Tri Training Harder's Race Team Partners

You have met the Tri Training Harder 2014 race team now meet the Race Team Partners:

Tri Training Harder's triathlon race team brings together both professional and amateur athletes who are competing among the best. These athletes have the opportunity to develop and improve their performance by sharing experience and knowledge with each other whilst also having access to train anytime throughout the majority of the year at Tri Training Harder’s 5-star training base in the Algarve.

We are very proud to be supporting eight athletes for the 2014 season:

Henry Eaton

Ross Macdonald

Jenny Latham

Eloise Crowley

Danny Russell

Elysia Ridley

Jason Walkley

Nick Beer

But there would be no race team without our Race Team Partners.

Tri Training Harder is a company which prides itself on providing the very best quality in triathlon services and products. Therefore, its’ choice to partner with sponsors whose businesses are built on the same principles as this has always been a top priority.

Alongside us, these partners include Champion System, The Bosworth Clinic, High5 and HUUB Design. The package which Team members receive is extensive in comparison to many racing teams, with all athletes having the opportunity to train out in the Algarve at Tri Training Harder’s training base anytime between January and June, with some of the athletes using the Algarve as a training base for 3 months. On top of this athletes also receive; a top of the range wetsuit, transition bag and other triathlon accessories from HUUB, support in physiotherapy and injury management from The Bosworth Clinic, nutrition from High5 and full racing and training kit from Champion System.

Champion System: Custom clothing made easy

Champion System, a worldwide leader in custom technical apparel, was founded in 2005 and has quickly earned the reputation as a company offering the finest quality handmade garments for a wide range of sports and activities. Strong customer relationships and close collaboration with the worlds top athletes has been the key to Champion System's success.

Their distinctive and stylish garments are worn by Olympians, National and World Champions, and recreational athletes of all levels. At Tri Training Harder we use Champion System for all our kit and appreciate their solid commitment to pioneering innovative, race - proven garments that can be customised with virtually any design. With offices in 22 countries Champion System continues to set the standard in the custom apparel industry.

To learn more about Champion System click here.

The Bosworth Clinic: State of the art clinic offering expert treatment

The Bosworth Clinic is a new 'state of the art' facility situated in Cassington, Oxfordshire. It takes its name from its Clinical Director, Gordon Bosworth, who with his business partner Paul Snell, have created a Clinic to cater for any and all types of injury. The Clinic boasts 6 large treatment rooms, including a disability suite, a large well equipped Rehabilitation Gym, Pilates and Yoga Studio, a small astro turf area and two 50 metre running lanes.

Gordon, head track and field physio for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics, and accomplished Sports therapist Paul Ledger both firmly believe that the treatment and management process available to top athletes can be available to all. Through an integrated approach they will manage and treat athlete's injury or dysfunction, provide appropriate functional rehabilitation to restore each athlete to their pre-injury health and then provide a screening process followed by a preventative exercise program to help reduce the chances of suffering with the same problem again.

Tri Training Harder put their full trust in Gordon and Paul and have never been let down! With their expert know how and generous contribution of time we know we are in good hands when we visit the Bosworth Clinic.

"The team at Tri Training Harder are a pleasure to work with, they are dynamic, committed and professional. The energy they bring to the process increases the chances of success whether it be training, coaching, racing or rehabilitating."

- Gordon Bosworth, head track and field physio for Team GB during the London 2012 Olympic games

Learn more about The Bosworth Clinic click here.

The gym at Bosworth Clinic

High5: a leader in performance sports nutrition

High5 is a leader in performance sport nutrition. Their bars, gels and drinks fuel many of the world's best athletes. Combining the latest developments in sports science with years of racing experience, High5 have created products that will help every athlete perform at their best, no matter what their ability.

For years now Tri Training Harder has been a strong advocate for the leading UK sports nutrition brand High5. Our coaches and athletes use High5 products for racing, training and recovery and believe them to be the best products on the market.

Tested by scientists in the lab and athletes competing in the world's toughest events, guarantees that High5 sports nutrition products help athletes perform to their highest possible standard. They contain the highest quality natural ingredients and taste great!

Click here to learn more about High5 and their range of products.

HUUB: Creating better products that combine research, science and reality

Tri Training Harder's Race Team athlete Jenny Latham coming out of the swim in her HUUB Aura.

HUUB: Creating better products that combine research, science and reality.

Tri Training Harder's Race Team has been partnered with HUUB for the last year and strongly believe their products to be the best of their kind on the market.

The Team at HUUB have four decades worth of experience gained in the field of endurance sport. Focussing wholly on the athlete and maximising performance and comfort, HUUB has done its homework and created wetsuits that are not slaves to fashion, but to form, fit and performance.

Our race team know HUUBs wetsuits are the best because they use them. HUUB knows their wet suits work because they have the science to prove it! The HUUB team understand the specialist technical and scientific fields associated with triathlon, including hydrodynamics and swim stroke analysis. From the start scientist Huub Toussaint, the Swim smooth guys Adam Young and Paul Newsome and pragmatist Dean Jackson were focused on bringing cutting edge innovation to their products, whilst retaining a sense of reality and accessibility.

We choose HUUB!

To choose HUUB click here.

Race Team athletes enjoying their HUUB wetsuits whilst on camp in Portugal.

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