I really love racing at Westonbirt, the scenery is beautiful and I got lucky again with the weather during my race. I did this race last year too. This year I marginally improved by 1min :) it would have been more but I managed to dither longer in transition this time. Importantly I beat my boss by 10mins and Kate, Alex and little Edward turned up at the end to say hi. This race was organised by DB Max. s 400m, b 24km, r 5km. Completed in 1hr 48m 9secs
I entered the Westonbirt Challenge Triathlon, it was my longest ever tri and it was great fun :). It consisted of a 500m swim, 30k cycle and 8k run. I started feeling tired at about the 25k cycle point and was glad to reach the end of the ride. I wasn't looking forward to the run, I never do. But it was really good, I think the endorphines had kicked in at this point and I started having a really good time. It helped that the croute was a there and back so I got to grin madly at everyone who was going the other way. I came last, out of everyone but I finished and had fun :)
The swim started at 9:01 and, as usual, it was a horrible shock to the system and my body protested for 10 lengths before it got settled. On the last 2 lengths I managed to overtake a couple of swimmers who had exhausted themselves doing crawl. There was a 550m dash to transition and then on to the bike. The route was lovely, lined with trees and a very sunny day. People from the next wave started overtaking me at about the 12k mark. The run was hard work, my right leg felt like lead for most of the way and I ended up walking quite a bit of it. I was happy to have finished.
