Cambridge Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Presuming I could only swim a length of front crawl at the start of the year I was delighted to swim the whole race front crawl and finish with a time of 32 mins including the transition to bike. Only mistake I made ws following another swimmer rather than sighting only to find that they had had gone completely off course!!!

more sighting and not following anyone else!

all went smoothly apart from having to pause as I got to the road as a great big lorry was going past.

kept a steady pace as wanted to keep some in the tank for run - also with it being my first tri I had no idea how O should feel at each stage. Having cycled the course a few times I was very familiar with it and managed a pb. (although still a time I would like to improve on)

possibley cycled harder.

transition went smoothly although when I got off my bike I struggled to get on of my shoes off the pedals - nearly very embarrassing.

started slow and slowly increased pace as I got closer to the finish - chuffed to be over taking people and suddenly realised that I was going to break the 2:45 mark (my target had been 3 hrs) so started pushing it harder. I did feel slightly sick in the first half due to drinking to much sweet energy drink whilst on the bike - maybe should have had more water and maybe some gels as well.

less energy drink maybe more gel

a few light stretches followed by taking the kids on a bike ride!


uncertainty over how much energy I needed in the tank to complete the course.


very well organised, friendly, informal and a great atmosphere - definately doing it next year.