tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56165352169612528302024-03-13T05:39:34.933-07:00Emily Patch - TriathleteEAT. SLEEP. TRAIN. REPEATAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-63011789695299052402018-05-19T10:32:00.001-07:002018-05-19T10:46:10.352-07:002018 race season starts tomorrow....<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">
Uni work has been a bit crazy the last couple of months for Angus and I so we haven’t had that much time for social media, blogs etc so we thought we’d just sum up what we’ve been up to ahead of our first Tri of 2018 tomorrow! :O </div>
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<b>Swimming</b></div>
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Starting with the first and best triathlon discipline, swimming (Angus rolls his eyes). We’ve been swimming for Leander Swimming Club and really enjoying it! It’s been a great way to get us back in the pool regularly after our non-existent winter training. I think even Angus will agree that we’ve both found our love for the water again and are starting to see some speed again. We’ve been fitting in between 3 and 5 swim sessions a week ranging between an hour and an hour and a half. After exams are out the way we want to up that to 5/6 sessions a week in the pool and start doing some longer swims including some open water swimming too! </div>
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I have taken part in Varsity swimming (NTU vs UoN) and Nottingham masters county champs and this has given me a good indication of how my swimming is doing over the shorter events. Varsity took place on the 25th April and I swam 28.8 for 50m f/c and 1.02.9 for 100m f/c. Nottingham masters county champs took place on the 13th May where I swam 2.15.9 for 200m f/c, 1.02.0 for 100m f/c and 28.5 for 50m f/c. So some improvements seen in just a matter of weeks! I’m still way off my pbs from my swimming days but I do less than half the training so pleased with where I am at the moment! Thanks to Zone3 for my new racing swimsuit!</div>
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Angus has been working hard in the pool but hasn’t yet got the confidence to race at the single discipline, yet! However he did take part in the Lincoln Detasimons Aquathon on the 16th May where he swam a PB for the event, coming in at 10.30 (800m open water) and won the Aquathon overall! </div>
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I am so proud of the progress he’s making, this month Angus has starting tumble turning during training and diving off the block. Still some timing issues with his turns when going faster but the progress he’s made is brilliant. Not only that but Angus has been improving his stroke and reaching more as well as rotating his shoulders more to make the most of his long arms - still lots of work to improve his catch which will definitely improve his speed more! In training Angus has got some great PBs, including breaking 2.22 for 200m and 30 for 50m! I’ve got to take some credit for his progress being a great coach 💁🏻joking!</div>
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<b>Cycling</b></div>
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Getting out on our bikes for an hour or so has been a really great revision break especially on the days we’ve had some sun 🙌🏼 We’ve been trying to fit 2/3 cycles in per week but the last couple of weeks it’s been 1/2. Over the last couple of months we’ve both changing positions on our bikes. I have got my aero bars back after Angus and my Grandad (ex-cyclist) moan how un-aero I am. I ditched them due to my inability to cycle in a straight line when on them and hardly using them but Angus helped me massively with my confidence more than anything and I now don’t see why I ever hated them. I can go down on them straight away, cycle in a straight line and even change gears without getting back up. Hopefully by getting more aero I can start cycling faster this season :D </div>
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Angus had also improved his position with changing his handlebar extensions and a few other aspects of his setup which will hopefully let him bike even faster this year :) </div>
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<b>Running</b></div>
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The last and least favourite event (both nod in agreement). Running has been frustrating for us both the last couple of months. After injuring my knee in January I’ve had to be very patient with my running. Angus has supported me massively and helped me be patient as at the start I tried to rush getting back running. We starting from running for just 1 min and built it to running for 10x1 min. Then 2 mins etc and this has taken a while but sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards. The last couple of weeks I’ve been running 3k continuously pain free and last week even managed a park run, making it the longest run of the year. However it wasn’t fully pain free so I’ve taken a week off, iced and hopefully I can run during the tri tomorrow! </div>
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<b>Strength & Conditioning</b></div>
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A key part of triathlon is the S&C training that goes alongside training for the three sports, ensuring the body is strong enough to withstand the stresses put on it from training and racing. We’re lucky enough to be supported by FKPro who make suspension trainers that we can use to assist with our S&C training and make the most of the time available. Although this is often the first aspect of training that gets neglected when time is tight, we’ve managed to get a few S&C sessions in using our FKPro over the last couple of months and are really seeing the benefits of it - we look forward to progressing our S&C training over the coming months and use the FKPro more to ensure we can stay injury free as much as possible.</div>
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<b>Sponsors </b></div>
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We would both like to thank our sponsors for all that you do for us and the support given to us so far - we hope to do you proud with our racing over the coming months :)</div>
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Massive thanks to,</div>
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-Raceskin, who design the coolest kit that’s brilliant quality and super fast to race in! We can’t wait for our Team Emgus suits to arrive - They look amazing! 😍</div>
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-Raw Sport, yummy plant based protein that helps us recover after hard sessions and races! </div>
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-Zone3, for your comfy, flexible and fast wetsuits!</div>
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-FKPro, for helping to progress our S&C training.</div>
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-Sunwise, for keeping the sun out of our eyes and looking stylish whilst cycling and running!</div>
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-Sockmine, who’s socks are so comfy and have kept us blister free during all of our training.</div>
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-Pedal Potential, for helping us to fund our racing</div>
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-Pic’s Peanut Butter, the best tasting peanut butter ever!!!</div>
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<b>First triathlon of 2018...</b><br />
Tomorrow Angus is racing in National Standard Distance Triathlon Championships and I will be competing in BUCS Standard Distance Championships.<br />
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Thanks for reading :) </div>
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Team Emgus</div>
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try Battle Oats products in between our training. For those of you who haven’t
heard of Battle Oats, they are an energy snack which are 100% natural and
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have tried the Battle Oats flapjacks and cookies after training and also as
snacks to sustain energy through the day. I especially have a very sweet tooth,
so to aid with my training finding tasty natural snacks to graze on would
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with the flapjack, one of my favourite treats! Battle Oats have a great choice
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Cherry Bakewell</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Dark Chocolate Chip</span></li>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">White Chocolate Coconut</span></li>
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both given one of each new flavour to try each so Angus and I have reviewed the
flapjacks out of 10 and a quick review on why. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First up
was the cherry bakewell flapjack, both Angus and I love cherry bakewells and
flapjack so the two together was something we couldn’t wait to try! It was even
better than we expected, a very yummy flapjack that tasted just like cherry
bakewell!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Emily – 8/10
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Dark
chocolate chip was not my cup of tea but Angus definitely approved. I’m not a
fan of dark chocolate so wasn’t that keen on this flapjack when compared to the
other flavours. However, Angus love dark chocolate so found this flapjack very
yummy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Emily – 6/10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Angus – 8/10
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another one
of our favourite treats is chocolate brownie, especially when it’s nice and
gooey! This was definitely my favourite flapjack, it was a flapjack base with a
gooey brownie top layer, definitely one for someone with a sweet tooth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Emily – 10/10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This
flapjack was a little disappointing due to not being able to taste any white
chocolate. Both Angus and I are lovers of white chocolate so not to get this
flavour come through was upsetting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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personally preferred the taste and texture of the flapjacks over the cookies as
recovery and energy snacks. Our favourites of these was the cookies and cream
flapjack and double chocolate brownie flapjack, closely followed by the cherry
bakewell flapjack. Definitely all perfectly sweet and a great tasty natural
