January 2010
9 posts
Race Results: Gatorade Race 4 - Elwood
A very hot (35-odd degrees) and windy (40-50km/h winds) day at the office today and it was definitely not my best performance; having said that, I was only 30 sec slower than last time. I did an 18.8km run yesterday as well, so it was probably a bit ambitious to want to come out and blast a good run leg today.
Swim (500m): 9:54
T1: 1:21
Bike (20km): 36:23
T2: 1:30
Run (5km): 24:15
Overall...
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Race Results: Great Australia Day Swim
Not a bad hit out - a 1,200m 1,500m (apparently someone lost their tape measure) open water swim around the Brighton Marina (and no jellyfish!). Not especially fast, but a solid effort leading into Geelong in a couple of weeks’ time.
Overall time: 00:26:58
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An Update
So I’ve been a bit slack in posting. It happens.
To quickly cover the intervening months since my last post, I ran the Melbourne Marathon (not comfortably, but I finished), ran a 50km charity event, ran up the Eureka Tower and started training with Tri Alliance.
My original plan of doing “a couple of sprint triathlons” over the summer has expanded somewhat. I’ve entered 5...
Race Results: Gatorade Race 3 - Sandringham
Pretty happy with the result overall, considering it was my first time racing at Olympic distance.
Swim (1,500m): 32:12
T1: 2:12
Bike (40km): 1:08:40
T2: 1:43
Run (10km): 43:25
Overall time: 2:28:11
About the only thing I didn’t like about this race was getting stung by a couple of the hundreds of jellyfish that were around during the swim. It didn’t hurt too much, but those...