Events Blog

August 31st 2014 400m pool swim, 20km bike, 5km run Not such an early start as last year! However, I was much earlier than I wanted to be due to the compulsory briefings. My race was at 09:41 and I had to be poolside by 09:31. The briefings were at 07:30, 08:15 and 09:30 meaning I had to attend the one at 08:15 - stupidly early! Once I'd been briefed I went to rack. I suppose I was very lucky last year but certainly not this year. My rack position was in the second row back and beyond the bike out which made it quite difficult to get to and would give me long transition times. However, I racked and went to prep for the race. Again, where I was luck last time and got an end-lane on the swim this time I was right in the middle. Not normally an issue but the pool sides at Daventry were still 500 mm above water level. However, I somehow managed to have the lane to myself for the swim (despite there being four people in each lane either side for the duration) so I took my lot a...

September 1st 2013 Daventry was a nice early start, most of my journey being made in the dark. Definitely not a fan of short days and long nights! I'd entered this triathlon as a fall-back, most of my first choices, such as the Black Country Triathlon, were full by the time I'd realised I wanted to enter. However, arriving at the centre I was greeted by a lot of friendly people. The pack we were given was great too - another performance t-shirt to add to my Bassetlaw one (this time small enough to be worn as a t-shirt and not some sort of dress, note to self, free t-shirt sizing is unisex(!)) plus some energy stuff. I laid out my belongings in transition, which was numbered, pleased again that by chance I'd secured a great position, fairly near Bike Out and along the main rail rather than the numerous rails behind, which would have been a minor detour. Again nervous, I made my way to the centre to observe a few swim waves before the start. Probably a good idea, but...