snack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-44875326862956607602018-02-27T03:24:00.000-08:002018-02-27T03:24:20.833-08:002018 season fast approaching...<div class="MsoNormal">
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to for an update post! Firstly, if you haven’t already heard through my social
media accounts, Angus and I, after meeting through triathlon in 2015 and
falling in love while training and racing together, are now creating our own
triathlon couple team, ‘Team Emgus’, making us a unique power couple! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had the best winter of training. I picked up a knee injury from the start of
January and have been unable to cycle and run without being in lots of pain and
recently Angus has a bad back meaning he is unable to train some days. But I’m
happy to see things improve with my knee and managed to run for 5 minutes
yesterday pain free, yay!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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joining our new swim club, Nottingham Leander Swimming Club. The last two weeks
we’ve increased our swimming volume to over 10km of swimming a week and
hopefully will have an even bigger week this week. Even though we haven’t been
running or cycling (except the odd turbo), we have been increasing our fitness
by swimming and using our FKPro for some strength and conditioning exercises. This
should help us to pick up our cycling and running when we can. Luckily, we have
a few months before our main events of the season begin so plenty of time to
prepare for a late peak season this year. Thankfully Europeans Championships is
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the lead
up to Worlds Angus and I entered Market Harborough Sprint distance triathlon as
a bit of a warm up having not raced since the 1<sup>st</sup> July. The race was
on Sunday 3<sup>rd</sup> September and was a very late start of 3.34pm for both
Angus and I. It was weird waiting around all morning to race, definitely prefer
racing in the morning so you have the rest of the day to do other things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at 2pm to give us plenty of time to register and set up transition with some
spare time afterwards to relax in the leisure centre out of the rain and wind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3.34pm soon
came around, it was the final wave of the sprint distance event. Angus and I
were put in lanes next to each other so it was nice and easy to race each other,
just like we do in most swim sets (I usually win <span style="font-family: "wingdings";">😂💪</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">). I had 3 swimmers in the lane
before I started and they were all swimming slow, so I knew it was going to be
a frustrating 400m. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As soon as
I started two swimmers had just pushed off the wall in front of me, one
attempting to overtake the other and the other swimmer was coming up the other
side of the lane so I had to hold back behind. I could see Angus was having
some trouble overtaking in his lane so we both were off to a slow start. By the
end of the first 50m I had overtaken the other two swimmers and then had about
15m of clear water before being held up by another swimmer who was now swimming
down the middle of the lane so overtaking was very difficult. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After
having a very frustrating swim and having a max of 25m of clear water before
having someone to overtake I never got into a rhythm for the 400m but I did
manage to beat Angus out the pool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I jogged
out the leisure centre and to transition, I wanted to try and make it out of
transition and on to the bike before Angus but I knew it would be close as
Angus wasn’t far behind me and I had to put shoes on as I can’t do any of the
shoe tricks yet like Angus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Angus and I
ran out of transition in line, I shouted to Angus that I was mounting on the
right so he didn’t get stuck behind me doing a slow mount. I looked up after
getting clipped in and Angus was gone and that was the last I saw of him until
the finish. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I struggled
on the bike after falling off my bike the day before. It was very windy and the
rain was on and off but luckily it wasn’t heavy. It was a two lap, 23km bike with
a hilly section at the start of each lap. I was happy when the bike was out the
way and I could give everything I had left on the run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on the run, my breathing was under control and I wanted to make up some time
that I lost on the bike. I gave everything I had on the run and ran my fastest
5km of the year (21.03) so overall was happy with my performance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">ITU World
Triathlon Standard Distance AG Championships - Rotterdam<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Day 1 – Tuesday 12<sup>th</sup> September<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Our journey
to World Champs started very early, 3am! It took us a while to pack up the car
for the trip as Angus and I definitely didn’t pack light knowing we didn’t have
a weight limit like flying and my family had given us their stuff as well. It
took us until 4am to get packed and ready. Angus drove and I tried to sleep but
stayed awake for the 3-hour drive to Harwich port. We arrived with time to
spare so decided to try find somewhere to get breakfast. We found a Morrison’s where
we both had a bacon sandwich and shared a hot chocolate. After filling our stomachs,
we waited in the queue of cars to load onto the ferry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">7 and a
half hours later we arrived in Holland! From the port we had a 40-minute drive
to the apartment we were staying at in the centre of Rotterdam. After unloading
the car and taking it to the car park, where it would stay for the week as the
apartment didn’t have parking, we had a mug shot and watched a film before
having an early night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Day 2 –Wednesday 13<sup>th</sup> September<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Angus and I
were up early on Wednesday after being kept up most of the night due to the
noisy wind and the thin windows of the apartment which didn’t block much of the
noise. We went for a walk to get some milk for breakfast but ended up exploring
the transition 2 area, finish area and the registration area which was still being
set up. We had brunch back at the apartment as it started to rain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stopped so Angus and I went for a run to explore transition one and the area in
the docks where the swim was going to be. During the run, it rained heavily and after
finding shelter we waited about 20 minutes but it continued to rain heavy so we
got soaked on the run back to the apartment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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busy day planned for Thursday, first up was registration. After raining most of
the night the sun was out but it was still very windy with a lot of flights
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After registration, Angus and I went for our swim recce in the
docks. On our walk from registration it started to rain heavily and we got
socked. It didn’t look like it was stopping so we both attempted to put our
wetsuits on as fast as we could. We found a café table to put our kit under
while we went for the swim so our clothes couldn’t get any wetter than they
already were. I was regretting leaving my Swimzi in the car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and slid into the water, the temperature felt warm as we got so cold getting
changed. The water was nice and clear and didn’t taste salty which was good.
Angus and I swam to the first buoy and during that time the wind had started to
pick up and it was really wavy. We continued to swim to the second buoy which
was much further out, I struggled to get my arms at the water in the waves and
as we started to swim for the third buoy I stopped swimming and started
trending water. I kept getting hit by waves over and over and started to panic.
Swimming being my strongest discipline I’ve never had any problems before in
open water. Angus swam back to me and helped me try to calm down and get my
breath back but I still continued to panic. A lifeguard on a paddleboard came
over to me and I got my breath back and calmed down holding onto the board but
decided to call it a day. Another swimmer with the same issue was helped on to
the board and we waited for the boat to come and pick us up but it was busy and
didn’t spot us as we were at the furthest point away from the start on the standard
distance loop. We spotted some steps at the side of the dock so climbed out
there but unfortunately had a long walk barefoot to get our clothes at the start.
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and got some funny looks walking through the centre of Rotterdam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shower and some lunch cheered us up a bit but the rain hadn’t stopped. We had
planned a bike course recce but it was still raining heavy so cuddled up and
watched some Netflix. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we decided to brave cycling in the rain as with a technical course, Angus and I
really wanted to practise and see if it was as bad as people were making out. Luckily,
I had packed all our winter gear and waterproof jackets so we both could get
wrapped up and try to stay as warm as we could on the ride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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raining heavy all day so a lot of the cycle paths were flooded so we were only
riding slow. If I wasn’t so annoyed about the swim recce I would definitely
have just turned back straight away as I hate cycling when its wet and windy
but I was determined to do at least one full recce. My determination was definitely
tested after we went over the first bridge, my carbon brakes don’t like heavy
rain and weren’t working very well and it was a strong wind. Not long after
that bridge there was another a small lifting bridge that was up so we stopped
and waited in the heavy rain. We were getting soaked and my waterproof jacket
had given up so we both were just stood getting cold. After all that we called
it a day on the bike recce after only 2.5 miles and rode back to the apartment.
