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Preparation for
the Newbury Tri didn’t go quite as planned this year. I did
something to my Achilles tendon during a club training session at
the end of July. I could hardly walk the next day, missed the third
Yateley 10k and have hardly run since.
I managed a slow
3 mile run last Sunday, so decided not to pull out of this
triathlon. Then last week whilst cycling home from work, I cycled
into road work barriers in the rain and went flying!! Bruised both
upper arms and cut a knee. I blame it on rain and steamed up
glasses!!
It was a nice day on Sunday (for a
triathlon!) a bit overcast, but not too cold. There’s a bit of
hanging about outside at Newbury as the swim is in a 75 yard
outdoor pool, so you don’t want it too cold!
A new thing for this tri this year was chip timing, so
you get an accurate time for each discipline and the transition
times – very useful. It told me my T1 was very slow, 2:48
compared with the winner’s time of 0:37 (I do like to have dry
feet before I start on the cycle!).
There’s not much to say about the swim
and cycle, they went almost exactly as last year.
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