Manchester Triathlon Club’s annual race, a sprint tri centered on Boundary Water Park. My A-race for my first season and it went really well. After a good swim, I pushed as hard as poss on the bike. The run hurt but I finished strong. After the race, the heavens opened and everyone got totally soaked! Organization? Perfect, of course! :-)
Overall result: 01:16’:57 (35th out of 153)
Swim (750m): 15:12 (61st)
Bike (23k): 40:45 (30th, +T1)
Run (5k): 20:59 (38th, +T2)
My first open water race, in the tidal Beaulieu river at Bucklers hard, organized by Race New Forest. A glorious day and a very well organized event - loved it! A theme is emerging, slow in the swim, better on the bike and even faster on the run. Happy with my transitions.
Swim (650m): 15:07 (94th)
Bike (25k): 48:42 (54th, incl T1 and T2)
Run (6k): 25:27 (22nd)
Having recently bought my first wet suit, a Zoot Zenith 2.0 from TriCentral, I thought I better start open water swimming. The sessions are on Thursday evenings throughout the summer, at Boundary Water Park, near Knutsford, organized by UberFit events. Quite social; swim a lap, have a chat, swim another lap, and so on!
A pool-based sprint organized by Xtra-mile events. I took a wrong turn on the bike, adding ~3k to the 25k route. A slightly longer than usual run of 7.2 km, but I felt good, finishing strong on the second lap. Great weather and a good race.
Time: 01 hr 38 mins
Swim: 8:58; T1: 0:46
Bike: 56:41; T2: 0:39
Run: 30:57
My second Great Manchester Run. A good day out but a slow race due to so much congestion at the start. It took me 4 mins 24 sec to cover the first 1 km, when I was aiming for a pace of 4 min per k.
Happy with my final time of 41:22 as it was quite a bit faster than 2 years ago (45:41).
The winner? The great man himself, Haile Gerbrselassie in 27:39!
