16th May 2010 - link to results here
My A race this year is Windsor, but I like to do this sprint about a month before to see if everything is working OK.
I've had my best winter ever training, and have avoided injury. I've done more running than ever in my life - at one stage I ran on 8 consecutive days. My biking to work all winter has also given me strong legs. I'm still a slow swimmer unfortunately.
The lake water has been very cold, but I've braved it and survived in training at Liquid Leisure, so when I got in today the shock wasn't too great. Felt very calm and set off at my moderate pace. Came out of the water in a reasonable 9:41 (2008 9:49)
No idea what went wrong in T1 - struggled to get my wetsuit off. 2:28 is a poor transition time but maybe not too bad considering 2008's 2:52.
Out on the bike for 4 laps of the rowing lake. Pushed the pace and passed a lot of other riders. Lots of other waves of competitors on the course so it was difficult to judge position. A few people went past me, but not many. Happy with 36:48 (2008 37:44).
When I took my bike shoes off in T2 I discovered my socks were still sodding wet - so I dumped them and ran in sockless trainers. Decided there and then to not wear socks at all in Windsor. Time a passable 1:18 (2008 1:14).
Felt great going out to run - no wobbly legs. This is a soul destroying course however. 1.25km flat straight out, then back again - two laps for the full 5k. Obviously I was tired, but I knew from training that I could go hard for the distance. I trained a lot over the winter with no socks, and my feet can handle it, so I didn't even think about that. Again - I was seldom passed, and overtook a lot of people. Time 20:30 is I think my PB for the 5K - even non triathlon ones. (2008 22:14)
Total time 1:10:47 (2008 1:13:56)
In my age group I came 18th out of 108 people who started. This is a great result for me so I'm very pleased with my race - a good tryout for Windsor.
[bib No 879. 192nd overall out of ~1100 competitors]
No comments:
Post a Comment