Water was REALLY murky and dirty, but luckily no sign of the Bullshark that was spotted in the river last week :) Time wise, this was my fastest swim this season, not surprising I worked really hard and felt like I was dying when I exited the water! Didn't have my Polar on but I think I was going at close to maximim HR!!! :)

I have trishorts now so less faffing around in transition. Socks still take ages to put on though. Oh and I also have a race belt ... which I forgot to put on and was sent back by an official to get it!!! Whoops.

Practice putting socks on faster? :)
Remember to put on race belt!!!

Bike computer didn't work so couldn't see my cadence which put me off. I found the cycle REALLY hard today, not sure why.

Like the bike, for some reason the run today was really hard. Was able to run all the way though, which is an achievement. Stopped to walk at the 2 drink stations though, only because if I try to drink & run I choke :)

Same old mantra ... get fitter! (which I'm doing)

Was disappointed at lack of post race refreshments - just water was available, not Carboshotz or fruit which was available at previous races.


For some reason I found today's race really really hard, my heart was pounding the whole way and although I really pushed myself as hard as possible, I still came second last out of 153 people. I really am a slow triathlete which is very demoralising, especially as I have been training hard with Wellbeings for the month. Its not for lack of trying, but I guess I just need to focus more on the positives which is the fact that I do triathlons in the first place and am much much healthier for it. I went to donate blood the other day and my blood pressure was 107/69 which is AMAZING. It always used to be 130/80. So all this exercise is really good for me, even if I'll probably never come first :)