TriAthy weekend of racing 5-6 June 2010

Every year I do something to impress people that they talk about it for a year or so (no I’m not shy ). Last year I did two races in Athy in one day. Olympic distance in the morning and Sprint in the afternoon. This year TriAthy was organised differently Olympic on Saturday and Sprint on Sunday. Also organisers separate men and women in different waves by age groups. There was no elite start which is pity as it’s hard to compete with yourself and for spectators no fun to watch. I think the main reason for doing so was to stop drafting.  Drafting was a big issue in the previous years.

I was not in a favorite start position. My main competitor Amy Wolfe had a different start wave 20 minutes behind me.

Amy did a super swim time she swam as a speed boat not like me as a sinking boat

I tried to push on a bike and run but couldn’t leave my comfortable zone and finish comfortably second.

After the finish TV guys interviewed me while a doping officer was waiting for me. It took me more than an hour to go through doping test procedure and I missed men’s race.

While waiting for Award Ceremony got a pair of new ZOOT Tempo 3 runners from Cycle Super Store to test and review them. I cool down in them and they felt comfortable. I never try or wear something new on a race day but I decided give it to go next day.

TriAthy Sprint Distance 6th June 2010.

Next day Sprint start was schedule quite late at 5pm. I had a chance to sleep long and recharge my batteries . Sprint is not going to be an easy task with Juniors from Triathlon Ireland Development Squad racing against me.

Won Sprint race! Felt much better and faster than the previous day. Did faster splits. Think Olympic distance was as warm up for Sprint .

Happy overall with my performance over weekend just next year have to change that pattern 2nd in Olympic and 1st in Sprint two years in a row. Next year should be 1st and 1st .