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dir: triathlon training and racing in barcelona We really enjoyed reading the recent triathlon feature (HCM Jan 12, p50). In response to a growing trend in Barcelona, with more and more of our members taking up triathlon, DiR has just launched a new course in all its clubs to help people prepare for the sport. The course is led by Xavier Llobet,
three times winner of Vila Triathlon in Barcelona, alongside specialist DiR instructors in each of the three disciplines. It is designed mainly to prepare people for the annual Vila Triathlon. The course includes individual initial assessment, personalised training programmes and online follow-up with a personal trainer, with five classes a month for 10 months. DiR also participated in the Garmin
Risk assessments should enable people to enjoy, not restrict, their activities
new risk-based approach to health and safety
As part of the government’s plans to reform Britain’s health and safety system, the Department for Work and Pensions’ Minister for Employment, Chris Grayling MP, commissioned an independent review of health and safety legislation. The review – carried out by professor Ragnar Löfstedt, director of the King’s Centre for Risk Management at King’s College, London – considers the opportunities for reducing the burden of health and safety legislation on UK businesses while maintaining the progress made in improving health and safety outcomes. The UK already has one of the best
health and safety records in Europe – testament to the rules and regulations in place – so we welcome this review, which broadly supports the current law. The report calls for a more risk-based approach, which in our industry is great news. Risk assessments should be used to enable people to enjoy their leisure time
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and certainly not to stop activities. All too often, we read negative stories about events being cancelled due to health and safety legislation. The report should go some way towards preventing this. Reviewing strict liability provisions
should also support a more risk-based approach. Leisure activities can make strict control measures, or completely removing the risk, impossible – removing the risk from rock climbing, for example, would negate the reason for doing it in the first place! Sector- specific regulation consolidation should help to remove red tape and make managing health and safety easier too. However, I am concerned at the
recommendation that the self-employed should be exempt from legislation if their activities aren’t deemed hazardous. This needs to be closely monitored. joe ryan md, right directions health and safety
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Triathlon recently, entering three teams. The first team comprised a Catalan journalist, an actor and a famous female sailor, none of whom had participated in a triathlon before. The second team consisted of members, selected via a prize draw in which three tickets for the race were up for grabs. And the final team consisted of DiR instructors, who came an impressive fourth in the race. raquel villacaña communications director, dir
The new DiR course helps people train for Barcelona’s Vila Triathlon
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