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Episode 127 featuring Richie Thorpe

·1 hr 14 min·4 clips

Richie clocked 22 minutes for 400 meters on his first pool attempt.

1. Agegroup Multisport Podcast Episode 127 focuses on Richie Thorpe’s route from club racing to age-group qualification. 2. Richie Thorpe is the guest; he lives in Swickenham in West London, works in HSBC on front-end design, and belongs to Thames Turbo Trafalgar Club. 3. The episode asks how a former basketball player from Sheffield ended up chasing world qualification in triathlon and aquabike. 4. Richie says he grew up in Handsworth near Sheffield, where school sport meant football, cricket, rounders, and a little rugby. 5. Basketball became his main sport because he is six foot three, and he played through school, university, and later in Surrey League and Middlesex Leagues with British Airways. 6. He says parkrun came first, then triathlon followed after a friend from Thames Turbo invited him to Bushy Park. 7. Richie recalls that his first swim attempt at 400 meters took 22 minutes, with repeated rests after only two lengths. 8. He says he bought a second-hand Planet X bike instead of using a mountain bike, which let him start his first races with proper equipment. 9. He describes the club as welcoming to first-timers and strong athletes alike, and says that atmosphere helped him stay in the sport. 10. Richie explains that his training around two young children meant early turbo sessions, lunchtime runs, and swimming on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. 11. He says he wanted to go sub-20 at Bushy Park and eventually got there after several years of work. 12. He also says he came second in the London league for his age group in 2017 after joining the race team. 13. Richie says COVID and probable long COVID in 2020 halted training because his chest hurt when his heart rate went above 150. 14. He says he rebuilt by learning to swim with better technique, moving from muscling through the water to a two-beat kick and less shoulder pain. 15. Richie describes Roth as a major race with 10 people deep on the run course, beer in the villages, smooth roads, and a relay finish inside the stadium. 16. He says the heat in South Germany made the bike and midday sun difficult, especially in the relay where the individual field started much earlier. 17. He explains that age-group qualification is not simple because entrants must enter the right events, register correctly, and choose races strategically. 18. Richie’s tone is practical and reflective, with detailed race memories, jokes about qualifying at age 80 to 84, and a lot of club-level context. 19. Listeners who like age-group triathlon, club racing, and qualification strategy will get the most from it. 20. Listeners wanting pure elite race analysis or fast-moving drama may skip it.

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