Swim went quite well considering the pretty much non existent training. Arms were tired at the end, but then they would be wouldn't they.

Train.

Short slippery run from pool. I decided to go with socks again as my running shoes give me blisters if I don't, so that took a little time. Then there's another short slippery run before the bike timing start.

Get some running shoes that don't give me blisters and go sock less.

This was fun. In a painful kind of way. I felt great on the bike and actually overtook some other fast looking people. Managed to stay on the aerobars the whole way apart from on the 2 roundabouts at either end of the route. I think only 2 guys overtook me and one of them is the guy who has the course record. Got slowed down a couple of times due to traffic, but nothing major. At about mile 9 I was suffering, but saw on the computer that 21 mph was on, so I sucked it up and put my head down.

On the day. Nothing. But obviously more training to go faster.

My racking point was quite far from the T2 entrance/exit. Apart from that it was all good.

Nothing.

Well after rocking the bike, I should have known this would be ugly. Just ground it out and tried to stick with some of the people who overtook me. This was all about contained suffering. The highlight of the run was seeing Sandra & Jasper cheering me on. Jasper was very exited to see Daddy racing and Sandra was proud of her sweaty husband.

And it also turned out to be a 5K PB.

Run, run, run. I also need to do some more speed workouts as I'm not comfortable at race speed. Plenty of stamina just no speed.

Walking a mile back to transition and a few stretches.


Lack of training and not enough speed workouts on the run.


Once again a great race. They've been putting it on for years and it shows. It is a very slick but still friendly event.