The Inter-Services Triathlon was held at Tallington Lakes yesterday. The weather was not too bad, for a change! Unfortunately, the Army were just too strong and they won the team and individual titles. Our top triathlete, Dale Grassby, was leading after the swim and bike; however he has been suffering with a stress fracture of the foot and he hobbled round the run to make team points for the RAF. That said, he was still our top finisher in 6th place! That sort of indicates the quality of the guy - he is fast! When fully fit he could challenge for the title for sure. The RAF packed nicely but we just needed to have some guys in the first 5 really........our time will come! I may be relegated to the veterans race by then though! As for my race yesterday, it can be summarized as: too many stops at traffic lights, slow swim, struggled to get going on the bike, good run off the bike. Room for improvement - C+.
Here are the RAF Team places:
Dale Grassby - 6th 2:13:18
Greg MacDonald - 8th 2:15:55
Daz Sharpe - 10th 2:16:33
Pete Norris - 11th 2:16:37
Mark Saggers - 12th (that's me!!) 2:18:01
Andy Reardon - 13th 2:18:49
Jase Walkley - 15th 2:19:21
Mal Rose - 19th 2:20:28
Mike Westwell 20th 2:20:44
Jamie Elliot 24th 2:24:16
There were many other RAF guys racing but I will leave those details to the official results. No time right now to expand! Last night after the race I tried a new recovery strategy.................resting!
The bean bags are out!
2 comments:
12th overall and 5th RAF and you only give yourself a C+? Hell's teeth mate, reality check time, that's AWESOME! You are a vet for goodness sakes and still sticking it to the youngsters.
A+ in my book.
Ditto Turbo, give yourself a break Sags, before your break yourself!
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