Committee Alan McLean Posted May 6, 2013 Committee Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 It has been a miserable spring but I finally gave the JWCC trisuit an airing at this busy event with competitors from 7-70. After a splash round the lazy river we covered four laps of an out and back 5k bike route, then a 5k warm down jog along the canal path. The 90 degree corners and dead turns provided some hilarious examples of triathlete bike handling skills, maybe not so funny for folk pulling themselves out of ditches. (Actually it WAS quite funny to watch.) The strong crosswind almost gave me my own HEOTBHS while descending fast on aerobars and deep section wheels. There are usually a few bike club rejects like myself at these triathloning events but this was a full-on trigeek affair and I did not see any of the usual roadie types. There was a super atmosphere with lots of youth and junior racers and family racing. Big congratulations to our youth riders including Heather Fleming (skiving off exam leave) and Iona and Katrina Miller who were both second in their age groups, and Sarah Bradford who was track racing on Wed,won the Bella crit on Thursday, and won her race today :banana . I got third vet but the gap between me and the real racers in their late teens and twenties is growing fast. The elastic is going to snap this year in my last season as a vet. I've spent ten years being crushed by unemployed students with unlimited training time and now I am going to get crushed by early retirees in their fifties with UTT. (Fortunately the NHS has promised to employ me until I'm 67 so I should get a few years of really focussed training in my early 70s). Anyway the season has started, stay tuned for more gripping reports. Alan Ramsay, Darryl Gunson, Richard and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted May 6, 2013 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Covered a good range of subjects there Alan. However you didn't mention your view on Star Trek/series 5/episode 4 which I'm sure would be very interesting. But seriously, well done all you 3 pronged types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GEORGE DONNELLY Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Deep Space Nine, Voyager or Next Generation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusM Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Triathlons are only ever appealing in a tropical climate! I did a couple in Asia but don't think I could be convinced to splash around in dirty cold water in the UK Where was the swim, anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted May 8, 2013 Author Committee Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 BB public pool. About 29 deg C so not too bad. Tropical climate = misery. Our good summer days are perfect but rare. You probably would not enjoy the annual New Year's Day triathlon in Edinburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FergusM Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Ah, I assumed it was in the canal or something! That doesn't sound so bad then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted May 9, 2013 Author Committee Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 Canal? I might be mad but I'm not insane :banana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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