Friday, 10 July 2009
Hillingdon duathlon (draft legal)
My 3rd victory in a row! Ok, it was a small field but classy nonetheless with Kiwi Clinton Thomas and supa time trialist and tasty triathlete Mark Edwards comprising the podium. Bit of a whim this one. Only touched down from my hols at Stansted a few hours earlier and despite the definite forecast of rain I decided to go ahead and do this one cycling 25 miles through stormy weather just to get to the start.....duathletes aren't normal. Anyway, me and Clinton took the first run out together with Mark close behind. Onto the bikes, the 3 of us formed an effective group until Mark decided to decimate both us and attack on the 7th lap putting over a minute into both of us in the remaining 3 laps! However, once out of T2, I managed to gain ground quickly and took 1st with about 600 metres to go. Nice....... Alas no photos as my GB team photographer wife was sane enough to stay at home.
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Harefield duathlon
Wa-hey, another duathlon victory. Well ok, only my 2nd of the season but I'm not a bad runner either. To be honest, with Jez Cox and Carl Ferri pulling out of this one at the last minute I thought I was going to have it all my own way until Mr Noah Knock turned up about 10 seconds before the start. Damn!
This event was a triathlon with a duathlon bolted on top so no swim for me but no 2nd run either. The duathletes get to start at T+ 10 minutes which usually gives enough time for about 20 of the triathletes to finish their first swim before we get the gun to go. Anyway, I had a scorching first run and managed to catch up the entire field just before the half-way point.......whoops! I suppose this swimming stuff must be tiring.
Unfortunately I had such a massive lead from the run that I was over-confident on the bike and had no way of knowing that Noah had also had a fantastic run (the 2nd fastest on the day) and was rapidly catching me. With the descent into the finish rapidly approaching I could see somebody on my tail and thought I better step on it just in case it was a duathlete rather than a triathlete. I'm glad I did. Noah was only 4 seconds behind!!! 4 seconds!!!!
Easily the fastest run of the day.....
......and perhaps the most inept bike!
This event was a triathlon with a duathlon bolted on top so no swim for me but no 2nd run either. The duathletes get to start at T+ 10 minutes which usually gives enough time for about 20 of the triathletes to finish their first swim before we get the gun to go. Anyway, I had a scorching first run and managed to catch up the entire field just before the half-way point.......whoops! I suppose this swimming stuff must be tiring.
Unfortunately I had such a massive lead from the run that I was over-confident on the bike and had no way of knowing that Noah had also had a fantastic run (the 2nd fastest on the day) and was rapidly catching me. With the descent into the finish rapidly approaching I could see somebody on my tail and thought I better step on it just in case it was a duathlete rather than a triathlete. I'm glad I did. Noah was only 4 seconds behind!!! 4 seconds!!!!
Easily the fastest run of the day.....
......and perhaps the most inept bike!
Never mind, coming first twice in one week ain't so bad
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