We went home and showered after a disappointing day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it was the opening ceremony followed by the pasta party. This definitely got
Angus and I excited to race again! The pasta was nice and we got fairly big portions
compared to some other pasta party’s we’ve been to. We didn’t stay long as my
parents, brother and sister were arriving at the airport so Angus and I walked
there after our pasta to meet them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my family had got the fast train and arrived earlier than intended so we missed
them and waited at the train station for almost an hour for no reason while
they had gone out for dinner. We eventually found them and went back to the
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and I had a relaxed morning and breakfast with my family before heading to the
outdoor pool to make up for the lack of swimming we did in the recce and to
help calm the nerves. It was a sunny morning so was a much nicer walk that to
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easy then some 50s with a max 10m at the start and then some 100s as 50m max,
50m easy and then a few drills with some sighting. There were lots of athletes
in the morning from a variety of countries and some had coaches at the side of
the pool giving them instructions so my brother Rob and sister Tory decided to
pretend to be our coaches until they got bored and took videos on the go pro so
that it died and we couldn’t take any swimming videos <span style="font-family: "wingdings";">😢</span></span></div>
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having lunch at the apartment Angus and I went to do a bike recce as the sun
had come out again. My family stayed at the apartment as Tory and Rob had to do
schoolwork as they were missing school to be able to watch me race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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recce didn’t start off very well, it was busy on the cycle paths and there were
a lot of pedestrians around. I was following Angus when a guy stepped out on
the cycle path in front of me and I held my breath and shut my eyes and I have
no idea how I missed him, it was a blur, then on the other side of the cycle
path a guy on his phone stepped out in front of a moped who swerved onto my
side and that was a close miss too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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couple of miles, we were out of the busy bit so cold relax a bit more and enjoy
cycling in the sun. We got to the lifting bridge and it was stuck open, great.
Angus and I were given directions to go back the way we came and go over a
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we got to the day before. The route seemed better in person than on the online
video which was good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were halfway through and we came to a big bridge which was much higher and
longer than the others. My biggest fear is heights, I’m petrified. My family
are well aware of my fear unlike Angus so it was a new experience for him. Angus
was really supportive and calming so I was glad it was him I was with. It took
me a while to make it across the bridge as the cycle path the right next to the
railings so I couldn’t help but see how far up we were. Lots of crying, hyperventilating
and shaking and I think Angus was as relieved as I was that we had made it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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having breakfast Angus and Rob went for a morning run at 8 to watch the elite
junior mens race. I stayed and watched Netflix with my sister with bad period
pains, great timing body! When Angus got back we started to get some of our kit
ready for race day before going to our race briefing at the Team GB hotel.
Afterwards we went to watch the elite U23 women’s race before going back to the
apartment to finish getting our kit ready for race day and our bikes ready for
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afternoon Angus and I had to have our bikes checked and then rack them in transition
1. We then watched the elite female’s swim before walking to Decathlon to look
for a base layer. I had a bad experience at Castle Cholmondeley where I got too
cold and I didn’t want a repeat of that at World Champs. Unfortunately, most
athletes had had the same idea as they were sold out of all the women’s XS, S,
M and L base layers with only XL left. All the small mens were sold out too so
we searched the shop for an alternative which many other athletes were doing
too. Luckily, I found a surfing top that fitted and would work instead, it was
the last XS with only big sizes left afterwards so we quickly bought it and
walked back to the apartment to relax and eat lots of pasta. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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early start! Angus was up first to make porridge while I lazily stayed in bed
for another 10 minutes. I was very nervous and struggled to eat my porridge but
forced myself to eat as much as I could as I’d thank myself later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rest of our kit together, put our tattoos on and left at 4.20am to get to
transition 2 to put our trainers there. It was important to catch the first boat
to from transition 2 to 1 as they were only every hour so we left in plenty of
time. We were the first people there so sat on the path and waited to be let
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5 we were let in and Angus and I just had to put talc and Vaseline in our
shoes, our visors on top and a gel down just in case before going to catch the
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the boat and started drinking our High5 energy drink. The boat trip took about
15 minutes and then we had plenty of time to get our transition 1 ready and kit
organised. My personal mechanic, Angus, came and checked my bike over and
pumped up my wheels while I put my cycling shoes down with some gloves, inhaler,
sunglasses, helmet and my blue swim bag. I wasn’t sure what the weather was
going to be like so I wanted to be prepared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got our Zone3 Vanquish wetsuits on near the start where we met up with my
family and tried to keep warm. Annoyingly the races were delayed by 20 minutes
so we both had our Isogel X’treme’s very early and I couldn’t feel my feet as
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after 8am as my wave lined up on the pontoon. I stood by the number 20 as there
was a big gap so I had plenty of room. With 1 minute to go we got into the
water and held on to the pontoon. The temperature was nice as I was cold from
waiting around, it felt even nicer after I’d had a wee in my wetsuit. Soon the
horn went and I started swimming, my goggles had fogged up and with the sun
just coming up that’s all I could see every time I looked up. I had no idea
where I was supposed to be swimming so I tried to swim near someone else and
hope that their eyesight and goggles were better than mine. I was swimming hard
but felt I could swim harder but couldn’t see anything and didn’t want to lose
the swimmer I was with so made the decision to stay with her and speed up once
we were going back in the direction away from the sun. With about 500m to go I
lost the girl I was swimming with as I swum away and picked up my pace. I could
just about make out where I was going which was good enough. I exited the water
in 8<sup>th</sup> place on my own having not been with the front group and
leaving the group that had formed behind me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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long run to transition and my feet were so cold I couldn’t feel them which was
probably a good thing running barefoot on a thin carpet. I had an okay
transition, decided not to wear sunglasses or gloves so put them in my blue
swim bag with my wetsuit and hat and goggles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bike I was sat up and stiff. Recently I’ve had a big knock of confidence on the
bike and I took everything on the bike with caution. Ever since the bike recce
I knew that my biggest hurdle of the race was going to be making it over the
scary bridge on my own. Even starting the bike, I had that bridge on my mind so
I was really tense and uncomfy on the bike. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arrived at the bridge I’d been dreading and as expected I was shaky and crying
which was also wasting energy. I looked forward and cycled as straight as I
could, thankfully we were on the other side of the cycle path so I was further
away from the edge which helped massively. I also had encouragement from
passing cyclists which also helped so thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Soon I was on the scary bridge again but this time there was a crash just ahead
of me and a drafting motorbike stopped behind causing a bit of a pile up and
cyclists started going around on the path close to the railings so I waited for
the other to clear costing me a minute but it meant I made it over the bridge
for the last time. I was so happy when the bridge was over and worked hard on
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bike and put my shoes and visor on before starting the 10km run. It was a twisty
run with a few little digs but mainly flat. I felt quite sluggish on the run
but gave everything I had. On the second lap, I clumsily fell over a tree stump
and then further along my inhaler fell out of my pocket so I ran back for it
where I got some funny looks going to wrong way but only cost me a few seconds.
