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Lochore Sprint Tri (Try) 19/6/16


Mark O
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Having been talked by Heather into giving this triathlon gubbins a bash, I had my first outing yesterday.

 

Sprint distance of 750m swim, 20 something Km bike ride (the actual distance seemed to vary, 24km was the last number I heard) and a 5K run.

 

I don't think I disgraced myself with an overall position of 82/244; 70/162 males and 23/64 male vets category. 1:27:19 was my overall time.

 

A real toe dipping exercise for me, with little or no prep or specific training. Only my 3rd open water swim (4th swim of any sort this year). 19 mins dead.  Seems ok, I think, but no where near the tri club people who clearly put in a shed load of pool time and can swim in a straight line!!!! 

 

The bike ride was strange to say the least. Legs like lead after the swim (did not expect that) and I rode my winter bike, as my summer bike still has the hill climbing set up from Spain and the TT bike looked very dusty after 3 years of inactivity. Took about 10 minutes to settle in and start feeling normal. Only one bloke on a full on TT get up passed me on the ride, which was undulating with the odd ramp or two. 41 mins for this leg.  Not my best ride but I was definitely keeping something in reserve for the run.

 

The least said about running the better. I hate running. 23.45 clocked for the 5K distance. No idea if this is good, bad or indifferent.  Again only passed by one person on the run, which I'm pleased about as I expected to get doing on this segment. My transistions were pants as expected given my general lack (none at all) of practice.

 

Top third of the field overall, for gender and for category and top 30 in the bike ride. Room for improvement no doubt but kind of happy with the results of this toe dipping exercise. Next outing planned for 6 weeks time at Allerthorpe in Yorkshire. Olympic distance this time. Will actualy need to be able run 10K before then. And hopefully will have dusted down the TT bike and learned how to swim in a straight line!! I might even do some proper training.......

 

Any tips or advice from any of our tri'ers would be welcome.

 

M

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