You'd think I'd won wouldn't you with the celebrations pictured, but indeed I hadn't!! Not by a long way. I can't get over how much quicker some of the other competitors are!! I now they have more than 10 years advantage on me but it shows how hard they train and how naturally talented they are! I was pleased though cos I was quicker than I'd managed to do the year before in this race and prooved I'd recovered from a back injury having come off my bike the year before that.
This was a Sprint Triathlon in Eton- only 750m swim/20k bike/ 5k run and a great event for novices and old timers alike. When I started doing this event 7 years ago there was only one tent to register and about 50people in the whole race. Now the events have a "race village" with shops, massages, bike repairs and nearly 2,000 competitors spread over the whole weekend. Its a great atmosphere and occassionally the family can be dragged down to enter a Scooterthon or other such race.
I've taken part in over 30 of these events over the past 7 Years including The London Triathlon, Royal Windsor, London Duathlon, Milton Keynes, Blenheim Palace, South Coast, Bullbuster etc and they just get better and better. its the fastest growing sport in the UK. Anyone else doing them?
Great thing is that the training can fit easily into your lunch hour. You can run, or bike or swim and still be back at the office within the hour. Today was running - 12 sets of 400m sprints with 40 sec jog/ rest in between each.
