Now with injury behind me – touch wood –
it’s time to get some speed back in my legs. This week was a move in the right
direction: a 10m TT and a 5k road race showed that I’m not too far off PB pace.
And today was a chance to put it all together at the Buxton sprint, run by Xtramile
events.
400m pool swim but I still managed to get
lost, at least my ability to count got lost: I ended up doing 450m – doh! 400m
split was only 8 secs off a 400m TT PB so happy with that. The sports complex
in Buxton only opened last year and it’s pretty nice.
Flew out of T1 then out on the bike: up
Long Hill, down Goyt’s lane to Errwood reservoir. Turn left and
up to the Cat & Fiddle – roads that many ManTri members will be familiar
with. Then left again and fast descent back to Buxton. Only 20k but 380m
of climbing. I opted for my road bike due to the hills and forecast suggesting
wet descents, but it stayed dry.
Quick T2 and out on the run, two laps, through the
park, then uphill along the A53, left and left again, fast downhill along
Macclesfield Road, then left back to the sports complex. 5.8k in total.
A nice finish area: recovery drink on offer, results available straight away, quite a good
goodie bag. 4th overall, 2nd in M40-44, pleased
with that, but no cigar – LOL.Enjoyed it, a nice local race which is a bit more challenging than your usual sprint due to the hills. Recommend it.
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