Unusually, this was an afternoon event, with the first in the pool just after 5pm. So had nearly all day to rest and go into town for a bit before getting my gear together. It was odd not taking the bike and bike gear! Felt like i was missing an awful lot of stuff for transition!
Arrive early and got a good spot on the transition just outside the pool, then changed into my tri suit and headed for the briefing and pool.
The swim went well - did it in 9m15s so beat my previous time at the HSV triathlon although could have done it faster if there had not been a bit of congestion about half way through. managed to overtake a few people although that holds you back a bit as can only overtake at the end of each length/lane.
Interestingly there were also a lot of strong swimmers for this - these events obviously attract a good deal of club swimmers, compared to my first tri which had a lot of runners and cyclists but who were very new to swimming.
Straight out out of the pool and into transition - bit quicker with not bike to worry about! Straight off into the run. It was easier on the legs having not just done a ride, but not quite as pleasant doing the whole thing still soaking wet from the swim! Luckily you dry off quickly!
Run went fine although still not getting the times I was hitting last Autumn, this was around 29 minutes of actually running but 30.56 including transition.
Total time was 40m 11sec.
Pleased with that especially the good swim time but slightly miffed that it was just outside the 40 minute mark! Would have nice to shave off 12 seconds and get a sub 40m!!
Enjoyed it though as it was a bit different and overall pleased with the result.
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