Warwickshire Sprint Triathlon 2013
September 29th 2013 To give you an overview of my state of mind going into my third triathlon, I suggest referring to my post from two weeks previously, about the London Bikeathon. After this 100-miler I spent Monday feeling fine, and headed for a relaxing swim in the evening. Unfortunately this was not to be so and after the swim I felt absolutely awful. Cycling to work the next day was a huge struggle and by lunch time I'd been sent home as too ill to work. By the time I'd cycled back, packed, cycled to the train station, caught my train, changed and Sheffield, caught another train, cycled through Derby and then been driven home, I was only good for bed. And so began my first ever four day stint off work. Two weeks later and I'd not really recovered. I'd been back at work but unable to train or eat sensibly so was decidedly dubious about the triathlon. In fact, had I not already paid for entry and encouraged a close friend, Hannah, to enter as her first event, I ...