I completed the open water swim training with Cambridge Tri Club yesterday. It was great fun and I actually felt quite good! My sighting was ok and I managed to get plenty of drafting practice. I thought I had trouble swimming in a straight line but some of the feet I tagged onto were going round in circles!
Earlier in the day I had completed a brick session; actually it turned out to be a mini triathlon as I swam 1k, biked 20 miles and ran 5 miles. The aim was to chug along at a 'brisk' pace without pushing myself too hard. I did the swim as a negative split with an easy first 500m and a build over the second 500m. 16:30 was ok considering the relaxed first 500m. I maintained a 20.5 mph average on the bike and 6:40 per mile for the run. Quite a good session, though I could still feel the turbo session that I did on Wednesday in my legs.
Some RAF guys in racing action this weekend:
World Champs Standard Distance Vancouver - Dale, Kelda and Bev.
World Champs Sprint Distance Vancouver - Dave Lassen.
Bala Half Ironman - Turbo Man Pullin and Reg 'DNF' Swallow.
Prayers for you guys - race well.
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Thanks for the name check for Bala mate. Full report now on my Blog.
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