With the London triathlon now only 2 weeks away, most of your training should be done and you should be making plans for the big day. Personally I’m looking forward to competing on closed roads around our impressive capital city.

The event packs with numbers have been sent out and the wave start times are on the website: www.thelondontriathlon.co.uk .

Whether you are a seasoned runner or want to try a marathon for the first time, there's no better place to do it than Brighton with it's lovely sea breeze and route that takes in the sights of the Pavillion, North Laines, Palace Pier and Regency seafront architecture.

With about four weeks to go to the London Triathlon, I’m sure that all of your training for the three disciplines is progressing well. Hopefully the swimming is getting easier, the cycling faster and the running stronger. But what about the fourth and fifth disciplines -the dreaded transitions where you change from swim to bike and bike to run? These are both areas that can either cost you or save you a lot of time. With a little practise and organisation you can be out of transition a long time before those who enter transition with you.

Runners from across the Renewable Energy Industry have been putting themselves through their paces over the last few months at events up and down the country and beyond, including the crazy off road Mud Runner Oblivion, Edinburgh Marathon and Brussels Half Marathon to raise money for Renewable World.

In the village of Sunaula Bazaar, women used to spend hours hauling water up steep tracks from the source below, but not anymore. Thanks to the installation of a hydraulic ramp pump which uses the energy of falling water to pump it to a higher level than the source, since May this year this remote hillside community in Nepal have had access to a constant source of water for domestic use as well as irrigation for 70 households.

The renewable energy industry is filled with dedicated and passionate individuals with a strong commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of power generation and great expertise in stakeholder engagement.

During the last few months the staff at Renewable World have been to some far flung places including Nicaragua and Nepal. Their work in areas such as these enables communities in often remote part of the country to generate power from whatever natural resources are available to them. The income from the various fundraising events that Renewable World organises, such as the London Triathlon goes a long way to funding some of these schemes. Below are some examples of what your fundraising could provide:

It finally looks like Spring has arrived (or is it another false alarm?). With the London Triathlon about four and a half months away, now is the time to start your training (if you haven’t already). This blog is intended for all those doing the triathlon on behalf of Renewable World. I’m sure there will be a wide range of abilities and different sporting experiences so I will try and include something for everyone.

Its been a really long day but packed full of great experiences.  We visited a community called Cajiniquil, with our partner Asofenix. Cajiniquil's wind turbine, paid for thanks to donations from EWEA, WPD and International Power went into operation last May, and it has been a life-changing experience for the people of this small, remote community.

Godleys Cycles and Triathlon have very generously agreed to offer a 15% discount off non sale items to any Renewable World shoppers  - 10% discount to the purchaser, and 5% as a donation to Renewable World.

You don't even need to be participating in the Renewable World London Triathlon Renewable Energy Cup in order to qualify for the discount, anyone can take advantage of this great offer.