My First Tri! 220 Evening Sprint Series...about 2 hours ago
Bobalovski
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hey fantastic bob!! see told ya you'd enjoy it...albeit being windy, you did great!....you'll get those times down and you've given yourself a target to aim for....
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As promised I'm reporting back with my times from my first Tri at Dorney earlier on this evening.....
Swim - 23.20 (More work needed here for sure but wind was a killer)
T1 - 2.30 (bit messy...need to think this through before next race)
Bike - 41.14 (Pretty pleased with this.....very windy on return leg)
T2 - 1.09 (ok I think?)
Run - 26.10 (was hoping for sub 25 but not too dissapointed)
Total - 1 Hr 34.24 ( a PB!!!)
I've got to say, I'm buzzing. What a rush! I'm grinning from ear to ear. It was a great atmosphere and a great intro to your fantastic sport. Thanks to all who answered my nervous questions yesterday. Tips to speed up my swim will be gratefully accepted. Believe it or not I front crawled it the whole way and still only managed a rather slow 23.20....was third from last out of the water and had to work hard to claw back time later on.
I can't wait for London now and am itching to get training to shave those precious minutes off to hopefully go sub 1hr 30
Well done to eveyone who raced tonight at a rather windy Dorney.
All the best with your training
Gary....hope you sort all of your aches and pains asap....for what its worth I always visit osteopaths rather than physios. I'm told they take a whole body approach to traetment and tackle the cause of the injury as well as localised treatment such as ultra sound. I slipped a disc in my neck last year and my osteopath really sorted me......good luck!
Nice one Bob, was such good fun. Was my first triathlon too. Didnt realise how much i would like it, i cant wait to do more. The wind on the way back on the bike was really strong, but the going the other way gave a nice breather. Didnt realise coming from swim to the bike would feel so strange, my legs felt really wierd when i started the bike, will have to try the hard kicking just before the end of the swim. Also i now want a nice Tri Bike, need to get down in the areo position o the bike would definately have helped. Will definately be doing this one again i think. Did it in:
Swim: 0:12:44.379
T1: 0:01:37.860
Bike: 0:35:27.729
T2: 0:00:47.718
Run: 0:19:02.036
Total: 1:09:39.722
Only 2 half weeks now till ironman 70.3!!! But has given me alot of confidence
I put aerobars on my road bike and having barely used them in training was really suprised the difference they made yesterday....they were essential and really quite comfortable. I can't wait till my next race now which hopefully won't be so windy and may give me a good time under "normal" conditions!
Good luck with the 70.3, am rather hoping I can progress to that sort of distance next year if I can sort my swim out.
Well done again on a great race
Good luck with all your other races, and definitely do get some OW practice in. I squeezed three sessions in over at the Blue seventy place near Reading and felt stronger and more confident each time (first time was a real shock!)....all the folks who run these places are so friendly and encouraging and I always end up just chewing the fat with like minded souls for more time than I'm in the water.
Tri really is a friendly and inclusive sport with loads of room for striving for PBs....I'm so glad I went for it (not just because I've lost 10kg since Feb) and can't wait for my other races.
Good luck and thanks for you support