Team Outrageous: Back on the straight and narrow, 1st, 49:47.
ROCK OUT!
Much better result here, unfortunately still waiting for the picture off my brother’s phone… that’s now been rectified…
Swim felt great and my acclimatisation to cooler UK waters has obviously worked a treat as I broke the course record for the swim and T1 in 7:36, doing the 550m swim in around 6:30.
The bike was harder and, given my lead, I didn’t feel the necessity to push as hard as I might have done, at least at the start. That said, I got overtaken by 4 guys and clocked 24:20, around 1:30 off the fastest split. The second half was harder and I started to feel a bit tired.
I’ve been working on my bike strength and it’s clear that there’s still some work to be do. I have a sneaking suspicion that not replacing any of the moving components on my bike for 2 years could also lead to some wasted effort..!!
On to the run and the increased intensity after I’d been overtaken was being felt in the legs. I didn’t feel as free as I did at Windsor, even if I did a 17:46, breaking the record for the fastest run split at the Team Outrageous sprint races.
Feeling much better about my swimming after that result, I’d been left to stew knowing that my swim was much better but I only had that poor Windsor result to look at. Lots of positivity after this race I can tell you!
Bring on London!!!!
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