Matt Hammerton

Adventure Racing

Matt Hammerton:
2nd National Triathlon Team Relay Champions 2005-6
World Triathlon and Duathlon Championships Age Group 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 & 2007 Highest Position 14th
3rd 100 mile Lake Taupo Cycle Relay Challenge 2003
3rd and 4th GB National Triathlon Ranking 2005 and 2006 respectively
27th Saab - Salomon MountainX Race 2008
3rd Ashbourne Duathlon

Upcoming projects:
Racing the RR10s again this year (a series of off road 5 mile running races in Hampshire - managed 2nd overall last year)
May - Endurancelife race - an offroad triathlon 1500m swim, 30km mtb, 13km run
May - Hampshire Hilly 100 miler sportive and the Tour of Wessex (320miles in three days around Somerset, Devon and Hampshire)
June - Weymouth Half Ironman
June - Baby!
The Etape - a stage of the Tour de France in July finishing with a climb up Mount Ventoux
October - The OMM

My recent entries

Going Long

Gentle summer cycle rides with friends or a sneaky lunch time run though the local woods to...

Posted on 23 August, 2010 by Matt Hammerton

Romping round the New Forest…

Well it’s a good start to the New Year with a 1st in the Dynamic Adventure Racing New Forest...

Posted on 09 February, 2010 by Matt Hammerton

Babies – the latest training aid

It’s time to reflect on the many ups of the 2009 season. With the main event being a...

Posted on 10 November, 2009 by Matt Hammerton

Endurancelife Coastal Series Wins

It has been a while since Alpkit Adventure have been doing any blogging. This weekend saw the...

Posted on 16 March, 2009 by Matt Hammerton

The OMM

I guess you heard about the OMM. We started early, before the rain… so perhaps went for fast...

Posted on 27 October, 2008 by Matt Hammerton

Saab Salomon Final Report

Saab Salomon Mountain X Race

Back home and sitting at our desks, it’s hard to recount the...

Posted on 04 August, 2008 by Matt Hammerton

The Welsh 3000ers - time to see how we worked as a team

There are 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet. Unfortunately they all lie just within...

Posted on 15 July, 2008 by Matt Hammerton

Fitness Test at South Cerney

Time to test the fitness – my first Olympic Distance race of the season (1500m swim, 40km...

Posted on 29 June, 2008 by Matt Hammerton

Time to test the fitness

My first olympic distance triathlon of the year took place on the 1st of June at...

Posted on 23 June, 2008 by Matt Hammerton

Winning at Blenheim Palace

Great to be doing my first blog post for Alpkit. I recently won the Mazda Blenheim Triathlon...

Posted on 20 June, 2008 by Matt Hammerton

Mountain X Team

With a cool beer in hand, I settled down on the sofa in order to look through a few emails...

Posted on 01 June, 2008 by Matt Hammerton