I completed my second triathlon on Good Friday. It was the Salomon Lake Hayes Tri. I’ve done the duathlon at this event a couple of times in a team with Michael and we even won the duathlon teams’ event one year. It’s a reasonably tough course, especially the run, which follows the lake front along an undulating (sometimes quite steeply) gravel track.
This year was my first attempt at the full triathlon and my target was 1:30:00 (20 minutes for the swim, 40 minutes for the bike and 30 minutes for the run). In fact I made it in 1:29:49 and I was pretty pleased with all of my splits and overall time. I was especially pleased with my ride which I felt was very strong and I managed to go from 75th (out of 76) overall to 52nd overall so I picked up 23 places on the bike and run legs. BUT, my swim sucked – even though I did it in the time I thought it would take. I was second last out of the water and second last out of transition and the only person behind me was literally a little old lady. It’s bloody embarrassing and it is costing me heaps of places and heaps of time.
I know, I’ve already said it in another blog, but this has really brought it home to me – I must get some coaching and I must spend more time in the pool. I am pretty sure that I will be able to complete the 3.8km swim for Challenge Wanaka, but at this rate it could take me a couple of hours. At least I am realizing it early and I still have a little over 10 months to get it sorted.
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