This may seem like a very silly thing to do but I'm always up for a challenge. A 160Km bike ride on the Saturday and then a Sprint Tri on the Sunday. I knew I would not be setting any records but it was a nice sunny day and it was fun to race to and catchup with some of the old crew...
Maraetai is always a good location and with the weather as good as it was it would be ashame to miss it!
Swam pretty hard, just over 7mins. Tony thought it was short but I do not. I should be able to swim at an average of 1'30" per 100m. It was quite a tough effort though... go out of the water and straight into transition there was not even enough time to get wet suit to the waist as I was so close to the entry... oh well. Got a split, Tony was 30s in front.
Took a bit to get the shoes on but once I got going realised that this was going to be tough! The short climbs really bite. I even got passed, so sat it for a bit then the legs seemed to come right and got going again dropping everyone that was with me. Saw Tony not that far up the road at the turn around. He was going pretty fast and I closed in a bit more but could not catch him...
Into transition 2 Tony was leaving as I was racking my bike. Anyway a quick change into the racing flats (not perfect as the insoles moved) and off for the chase! Closed down very slowly on the Super Coach! He was still in front at the turn around and really nailed it down hill... I held on and past him on the flats just before the hill... put in a bit of an effort up the steep climb and then caught Mark Bowstead at the top... look ahead for the next target but ran out of race.
A good first effort for the season and there are a few things to work on. Looking towards the next one at Mission Bay.
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