31st July 2011
Well I had another good weekend training for Wulong topping it off with our annual Mid-winter tri. The race starts at a crisp hour of 9am with an 8km paddle around Bell island before transitioning onto Mountain bikes for a 2 lap 18km circuit on the North end of Rabbit island. The run then took us on a mainly single track 2km loop (2 laps) taking in the Rabbit island pine forrest and the estuary. Although it was a frosty start the day quickly warmed up and made for pleasant racing. I was challenged off the blocks by Ed Steenbergen, Daniel Bremner and Dayne McKnight for a few minutes but after about a kilometre I managed to break some open water behind me. The others never dropped far back but it allowed me to get into a good rhythm.
Into transition I was quickly onto the bike and made hard work of the first 9km lap. Its mainly flat but the sand, pine needles and branches make it seem like progress is very slow. The second lap was far better and I introduced my legs to the big chain ring (or they asked for it!)....and before long I was through transition and onto the 4km run in beautiful sunshine.
All up the race was short, taking me around 1hr 45mins to complete but it was great to get some speed work in after doing the miles. A big thanks to Nelson tri club for putting the day on and to Daniel Bremner for falling out of his ski to give himself very cold legs and me an extra advantage on the bike.
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