08-07-2012, 06:00 PM
8th in The Paris Triathlon today.
Really pleased with the result, particularly considering I lost some serious time to a race organiser balls-up! (see below)
Swim: disaster. Race organisers decided to start the race before I was even in the water. So lost over a minute on the leaders & had to swim through 1000+ people to catch up
Bike: Missed the front bike pack due to the swim mess-up. But really pleased to have blasted a 59min 39k, more-or-less on my own.
Run: 8.5k (100m+ ascent) run in 29:10. So thats <34:20 10k pace
. Definitely happy with that after the hard bike.
Next race is a hilly half marathon on 29th July. Just enough time for another cycle on the programme.
After that its UK south-east regional tri-champs on 19th Aug, which is a key race for me.
Really pleased with the result, particularly considering I lost some serious time to a race organiser balls-up! (see below)
Swim: disaster. Race organisers decided to start the race before I was even in the water. So lost over a minute on the leaders & had to swim through 1000+ people to catch up
Bike: Missed the front bike pack due to the swim mess-up. But really pleased to have blasted a 59min 39k, more-or-less on my own.
Run: 8.5k (100m+ ascent) run in 29:10. So thats <34:20 10k pace
. Definitely happy with that after the hard bike.Next race is a hilly half marathon on 29th July. Just enough time for another cycle on the programme.
After that its UK south-east regional tri-champs on 19th Aug, which is a key race for me.