Poor bike fitness really showed on the run as I was experiencing severe and painful cramps in my right quad and had to walk every hill. First just the steep ones then eventually each and every one.

Despite this, my performance overall in terms of ranking is average but is MOP but it could have been so much better.

Going into this race I really had my doubts about how I was going to do. This season, I somehow managed to train very little. I went out swimming less than a dozen times and probably had about 4 long rides all of which were around the 75K mark or under. I did manage to run a bit this year but again, mostly 1 hour or shorter sessions. This lack of training really showed, especially on the bike.

With all of that said, I was within 1 minute of my time from last year which is pretty good.

Overall, a good race, made great by fantastic weather, great crowd support and yes, a decent result all considering.