Agegroup Multisport Podcast (Triathlon,Duathlon,Aquabike,Aquathlon) · AMP

Becoming Renata : Episode 137 with GB Agegroup Triathlete Renata Moriconi

·37 min

1. Agegroup Multisport Podcast frames this episode around Renata Moriconi, a GB agegroup triathlete who reached qualification races in 2024. 2. Richard Conway hosts, and Renata Moriconi is the guest; she lives in North London, grew up in central eastern Italy, and works in public-sector children and young people services. 3. The episode asks how someone who once rejected running could later qualify for age-group racing in triathlon and aquathlon. 4. Renata says her PE teacher in Italy entered her into a cross-country race when she was about 11 or 12, and she finished last. 5. She says that result made her decide she would “never” run again, while her parents were not encouraging about sport. 6. She later began yoga at university and says she still practices it alongside training. 7. Renata says watching her younger daughter’s swimming sessions led her back into exercise through yoga, HIIT classes, spinning, cycling commute, and adult running groups. 8. She says she began running at about 43 or 44, then moved on to half marathons and some marathons. 9. In 2016 she found a triathlon group at her local heated 50-metre lido in North London, then did her first sprint triathlon in summer 2017. 10. She says lockdown pushed her toward cycling and running, while open-water swimming returned at a reservoir after restrictions eased. 11. Renata says a planned Aquathlon in 2020 was cancelled, and later health problems and a cardiac scare forced her to step back. 12. She says she has now been given the all clear after testing, which let her keep training and competing. 13. A coach suggested qualification races because of her run and bike times, and she entered qualifiers in 2024 including Mallory Park. 14. She says an October email told her she had qualified, and she describes that as a major boost to her self-confidence. 15. At Mallory Park, she raced in the 55-59 age category at the British Championship and says a friend told her the worst outcome would be finishing last. 16. She says the swim was one of her best, the bike went well, and the run felt poor but still left her relieved that she was not last. 17. Renata says she qualified outright rather than through a later roll-down place, which mattered to her. 18. She then says the European Championship in Istanbul felt like a major opportunity, and she later raced in Pontevedra on a roll-down place for aquathlon. 19. The conversation is interview-led, personal, and practical, with Conway using follow-up questions to connect training habits, family influence, and age-group racing details. 20. People who like late-start endurance stories, age-group qualification paths, and multisport training will get the most from it, while listeners wanting only elite race analysis may skip it.

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