I made up a few places on the run and only lost one so was pleased. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to run towards to finish but after just being overtaken by a Canadian woman who
I had overtaken about 1km ago, I had to do my first ever sprint finish which
was very difficult when you’re tired and as bad at sprinting as me. You’ll be
glad to know I won it but it hurt as you can tell by my gritted teeth <span style="font-family: "wingdings";">😁😂</span></span></div>
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20-24 out of 49 and being the youngest in the age group is a good result. It wasn’t
a race that suited my strengths but I was pleased with my performance on the
day. The competition was much tougher in the standard distance with it being
the main event as it’s the same distance that the elites race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for
reading about my experience at the World Triathlon Championships Rotterdam! A
review of my 2017 season will be posted soon along with my plans for 2018 and
winter training/races, fingers crossed this will be the first year I’ll be
doing winter training! Yay!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thank you
so much to all my sponsors this year for all your support!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Emily <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The last
few weeks have been quiet for Angus and I, as we haven’t raced since the 1<sup>st</sup>
July, so no race reports this month! After a few build weeks we’ve got in some
good quality sessions ahead of World champs in less than 3 weeks’ time.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>Speed work</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">To help
Angus and I get our fitness back and keep motivated we’ve been adding in some
different sessions to try and get in a bit of speed/race prep work. On the 10<sup>th</sup>
August we did the Alford 10 mile TT and on the 26<sup>th</sup> August I did my
first Parkrun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a few
wet days at the start of the week Angus and I hadn’t cycled yet so on Thursday
(10<sup>th</sup> August) we planned a double bike day. On the Wednesday before
we went swimming and then travelled to my parents in the afternoon. After a
quick catch up with my parents Angus and I wanted to make the most of the clean
air in the Lincolnshire countryside so did a tough run set as I struggle to get
any pace into our sets in Nottingham without constantly using my inhaler. My
mum and Rob (my brother) decided to come along for the run too where Rob was on
my heels for most of it and mum did her own thing as part of her marathon
training. The set Angus and I did was as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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warm up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">quick stretch
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<span lang="EN-GB">2 x 2
minutes sprint with 2 minute recovery walk/jog<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">6 x 1
minute sprint with 1 minutes recovery walk/jog <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">10 x 30
second sprint with 30 second recovery walk/jog in between<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">15 minute
cool down jog <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Afterwards
we rolled and stretched using our Active Kits from Function Jigsaw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On Thursday
morning (TT day) we woke up very sore from the run and hoped that an aerobic bike
would loosen off our legs a bit. We rode for an hour and a half on quiet
country roads, something I definitely miss. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the
evening Angus and I were still feeling achy and sore. We both was unsure how
the TT was going to go but we looking forward to doing as even though we were
sore the weather conditions were better than last time. My brother Rob and
sister Tory also came along to do their first TT. Rob was the first of us to
go, then Victoria, then myself and Angus last. I watched Rob and Tory set off,
they are both much better at bike handling then me even though Rob is 12 and
Tory is 14 so they both were held up at the start and I chickened out and
started myself without being held up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I struggled
at the start but it helped having Rob and Tory ahead because it made me want to
catch them. It took me until 4 and a half miles to catch Tory who was laughing
as I went past, taking it seriously as usual haha! Then I saw Rob go past the
other way and he looked like he was going pretty fast as I cheered him on.
After the turn around I saw Tory on the other side on the road and she was
still laughing so at least she was enjoying herself. I was tired and kept getting
out my saddle a lot to keep going. I saw Angus briefly as he had only just
started as I was nearly finishing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">With less
than a mile to go I knew if I kept pushing I could beat my time from the last
TT I did but it was going to be close. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I finished
in 28.18, a 42 second PB with sore legs. I was really happy with that and can’t
wait to do another to try and beat that time again. Rob did 32.34 and Tory
36.16, both good times for their first TT, as Rob was tired from the run too
and Tory spent most of it laughing! Glad that they are both enjoying cycling
and Rob hasn’t lost his confidence after breaking his wrist in a crit race in
May.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Angus did
another fast time of 22.30 and was only 9 seconds slower than his last time.
Great effort after a hard day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Angus and I
have been meaning to try the local park runs and finally got round to
registering and getting out of bed on a Saturday morning. It was both of our
first ever park runs and we got there early to do a warm up and then stood together
near the start. There was 400 people so it was busy and the paths were very
narrow, we got a bit boxed in before the start as most people arrived late and
just stood at the front. That was more of a problem for Angus than me but I didn’t
like all the people around so was glad to start. It was a two lap course and
soon strung out but took Angus 1km to work his way to the front where he then
lead for most of the 5km. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The pushing
and being cut up and blocked in throughout the race reminded me of school cross
country which I definitely wasn’t used to anymore. I was a bit put off after
the finish but now I want do definitely do another. Angus lead it until the
last 800m and ended up coming second by 10 seconds. We’ll definitely be back as
it’s a good way to do some fast running and best of all, its free!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thanks for
reading! Next month Angus and I have two races planned, a local sprint where we
are racing to be the best tri couple and then the most important one of the
year, World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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National
Standard distance championships on the 1<sup>st</sup> July was the last and
main race in my first racing block of this year and my only race of this month.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The evening
before the race was a long one, I was very nervous but most of the nerves were
for my uni results rather than National Champs. I couldn’t sleep so ended up staying
up until midnight and checking my results as soon as I could. It was a nice
surprise to find I’d managed to get a 1<sup>st</sup> in my first year studying
Chemistry at NTU. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I woke up
very happy on Saturday morning, a little tired from not getting much sleep but
was excited to race. Angus and I got our kit together and left for Ripon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We arrived
nice and early so left our kit in the car as we went to register and have a
look around at the lake and expo area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It wasn’t long
before we were getting into our Zone3 Vanquish wetsuits and Angus was lining up
to get into the lake as he was in the first wave. It was nice being able to
watch Angus set off with my parents who had come to support but I didn’t get to
watch for long as I got called for my wave start.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was a
very windy day and it seemed to pick up a lot as I was waiting to get into the
lake. The water was quite a nice temperature and was very clean when I got in, however
it was very weedy. It was a nice wide start but it was tough to tread water
with the amount of weeds in the lake. When I the horn sounded I sprinted to get
out of the weeds but they were everywhere, when I put my hand in to pull back
It was mainly weeds that got pulled back rather than water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Up the lake
I missed the front group and was swimming as fast as I could through the weeds with
another girl on my feet to try and catch them. About 3/4 of the way up the lake
I had dropped the girl off my feet but had still not yet reached the front
group.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the way
back down the lake I picked a better route with less weeds than up the lake and
managed to get on the back of the front group of swimmers. However, two girls
had gone off the front and were just pulling further away for the rest of the
swim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For the
last 100m(ish) the group split as we had caught a few swimmers from the last
wave, this made the narrow exit tough as there were many swimmers trying to get
out at the same time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My Zone3
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Going out
on the bike it felt very windy and I hate riding in the wind so I wasn’t looking
forward to the next 40km.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The bike
course was an out and back and could have been nice and fast in different
weather conditions, but my lack of confidence of riding in the wind definitely
had a big effect on my bike split.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I am not
very good at bike handling at the best of times but in crosswinds I find it hard
to stay cycling in a straight line and not get blown in the middle of the road,
which is quite scary and when vehicles come past (especially lorries) I brake
and slow down to avoid as much of a gust. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I made the
most of the tailwind sections and pushed through the bits of headwind but most
of the course was crosswind. I gave the bike my best effort on the day and
pushed myself out of my comfort zone a few times on the bike. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was 3<sup>rd</sup>
20-24 out of the swim but after a tough bike I had dropped down to 7<sup>th</sup>…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The run
course was really tough on lots of different surfaces, it was definitely the
hardest 10km run I’ve done, it took so much out of your legs. I was happy to
just hold on to 7<sup>th</sup> place after a tough race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I had hoped
to get onto the podium but after a tough race with such a strong field I am
very happy to come away with 7<sup>th</sup> 20-24 at my first National
Championships at Standard Distance. I’m still only 19 so I am a young one in
the age category so there’s still lots to come for me in this age group! Angus raced well and came 2nd 20-24 male, check out his blog - <a href="https://angussmithtriathlon.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/national-champs/">https://angussmithtriathlon.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/national-champs/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For the
rest of July Angus and I have had a much needed break from training and racing.
