Half-fast. Not slow. Not fast. Not prepared.

Race Results: Gatorade Race 6 - St Kilda

After my last couple of races, I’d more or less decided to write the rest of this season off - at least as far as heading out to race well was concerned. After all, my training for the last eight or ten months had been focussed on IMWA, and I’d raced that better than I’d thought I would. So with that rationalisation for not training under my belt, I lined up for the last Gatorade race of the season.

• Swim (750m): 00:14:48
• T1: 00:01:51
• Bike (20km): 00:34:06
• T2: 00:01:18
• Run (5km): 00:24:52
• Overall time: 01:15:54

Similarly to the last race at Elwood, I didn’t feel too bad (maybe a bit sluggish, as you’d expect) until I hit the run.

As I mentioned earlier I’m going to focus on shorter races next season - and not race any half-iron distance races, either - which means I need to get way better at running off the bike. As part of this, I’m going have a go at a few duathlons over the winter. Should be interesting (and painful, especially when I decide to try and get myself properly fit again).