Richard Allen was 5 times British champion (Olympic distance) and a world class triathlete & duathlete. He has decided to retire on 2006 due to an injury. Following the sad passing of a young girl call Ellis Harriet Clark, he was inspired to make a comeback. His comeback is very successful with excellent results at 70.3 races.
Richard is also a excellent coach and organizes triathlon camps all around the world. It’s worth mentioning that he organizes a training camp every May in Sivotta.
In order to train under the supervision of Richard or to participate at his training camp visit his coaching services web-site or/and read his exclusive interview at the 7th issue of our digital magazine in February (3rd issue of the English version)
http://www.richardallenfitness.com/
Richard Allen in brief
Rich began his pro career in 1994 following a Silver medal at the World Junior Elite Championships. He went on to win 9 British Pro Championship titles, races such as Ironman UK 70.3 & was part of the British Sydney Olympic Games squad. At the end of 2006, following injury & burn-out, Rich retired from triathlon & launched the coaching business RichardAllenFitness. However this was not the end of his Pro racing career & in 2009, following the sad passing of a young girl call Ellis Harriet Clark, he was inspired to make a comeback. Having taken over 2 years off training & racing, Rich began a comeback journey to raise awareness for the fight against cancer & the Ellis Harriet Clark Cancer Foundation. He is now an Ironman 70.3 distance specialist. Alongside racing Rich still coaches, enjoys consultancy work, mentoring, writing & event speaking. He lives in Lake Norman, North Carolina, US, & Yorkshire, UK, with his Wife Tonya. Follow his training & racing live on the twitter link & check out his blog link. Please contact Rich with any questions >
2011 ACHIEVEMENTS >
2nd- REV3 70.3 South Carolina, US.
3rd- Ironman 70.3 Muncie, US.
5th- Ironman 70.3 Miami, US.
5th- Ironman 70.3 Syracuse, US.
7th- REV3 70.3 Quassy, US.
1994-2006 ACHIEVEMENTS >
Winner- 5 x British Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships, UK.
Winner- Ironman 70.3 UK.
Winner- London Olympic Distance Triathlon, UK.
Winner- Windsor Olympic Distance Triathlon, UK.
Winner- British Long Distance Triathlon Championships, UK.
Winner- British Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships, UK.
Winner- 2 x British Duathlon Championships, UK.
British Sydney Olympic Games Squad.
Scottish Manchester Commonwealth Games Squad.
4th- St Croix Middle Distance Triathlon, US Virgin Islands.
4th- St Anthony’s Olympic Distance Triathlon, US.
4th- Chicago Olympic Distance Triathlon, US.
4th- Derry ITU World Cup Triathlon, N. Ireland.
5th- St Croix Middle Distance Triathlon, US Virgin Islands.
5th- St Anthony’s Olympic Distance Triathlon, US.
8th- European Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships, NED.
9th- European Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships, CZE.
ITU Triathlon World Ranking Best of 9th.
Silver- World Junior Elite Triathlon Championships, NZ.
Silver- World Junior Elite Duathlon Championships, AUS.
Gold- European Junior Elite Duathlon Championships.
Silver- European Junior Elite Duathlon Championships.