Last week we started to break ourselves back into training with a light 6-hour
week and for the next 7 weeks we will build up for World Championships which is
our next A race of the year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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4 weeks I have competed in 6 races as part of a 7-week racing block ahead of my
first ‘A’ race of the year – National Triathlon Standard Distance Championships!
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Deva Standard Distance Triathlon</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Leeds Aquathon</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Lincoln AA Delta Simons Aquathon</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Alford Wheelers 10mile TT</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Woodhall Spa Sprint Distance
Triathlon</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Cholmondeley Castle Series Standard
Distance Triathlon</span></li>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Deva Standard Distance Triathlon – Sunday 24<sup>th</sup>
June<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Deva triathlon
was the first tri Angus and I booked for this year as its one of Angus’
favourite events and I was keen to give it a go. Not long after we booked it we
also found out it was a qualifier for the 2017 World Championships in Rotterdam
so was a good opportunity for Angus to qualify so we could both compete in September
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<span lang="EN-GB">Trying to
save money (to spend on more races haha!) we decided not to get a hotel for the
race but this meant we had a 3am start. It was a struggle eating my porridge at
3am as well as staying awake, luckily for me I could sleep in the car while
Angus drove!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When we
arrived at Chester we went to registration where we got our race pack which
included a decent swim hat (not a horrible thin one), race number (with our
names on), stickers for helmet and bike, tattoos, nice thin timing chip, race
t-shirt and a goodie bag!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Angus and I
then went to transition where we quickly set up all our kit before heading to
the swim start so we could watch the first wave go off. It was a nice wide
start which made me feel better about having a mixed gender swim start.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We got
ready for the swim as my family arrived to support us which was good as we
could leave our bags with them and phones for them to take lots of photos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The river
was a nice temperature when we jumped in after the race briefing. Angus and I swam
about a bit as a little warm up before lining up at the start. It was good
being able to start next to Angus as I knew at least one person near me wasn’t
going to beat me up when the horn sounded haha. It was a nice start, not
violent at all – it must be females that are the violent ones!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I swam next
to Angus for the first 100m but then the guy on the other side of me decided he
wanted to get on to Angus’ feet and completely cut me up and pushed me out and
after a lot of splash I lost Angus </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span><span lang="EN-GB">. After the next 400m (ish) I was
swimming on my own until the turn around buoys but then on the way back down
the river I could see a couple of swimmers in the distance so picked it up a
bit to try and catch them, but didn’t quite manage it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I got out it was
quite a long run to transition involving some stairs but it was matted all the
way which was good. </span><span style="text-align: center;">My Zone3
Vanquish wetsuit came off nice and quickly and I had a fairly fast T1 going out
on the bike 4</span><sup style="text-align: center;">th</sup><span style="text-align: center;"> female overall.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The bike
course was a bit undulating for the first 10 miles but after that there was a
nice fast 5 miles followed by a flatter 10 miles back to transition. The course
was on a variety of roads, some closed which made it safe and all major turns
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was 3 laps and the support from people watching was brilliant. It was a fairly
flat run on a few different surfaces and you went over a two bridges each time
which were filled with supporters making it a nice atmosphere that helped you
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nice to have names on number as everyone was shouting your name in the busy
areas which was very motivating. There was also good aid station on the run,
drinks were given in bottles which made it easier to drink - lots better than
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nice surprise to see Angus waiting at the finish with his arms open so I could finish
in his arms. It wasn’t as romantic a hug as planned as I almost knocked Angus
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the
finish I was given a towel and a finishers medal which are more added extras
which made the event outshine any other. There was a good variety of snacks and
drinks after race, including coke, Haribo, Jaffa cakes, bananas, water and
other fruit! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After
recovering for a bit Angus and I went to the pool across the road from
transition which was open for free to cool down and shower after the race. It
was nice being able to shower and get changed after racing so we didn’t have to
travel home all sweaty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">My second
standard distance tri and first standard distance of 2017 was completed. It was
a couple of minutes slower than my first standard distance but I know I gave it
all on the day and its hard to compare different events. Angus had a really
great race getting a standard distance PB and qualifying for World Champs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I had high
hopes for the event from the way Angus described it and I was not let down. This
event goes above and beyond expectations and I would recommend to everyone. The
organisers have thought of every little thing to make the event great and it’s
the same price (or cheaper!) as other local events but you get so much more for
your money including a brilliant race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Leeds Aquathon <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Angus and I
weren’t looking forward to racing Leeds Aquathon after the shocking event last
year, the only reason we entered it is because it was National Championships. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After
looking at the start list the competition was much harder than we were
expecting so we knew it was going to be a tough race but a great bit of
training for us. When we woke on Saturday it was a miserable day, it rained
most of the way to Leeds and throughout the whole morning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the car park was definitely a lot less stressful than last year as they had
actually put out a few signs and I could roughly remember whereabouts it was.
Registration was okay, no signs for that but it was fairly easy to find anyway.
The only annoying thing was having to know your race number and them not doing
it by surname.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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registering Angus and I went to watch the youths swim from under as a tree as
we wanted to leave putting our trainers in transition to as late as possible to
avoid them getting full of rain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the race start seemed to take forever and even though we had already put our
wetsuits on to keep warm I was getting really cold stood around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seemed warm when we got in and I wanted to do some swimming to warm up but we
weren’t allowed. We just had to slide in and hold on to the side and wait for
the start. When the horn went it took me a while to get going as I felt really
stiff. By the first buoy I’d finally started to get going and started
overtaking people to last buoy. Trying to sight the finish was really difficult
with no flags or buoys or anything distinctive at the exit. I was sighting every
other stroke to find the finish and slowed up a bit, having no body in front I
could see to follow was annoying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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swim there was a long run to transition and I felt really breathless. I knew
the run was going to be tough and was glad I’d left an inhaler in transition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After
having no problems with my asthma at Deva I thought things were looking up and
I could finally reduce my dosage on both inhalers after increasing it since my
attack at Glasgow. But I was wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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leaving transition I tried to use my inhaler however I was already really
breathless from the run out the swim so struggled to get much benefit from it.
I thought about stopping after not wanting to bring on an attack like in
Glasgow but couldn’t bring myself to stop mid race so I told myself I’d
complete the first lap and see how I was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for breath is hard enough, let alone struggling for breath and trying to run.
