First tri of the year

[Bron]

Bother, didn't get under three hours on Sunday

Anyway, it was a nice event - organised by the police, so although the roads weren't closed the traffic was all very well controlled to give us a good cycle leg!

I woke up with the beginnings of a UTI, not ideal, but there wasn't much point in staying home and feeling sorry for myself.

Swim - they started the people with the slowest project swim times first, so there was lots of hanging back and "after you" going on at the start line! I thought I swam well but it seemed long - it appears I'm not the only one who thought that this was a bit more than 1500m.

Bike - quite a hilly course, I never got into a decent rhythm here. One thing I noticed was that people were coming past me on the flat more than up hill. It was a nice course though apart from one cobbled section. Policemen at every junction to secure the course and cheer us on.

Run - got a stitch . My legs felt fine (clearly I didn't cycle hard enough) and I was ready to kick butt. The run was off-road through the woods and across some fields with some hilly bits built in (and a flight of stairs to start with) and would have been so nice if the muscle below my rib cage had cooperated. I just had to jog along which was so frustrating.

Times were swim 36:26, T1+bike+T2 1:29:09, run 59:47; total 3:05:22

Must train my cycling more....

[Skeezix]

Bron, it still sounds like you did a good job, you were wickedly close to the 3hr mark. Congrats!

Last year I did a tri and totally felt their bike course was off, according to the meter on my bike it was a good 3/4 mile longer than they said so it might have been longer than 1500m. Oof.