Standard Distance Triathlon 20th July, 2025
Been looking forward to this one for a while, my first and only Olympic distance triathlon of the season. After last years bike crash and an agonizing 10 K run in high temperatures I was hoping for a better result, and I got it.
Good strong solid 1500 m swim, I took the lead early and came out of the water first. Long uphill run into transition before the heavens opened making for a very wet 45 K bike course. Thankfully I managed to stay upright on the new bike on very slippy roads and managed a 10 minute PB from last year. The 10 K run was mostly on grass which by this time had turned into quagmire. I slipped and ended up on my backside near the finish and was covered in mud, (don’t think anyone noticed). Thankfully no injuries to man or bike.
I finished in second place overall out of 181 entrants and got my first Castle Race Series podium presentation. Love this one and hopefully I will be back next year.
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