The first lap I ran, jogged, walked, jogged, ran, jogged, walked, ran…. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a couple of puffs on my inhalers but I finished the 5K without bringing on an
attack but it wasn’t any fun. I had a grumpy journey home after not knowing what
was aggravating my asthma as I’ve had it for years. Why is it only starting to
play up this year?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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looking at the results it turns out I managed to come 4<sup>th</sup> in AG and
Angus came 5<sup>th</sup>. A tough day for us both.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angus and I were exam free we could fit in a few mid week events as some quick
training. On Wednesday 14<sup>th</sup> June, we raced the Delta-Simons Aquathon
at Activities Away near Lincoln. It’s a really great, well organised Aquathon
and a good way to get some open water practise too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had done a short 2K swim set in the morning then did some open water swimming
prior to the race as after the Aquathon we were going to stay at my parents for
a week so wouldn’t be able to get any swimming in then. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the water for the race briefing and to put our trainers at the side of the lake
as the junior event was about to start and we didn’t want to be in the way. At
the start of the swim I had planned to swim with Angus and work together or at
least try and stay on his feet but I struggled to get going and wasn’t able to
stay with Angus even though I’d been way ahead of him during the swim set in
morning (but he is always much better in open water).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the lake I felt a bit breathless and was regretting not putting my inhaler with
my trainers. I started running and tried to control my breathing, it was really
difficult to get into a rhythm and think about running fast when struggling to
get air in. I just ran at a bearable pace round the lake but when I got overtaken
with only 500m to go putting me into second place I tried to pick it up which
my lungs weren’t happy about. At the finish I struggled to control my breathing
but with the help of Angus and Paul (Event organiser) I got it under control
and an attack was prevented, phew! Thank you for your help at the finish and
for a great event Paul! Angus and I will be back for another round in August.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first day at my parents, Angus and I wanted to make the most of the quiet
country roads and clean air so planned on doing a nice long ride. First we rode
to my grandparents so Angus could get a haircut and we could have a quick
catch-up before our ride. After talking to grandad, mainly about cycling (he’s
probably one of the biggest cycling fans you’ll meet) he offered to pay for us
to do the Alford Wheelers 10mile TT that evening. So for our morning ride we
rode to the course and went round it and then rode back to my grandparents for
some dinner and cake (thanks nan). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">That
evening the wind had picked up a lot so even though it was quite a flat course
it was going to be tough on the way back in the headwind. Angus and I arrived
at the start with my mum and grandad who had come to watch, I was going off
second and Angus 19<sup>th</sup>. I watched the guy go off before me but when
it was my turn I decided not to let the guys hold me and to push off and clip in
on my own. When I went off I got clipped in and out my seat to build up my speed.
It was nice going out as I had a tailwind and when I arrived at the 5mile turn
around I was at 12.10 on my Garmin. I was a bit worried about the dead turn but
I actually managed it fine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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turn I got out my seat and tried to get my speed up but it was much harder this
time. Just after the turn I overtook my minute man and pushed to be first rider
back. The wind was really strong and it was much harder to get into a rhythm on
the way back. My average speed had dropped a lot but I was determined to break
30 minutes. When I got back my legs were like jelly so I was glad I didn’t have
to run! I finished in a time of 29.00 and I can’t wait to do another one. After
the race Angus and I went back to my grandparents for some more cake to
celebrate! Now Angus and grandad have persuaded me to do a TT who knows how
long its going to be before they manage to get me to do a cycle race haha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After a
great few days at my parents in the lovely hot weather it wasn’t long until
Sunday arrived (18<sup>th</sup> June). It was a late start (12.58pm) and only
40 minutes away so we had quite a relaxed morning. It was definitely the warmest
day of the week, Angus and I made sure we put on lots of sun cream before we left
and brought some with us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arrived, we registered and set up our transition and then went to find some
shade to try and keep cool. All my family had come to watch and my brother and
sister had brought water guns and this was one of the only times I was actually
glad to be squirted by them.</span></div>
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I got ready by the outside pool, it was fairly choppy and busy in the lanes and
I was unfortunately in the lane where all the jets are so it was the choppiest.
For the wave before me there was a mix up with the timings and they hadn’t been
set off when my wave was getting in so everyone was a bit confused. They set
off the wave before mine at 12.58 when I should have gone off with a countdown
on 5,4,3,2,1 and GO. But then for my wave they just said go 10 seconds later
and I never even heard it, I just looked across to find the others I my wave
had gone so quickly set off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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swimmers in my lane had clearly lied about their times, the girl who set off
just before me I lapped twice in the first 300m and the other girl once before
she got out. I hate when people lie about their times as it holds you up,
please just be truthful and use your time and not your ego time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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frustrating swim I had a quick T1 and was quickly out on to the bike. My mouth
was instantly dry on the bike and I could feel the sun burning on my shoulders.
I rode hard and wanted to try and get a good time on the bike as I knew running
in this heat was going to be hard. I hit 29.32 for the first 10miles, not far
off my TT time but after that I struggled a bit more and my average dropped in
the last 5miles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and out on to the run I was very glad to see my brother and sister at the end
of the road waiting to blast me with their water guns. The cool water was nice
but unfortunately didn’t keep me cool for long.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This year
they charged for the car park so people tried to avoid this by parking down
both sides on the single track run course and when cars were driving down the
road it got blocked up. When I was on my run there was cars either side and a
van and car driving down the middle slower than my walking pace so I ended
having to walk 300m of the run as there was no way round and when there was a
gap in between the parked cars at the side I sprinted to get round the slowly
moving cars before being able to start running properly in front of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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needs sorting for next year as it effected people’s race and isn't fair.
Putting cones or something along the road to stop people parking there, car
park was only £2, people should stop being so selfish. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the
frustrating start to the run I got into a rhythm and picked up my pace to make
up for the time lost. It wasn’t long until the water station and I had a little
sip before chucking the rest over my head. Along the road people had got hose
pipes out and I made the most of it and walked through them. Afterwards I
picked it up again as I was about half way round the run and the rest was on a
path mainly in shade so was going to be bit nicer than the first half.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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after I turned the corner to go left and start running on the path section a
car backed into his drive off the road, expected him to stop as I was just
about to run across his drive he didn’t and hit my side making my stumble a little
but I stayed on my feet. It didn’t hurt, it just shocked me as I wasn’t expecting
it. What was it with people??? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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running and I felt a bit emotional at the finish line as I burst into tears.
