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The little beaver – not so little.. A 5am start meant leaving a little bit early to get up the Beaver Castle. We arrived at 7am and had loads of time to start the process of setting up the bike. I did a quick check of the mount lines and noticed a 400+m run from the water to Transition. My pre-race nutrition plan was to drink high-5 in car but I only managed 20%. But my first mistake was...
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Yes I have Qualified for Athlone !!! Well somehow I managed to sneak into the race after being a reserve for about 6 months. I’d actually planned on racing in Pembrokshire on the same weekend in the Welsh Championships but the draw of a GB Age Group trisuit was too much. We’ve decided to leave the children with the parents-in-law and travel on ferry to Dublin. Then a 2 hour drive to...
read moreMy final race of the year. The highlight of the year. That was what I was hoping for, by atlast it was not to be. My hope was to qualify for GB Age Group, however, a poor swim and a poor run didn’t help. I came into the race with my achillies injury and this held me back. I was satisfied with the cycle stage but was annoyed by lots of drafting going on during the race, I felt that I would...
read moreThe Swim I started on the right and noticed straight away that I needed to angle myself towards the left. I got myself into a good stoke but felt that my wetsuit was leaving in a lot of water and causing a drag. I couldn’t be sure about this but as soon as I excited and looked at my watch 26 mins The Cycle Going out on the cycle I felt good and got to the first turning point. I did the...
read moreThe location of the hotel was 20 mins from the park and I registered early on the Saturday. Although now I wonder why as I still had to get the timing chip on the day of the event. I racked the bike and got ready for racing! Although I forgot to put on my heart rate monitor to view on the bike stage. Swim The swim was a bit of a zig zag course and maybe at times I appeared lost from boy to boy....
read moreAfter a long break away from Hertfordshire I decided to add this event to my training schedule. I enjoyed the event and the day but must admit that this is the hardest sporting event I have ever completed. Swim The sea swim was great with a running start and dive (You can’t dive at training). As soon as I was in the water I got use to the cold, probably due to the training in the week. Then I...
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