggle; the bling and the giggle. And trundling along at the back gives me something to do while Kate races!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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