Not sure if it was from shock from the car or what, I just couldn’t stop the
tears. A chat with Lee and the other OSB events staff and I was fine and
smiling again and waiting around at the finish for Angus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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smooth race but I was so happy that I had no problems with my Asthma throughout
the race. Still not 100% sure on what is causing my asthma to play up but
starting to think its living in Nottingham. Think I’ll just have to move back
in with my parents in Lincolnshire, sure mum would love to have me back ;) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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out I managed to get a PB from last year and I won my age group which I wasn’t expecting
and I also won the 20-24 AG for the Midland Sprint Series. Angus was 5 seconds
off winning his age group which was annoying but won the Midland Sprint Series
overall as well as the 20-24 AG.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Cholmondeley Castle Series Standard Distance
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<span lang="EN-GB">I’d heard
lots of good reviews for the Castle Series events so was excited to race at
Cholmondeley Castle. When I woke up on Sunday morning (25<sup>th</sup> June) I didn’t
feel great but just put it down to pre-race nerves. I managed to eat some of my
porridge but it was a struggle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When we
arrived at Cholmondeley Castle it was raining and was cold, I wished I’d
brought my Swimzi XK. Registration was easy and quick and race numbers were a
good size. Only things to criticise were that we had to use a wrist band as a
bike sticker and then have our numbers drawn with marker pen on our hand and
leg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When we
went to transition it wasn’t numbered, it was rack as you come which meant that
people didn’t get equal space. Only positive was I got to rack next to Angus
and we could set up together. Once we had set up we went for a walk round the
finish area, there were lots of tents and things to do for people watching. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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briefing was really good and thorough, probably one of the best I've had. I
still felt sick and put that down to nerves. When Angus and I got into the
water it was disgusting, it was brown and muddy and when I put my foot down the
crap at the bottom was half way between my ankle and knee. It took me a while
to get the courage to put my head under, you couldn’t see a thing and there was
crap all over. Angus kept asking me if I was alright as I didn’t look myself,
he knew I’d be moaning about the water but at that point I was just trying not
to puke. When we set off I closed my eyes and swam as many strokes at I could
without breathing to avoid splash. By this point I was way out to the left and nobody
was near me, I continuing swimming breathing every two over to the side. I wasn’t
bothered anymore about where I was in the field and just wanted to throw up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just what happened, I’d just started swimming normally when I threw up, I swam
breastroke while I brought all my breakfast back up. I felt a bit better after
throwing up so starting swimming f/c again and was soon at the turn around and
on my way back down the lake. Half way back and I didn’t feel good, I had a
stream of snot coming out my nose and an awful headache. I swam breastroke for
a bit and soon threw up again. I started swimming again and just wanted to get
out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got out I really didn’t want to get back in again but I did, I jumped in and
started the second lap. I shut my eyes, only opening them to sight and breathed
as little as possible. When I got out it was chucking it down and it was chilly
when I took off my wetsuit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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didn’t go very smoothly, I got my visor wrapped round my pedal and things weren’t
going my way. Despite my bad swim I still was in a good position to challenge
for the overall podium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on the bike I was quite cold and I tried cycling fast to warm up but with the
cold wind and the rain I was just getting colder. After 5miles I could no
longer feel my feet and my hands were going numb and it was still raining. I was
feeling ill/sick so I didn’t drink or have any gels, I couldn’t feel my hands
enough to have them even if I wanted to. I had done 9 miles in the rain and I
just didn’t feel like cycling anymore, I was cold and felt awful. My body was
telling myself to stop but my head said I was going to finish no matter what.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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couple of miles away from finishing the first lap of the bike and I had completely
lost the feeling in my hands, I couldn’t change gear and struggled to try and
brake. I kept swapping hands and wiggling my fingers to get some life in them.
I wasn’t sure whether I could continue, my body was telling me to stop and I didn’t
want to listen to it and I started crying while cycling as I didn’t know what
to do with myself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back to the transition area and the support there was great and despite everything
I continued for the second lap, half a mile later and I coasted to a stop and
put my hands under my arm pits to warm them up, I couldn’t do this. Lots of
competitors were asking me if I was okay and slowing down near me which was
really nice. I started crying again which brought the attention of a lady who
was in a hut a couple of metres away. She brought me a blanket and told me come
inside and warm up but I wanted to get back on my bike but she talked me round
and got a paramedic to come. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grumpily in the shelter next to the heater and then a paramedic came and
checked my blood pressure, glucose levels and temperature. They then took me back
in the ambulance to the paramedic tent to sit next to a heater as I was still
shaking. They even let my bike sit next to me in the tent too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what had happened to Angus as I could see the finish from the tent but hadn’t seen
him yet and was expecting him to be one of the first finishers. When he
finished he came straight to the medical tent after he saw that my bike wasn’t in
transition. It was then he told me about his puncture. We were both grumpy all
the way home - Angus could have easily finished on the podium and I was on for
a podium finish too - we both could have had prize money. Very disappointing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got home we had a nice warm shower, hot chocolate and cuddled up on the Sofa.
We managed to cheer each other up a bit, mainly Angus cheering me up though (sorry
for being moody and crying most of the afternoon Angus :/). Pulling out of a
race was one of the worst things I’ve ever done and made me feel really down.
It probably was the right decision to stop but it that didn’t make me not feel
like a failure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that behind us, we both need to smash National Champs tomorrow and bring back some
medals!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to see what he’s been up do). We are both currently in our exam periods now so
have been busy revising and training when we can. Its been great to train in
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Triathlon</span></li>
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water race of the year and the first race of a busy 7-week race block. It was
nice to not have to travel far or have such as early start with the race only
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had a relaxed morning and left our house at around 9.15, getting to Holme Pierrepont
about 9.40. We registered and I sorted out my transition quickly as my swim
start was at 11am. Before long I was lining up for the swim start and getting
into the freezing cold lake, it was so cold it made jumping into Harvey Hadden
pool feel like jumping into a bath. I swam around a bit to try and warm up and
then one of the marshals said we still had just under 10 minutes until the start,
brrr! It seemed like the longest 10 minutes and my feet and hands started to go
numb. I was in a good place for the start of the swim but my body had got so
cold I found it hard to get going, it took me 3/4 of the swim to start getting
warm and it was a slow swim for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fairly quick T1, my Zone3 Vanquish wetsuit came off nice and easily. The bike
was 4 laps around the lake – a flat fast circuit. For lap 1 the wind was very
strong and this was my slowest lap, then when I got onto the second lap it
started to rain but the wind dropped a bit towards the end of the lap so my
average speed picked up slowly. On the third lap and half of the fourth lap in
chucked it down with rain and my feet had gone as numb as they were in the
lake. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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T2 the rain had stopped and I started running with numb feet haha! The first 3km
of the 5km run round the lake I ran well and my legs felt okay but then I got a
stitch and the last mile or so was much slower and then the first two. However,
my run time was faster than I expected and I know that soon I will be able to
break 20 minutes on the run! I was happy to finish and excited to watch Angus
race, at 1.30pm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stressful start before his race as he found he had a puncture on his disc wheel,
he speedily put on a new tub (luckily we brought one) and had to rush around to
get ready. Despite the pre-race problems, Angus had a fast swim (1 minute faster
than me 😮), a fast bike in the conditions and then had a decent run and just
broke the hour. I am proud of Angus for competing after his crash the week
before, I admire his determination and attitude when racing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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both Angus and I have done better times for the course we were both pleased with
our performances on the day as there are other factors to consider such as the
weather. Angus won the 20-24 age group and was 4<sup>th</sup> overall and I came
2<sup>nd</sup> 20-24 and 7<sup>th</sup> overall. A great training race for us
both at the start of our 7-week racing block and before British Sprint Champs
the next week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After a
busy week of exams, I was really looking forward to going away for a couple of
nights and going to Scotland for the first time. Luckily Angus and I didn’t
have any exams or lectures on Friday (26<sup>th</sup> May) so could get all our
kit together and leave for Scotland in the morning. We set off just after 11am
and had a VERY warm 5-and-a-half-hour journey to Hamilton where we were
staying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we got up at 5am to have breakfast and get ready to leave for Strathclyde park
at 6am. When we arrived and got parked, we then walked down to register. I have
never seen such a long queue for registration, Angus and I soon got in line,
