The Americans have been doing some renovation work to the indoor pool here and they celebrated the grand re-opening with a biathlon. 400 yard (yes, yards, remember them?) and a 5km run that started at the unholy hour of 6am! I surprised myself on many counts just by getting to the start line - it was very early, swimming was involved, running was involved, cycling wasn't involved! It was a very civilised event as well; we started in waves but the following wave didn't start until the last person in the previous wave had finished - how nice was that?
I went off in the last wave due to signing up late rather than an indicator of my swimming prowess and cracked the 400 yards in 6:15; not bad I thought for someone that hasn't been near the water for 3 weeks. Transition was as smooth as ever (LOL!) and I was onto the run in 6:58. The run course was the same as the 5km Fun Run from a couple of days ago, with a little added on to get from the pool to the run course. My run took 22:15 for an overall time of 29:13; I was happy with that. The winner was some young racing snake in a time of 26:20something and he was a good 45 seconds ahead of second place.
So another good day and the mojo is definitely returning.
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3 comments:
the winner was in 26:20? did he stop for a rest somewhere on route LOL. Good work from you mate especially as you love swimming and running.
Nice to see you racing buddy. How's the turbo going?
Unfortunately nowhere near as much turbo time as I had hoped. AM back in UK 6-12 Jan but this will be family time; might make time for a cheeky early morning ride Sun morning but not if it's too cold!
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