Bath County Triathlon - Triathlon

The swim was a huge improvement on my last race. I felt fine throughout, although faded a little half way around. Navigation was ok, not great. Actually picked it up a little on the last leg and was passing a few.

A bit more practice and some more lessons. Do more distance work, and perhaps put more into it rather than hold back.

Considering it was a wetsuit swim, the transition was good. Rode in bare feet and used the elastic band thing to keep the pedals from rotating. Not too bad overall. Forgot to attach watch to bike, so had to do that on the move - not really a winner.

Practice a little more on the mount. Decide what to do about the bike computer.

Felt one of my cleats come loose after the first hill, decided to tighten it at the turn around (BIG MISTAKE). Needless to say the cleat fell off about 7km into it and I spent the best part of 10mins looking for a screw. Canibalised my other shoe for another screw and limped home.

Thread locker. That is all...

Was pretty fed up at this point. Decided that the race was lost, so took my time. Socks on, running shoes on, took a swig of gatorade.

Could have sped that up a little, but to be really quick I'd have to go sockless.

Again, was bummed from the bike. Walked a little up the first and last hills, but ran the rest. Left a fair amount in the tank.

Run it all, and put more into it...

Chatted with some rugby guys at the end. Took a dip in the lake to cool off, then sat down and had a sandwich..


The bike section sucked!


A really nice, friendly race. Smaller and more intimate than my other race - and nice because of it.