Rother Valley Sprint Tri Report
gavinrigg06
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750m Swim / 25.4km Bike / 5km Run
Up bright and early Sunday morning, porridge for breakfast, all good.
Registered early, set up in plenty of time, race brief, all good.
Start time 08:25, water temp 13deg - wetsuits complusory.
And we're off, swimming out to the first marker and I am in the top 10 of the swim, going at a nice pace and feeling ok, rounded the first turn, and felt like I wanted to burp, so I let it out - oops I didn't mean to throw up !!! - now not so good. All energy just drained from my body, and I found the remainder of the swim like I was going uphill and exited the water near to last.
Swim Time: 16min 11sec
T1 - took an easy jog back to the bike, just to get my bearings, I had previously taken 3inches off the bottom of my wetsuit, so that flew off, helmet on bike out and off I went
T1 time: 1min 48sec
Out on the bike, I knew the route which helped immensley and managed to claw back quite a bit of time and several places, but I had to push really hard which in hindsight may have been a bit too hard, as the route is almost all ups and downs (more ups than downs).
Bike time: 52mins 32secs
T2 - Off the bike, shoes on pedals and run through transition, big mistake, transition was on a car park and covered with small stones (ouch!), bike racked, trainers on (ahhhh!) and off for a quick 5k - or so I thought
T2 time: 1min 03secs
Out for the run, and the usual lethargic leg syndrome kicks in, but I am expecting it to subside, but no it gets worse, and I feel like I have a deep sea diving suit on. 4km in and I am feeling dejected but I know how much difference a minute can make to a placing, so I dig deep and find an extra 0.5kph, I manage to overtake 2 other competitors that were fading towards the finish (they had previously passed me), and at last the finish line.
Run time: 24mins 11secs
Overall time: 1hr 35mins 51secs
Cat Posn: 19th
The wind was very blustery in places, and normally head on, but the rain held off thankfully.
In my opinion another great event by pacesetterevents.com
Up bright and early Sunday morning, porridge for breakfast, all good.
Registered early, set up in plenty of time, race brief, all good.
Start time 08:25, water temp 13deg - wetsuits complusory.
And we're off, swimming out to the first marker and I am in the top 10 of the swim, going at a nice pace and feeling ok, rounded the first turn, and felt like I wanted to burp, so I let it out - oops I didn't mean to throw up !!! - now not so good. All energy just drained from my body, and I found the remainder of the swim like I was going uphill and exited the water near to last.
Swim Time: 16min 11sec
T1 - took an easy jog back to the bike, just to get my bearings, I had previously taken 3inches off the bottom of my wetsuit, so that flew off, helmet on bike out and off I went
T1 time: 1min 48sec
Out on the bike, I knew the route which helped immensley and managed to claw back quite a bit of time and several places, but I had to push really hard which in hindsight may have been a bit too hard, as the route is almost all ups and downs (more ups than downs).
Bike time: 52mins 32secs
T2 - Off the bike, shoes on pedals and run through transition, big mistake, transition was on a car park and covered with small stones (ouch!), bike racked, trainers on (ahhhh!) and off for a quick 5k - or so I thought
T2 time: 1min 03secs
Out for the run, and the usual lethargic leg syndrome kicks in, but I am expecting it to subside, but no it gets worse, and I feel like I have a deep sea diving suit on. 4km in and I am feeling dejected but I know how much difference a minute can make to a placing, so I dig deep and find an extra 0.5kph, I manage to overtake 2 other competitors that were fading towards the finish (they had previously passed me), and at last the finish line.
Run time: 24mins 11secs
Overall time: 1hr 35mins 51secs
Cat Posn: 19th
The wind was very blustery in places, and normally head on, but the rain held off thankfully.
In my opinion another great event by pacesetterevents.com
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Yep, time to forget about this one and look forward to Hatfield in July, got some sea swim practice in Turkey comming up next week - wahooo...