Hot on the heels of my Dragon Ride last week, I had another race that I knew I wasn't prepared for. you have to enter these things so far in advance, sometimes you forget why you did it. Something about it being my local triathlon club's main race, and having lots of supporters, and being part of the whole experience.
I live right next door to the start, so it was an easy walk down to transition this morning. This was my sixth Windsor triathlon so there aren't many nerves - I know the drill. I wasn't looking forward to the swim, and had done not nearly enough training, but the current wasn't particularly strong this year, so I would manage.
Swim 40:41
I set up my zone, and made my way to the river - jumped in - waited for the signal, and was off. I have a lot of problems with my right shoulder, and had a small operation on it a couple of years ago, but it still hurts and I only get about 40% power with that arm when swimming. Neverthless I was expecting to be a bit faster than I was. Waves of swimmers leave every five minutes, and as my wave moved further and further ahead of me, quite a few of the swimmers in waves behind caught up and overtook.
T1 1:50
Quite a long run to my bike - not a particularly fast time.
Bike 1:09:07
Nothing much to report here, I wasn't feeling fast, and didn't do a good time. Tired from the swim, or the Dragon Ride maybe.
T2 1:33
Standard transition, no problems.
Run 50:21
Since my problems with running last autumn, I've only been in my trainers once, for the Grim Challenge, and that was just for a bit of a laugh really with friends. With no run training, my expectations were low. I thought I may even get some kind of injury and have to walk a lot. I started slowly, and walked quite a bit in the first lap (of three). I felt OK, and gradually increased the ratio of run/walk, until the third lap where I decided I would probably make it to the end, so ran the whole way, as fast as I could.
Evolution triathlon club camp out by Brown's Restaurant, and get to see everyone going past six times on the run. Obviously I ran confidently when in view :) I've done this course before in just over 42 minutes, but 50:21 isn't bad for someone who hasn't trained so I was quite pleased.
Total time 2:43:34
This time is quite respectable for the amount of training I did, so overall a good result. I was 652nd out of 1442 finishers, 113th out of 225 in my category. I hated the swim, a lot. I don't know if I want to do that again. And as the prices are now so high (over £100) that's another disincentive, which is a shame. I have said it before, but maybe I will stay away from Windsor Triathlon until I actually sort my swimming out.
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Strava - for bike section.
Results
Photos
I live right next door to the start, so it was an easy walk down to transition this morning. This was my sixth Windsor triathlon so there aren't many nerves - I know the drill. I wasn't looking forward to the swim, and had done not nearly enough training, but the current wasn't particularly strong this year, so I would manage.
Swim 40:41
I set up my zone, and made my way to the river - jumped in - waited for the signal, and was off. I have a lot of problems with my right shoulder, and had a small operation on it a couple of years ago, but it still hurts and I only get about 40% power with that arm when swimming. Neverthless I was expecting to be a bit faster than I was. Waves of swimmers leave every five minutes, and as my wave moved further and further ahead of me, quite a few of the swimmers in waves behind caught up and overtook.
T1 1:50
Quite a long run to my bike - not a particularly fast time.
Bike 1:09:07
Nothing much to report here, I wasn't feeling fast, and didn't do a good time. Tired from the swim, or the Dragon Ride maybe.
T2 1:33
Standard transition, no problems.
Run 50:21
Since my problems with running last autumn, I've only been in my trainers once, for the Grim Challenge, and that was just for a bit of a laugh really with friends. With no run training, my expectations were low. I thought I may even get some kind of injury and have to walk a lot. I started slowly, and walked quite a bit in the first lap (of three). I felt OK, and gradually increased the ratio of run/walk, until the third lap where I decided I would probably make it to the end, so ran the whole way, as fast as I could.
Evolution triathlon club camp out by Brown's Restaurant, and get to see everyone going past six times on the run. Obviously I ran confidently when in view :) I've done this course before in just over 42 minutes, but 50:21 isn't bad for someone who hasn't trained so I was quite pleased.
Total time 2:43:34
This time is quite respectable for the amount of training I did, so overall a good result. I was 652nd out of 1442 finishers, 113th out of 225 in my category. I hated the swim, a lot. I don't know if I want to do that again. And as the prices are now so high (over £100) that's another disincentive, which is a shame. I have said it before, but maybe I will stay away from Windsor Triathlon until I actually sort my swimming out.
Links
Strava - for bike section.
Results
Photos
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