luckily for Angus his queue was much smaller than mine as his surname was after
R. There were only two queues, one for surnames above R and one for surnames
after R, weird way to split to queue as they were far from even. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After a
very long wait to register when I got to the front of the line I could tell why
it was taking so long. There was no organisation what so ever! Instead of
having all the stuff for each person in envelopes everything was separate and
there was only one person trying to find everything so it took a while. I was
very glad we had got there early as when I left the queue had got even longer
and had snaked all around the car park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Angus had
already done his transition set up and was getting ready when I had joined him
after registration. I then went to set up my transition when there was an announcement
that there was going to be delays to the start times, but not saying how long
the delay was so both Angus and I were unsure when to get ready and get our
wetsuits on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The first
wave was delayed 30 minutes so Angus used this to get himself ready but his
wave ended up being delayed by 45 minutes which meant he had got very warm standing
in his wetsuit as the sun was out and the temperature about 25 degrees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was off and my family and I went to find a good spot to watch him race. He had
a good swim coming out the lake in 8<sup>th</sup> in a big field and after one
lap of the bike he was in 2<sup>nd</sup> place but had a lot of very strong competitors
around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The bike
and run courses didn’t have any barriers or tape around and very few marshals
and there were a few near misses with people just walking out in front of bikes
and people blocking the run course. I was very irritated watching the number of
selfish people affecting people races. When Angus and a couple of other runners
were going out onto the run they had to stop for a woman in a push chair who blocked
the whole run path. It was a narrow path for the run so was easy for people to
block and there was no easy way fro runners to get past. I’m quite a shy person
so not one to go up and have a go at people but when two guys with 4 dogs
without leads on were walking very slowly side by side and not moving out the
way for runners and their dogs were running all over the place (one was even on
the bike course and very nearly took out a cyclist), so I was soon over to show
my angry side as its just not fair on the competitors racing. The organisers
should really have put out some barriers and tape in the busier areas as this
could have had dangerous consequences. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He came off
the bike in 2<sup>nd</sup> but with many close behind, it was a tough run in
the humid conditions and I could see Angus was giving it all his effort. He did
brilliantly finishing in 5<sup>th</sup> place!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After a frustrating
morning I had no idea when my race was going to start and neither did anyone I asked,
so I decided to get ready just after 10, I put on my wetsuit half way and was
baking but not knowing when I was starting I didn’t want to be rushing around
last minute. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sweating in my wetsuit for 45 minutes I then got into the lake for a 10.50
start. I got a good start in the swim and got to the first buoy in 5<sup>th</sup>
and moved up to 3<sup>rd</sup> just before the second buoy. However, the person
behind me then decided to push down on my back and push me under water and swam
over me and then the swimmer behind me went over too. I panicked a bit as I
honestly felt like I was drowning and when I came up for the air I took some
deep breaths and held back the tears and focused back on the race, I breathed
every two strokes for the rest of the swim and did my best to get my breath
back and calm down as well as catch up for lost time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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out in 8<sup>th</sup> and swam faster than I did the weekend before which is
good and loved my new 2017 Zone3 Vanquish, the flexibility is amazing. The
surface in transition was awful and running on it cut my feet and being the
other side I had to run further in bare feet which made them sore, there really
should have been some matting down as it was horrible surface for a transition.
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onto the bike and pushed as hard as I could on the rolling course, it was much
tougher than I was expected and I suffered greatly with my breathing and tried
my best to keep it under control and push myself. After having my first Asthma
attack not so long ago I now know what it feels like before and how awful a
feeling it is so I was trying my best to prevent that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lap bike I coasted the last 500m into transition and got my breath back before
T2 and the run. I felt better leaving T2 so decided to push hard on the run,
however at 1km it all got too much and my breathing just went, a lot of reasons
such as the stress at the start of the day, my panic in the swim and the heat
had lead to an Asthma attack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I slowed my
pace down to try and stop my breathing from shortening and my vision going
blurred, I was panting badly and really needed my inhaler. Went I was coming
back towards the turn around from lap 1, I shouted for Angus with all the
breath I had left. I was determined not to stop despite people asking me if I needed
to stop and if I needed help at the aid station. I went on for the second lap
and thankfully Steve Hunt handed me an inhaler, I just grabbed and did my best
to get a puff on it before dropping it. I got going running again but not long
after I was panting hard again and was going dizzy and my vision blurred again.
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how I finished but the last 500m was very painful and all I remember seeing at the
finish was the dark blue colour of the finish carpet. At the finish I couldn’t control
my breathing and had a horrible Asthma attack, the medics got me an inhaler and
helped to get me breathing under control. Not being able to breath is a very
scary experience and I hope that I don’t have to go through an attack anytime
soon again, especially not in a race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Angus for being straight there at the finish to look after me. Thank you to
my parents and brother for coming all the way to Scotland to support both Angus
and I and treating us to a nice meal after an eventful day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happy with how the race went despite my problems and proud of myself for
finishing and having the determination to push to the end in horrible situations.
I came 7<sup>th</sup> 20-24 and got a Q4 for the 2018 European Sprint Championships
2018 so I achieved my main goal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-59819577037662549812017-04-29T14:43:00.001-07:002017-04-29T14:43:35.876-07:00Spring Update <div class="MsoNormal">
Through March
and April Uni has had to come first for both Angus and I and our training has
been a bit hit and miss. One week we’d have a good week of training and then
the next couple of weeks would be only an hour here and there. However, we were
both still excited for our first triathlon of the season last Sunday (23<sup>rd</sup>).</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On Sunday morning
my alarm went off at 7am and I think I’ve started to adapt to the student
lifestyle recently because it took me 20 minutes to get out of bed and I was
still half asleep when I came downstairs for breakfast at 7.30. This is a late
start for a race morning so I’ve got to get used to earlier mornings again! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At 8.30
everything was packed in the car and we were ready to go. It took us about 35
minutes to get to Southwell, so not long at all. When we arrived we got our kit
together before walking down to register and set up transition. My wave was at 11.26
and Angus’ at 11.48 but we got there nice and early to watch other athletes and
enjoy the nice weather (while it lasted). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">About 10
minutes before my wave was off, I made my way to poolside to get ready. The
swim was a 400m pool swim which isn’t really my favourite as there’s always
people in the way, but coming from a competitive swimming background I’m faster
in the pool than open water so it has its pros and cons. When the swim started
there was only 3 of us in the lane so wasn’t too busy but when I started
swimming I soon caught the girl in front. She made it very difficult to get
past by swimming in the middle of the lane and the water was very cloudy so it
was hard to see the wall for turning, let alone any swimmers coming the other
way. Being stuck behind the girl in front for the first 250m was frustrating
but I picked it up in the last 150m before the long jog to transition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My
transitions are still a weak point as I still haven’t picked up any of the shoe
tricks etc and my lack of riding outside this year means my clipping in is still
a bit rusty. When I finally got going on the bike I think I had left my legs in
bed, the whole bike I kept getting out of the saddle and trying to get going
but I just didn’t have the legs. Just my lack of fitness and cycling let me
down on the bike but I’ve got plenty of time to get back up to speed before my
main race of the year in September. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span>I continued
to suffer on the run with both my fitness and breathing. Since moving to Nottingham
I have suffered a great deal with my Asthma and I have had to increase my
dosage by double on both inhalers.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Was happy
to finish and cheer Angus into the finish a few minutes after. Angus did brilliantly
and it was nice to be able to see him on the course when we were racing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was
a great start to the season for us both and there’s lots more still to come from
us this season! We both came 2<sup>nd</sup> 20-24, Angus came 4<sup>th</sup>
overall and I came 14<sup>th</sup> female.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Moving on
from the race we are both going to try and manage our time better again to get
some more hours training in each week. To do this we’ve made an hourly
timetable for the next 4 weeks building up to our next race which is Nottingham
sprint triathlon on 20<sup>th</sup> May, which is now stuck to our fridge to
ensure we stick to it! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-11706782402964237822017-03-30T12:55:00.001-07:002017-03-30T12:59:28.520-07:00Clumber Park Duathlon Review<div class="MsoNormal">
On Saturday
18<sup>th</sup> March Angus and I started our race season at OSB’s Clumber Park
Duathlon. Prior to the race and since my last blog we have both been very busy
and overloaded with uni work and its been a struggle to fit in the training so
we both went into the race with the aim of a good training session and to
simply enjoy the thrill of racing again.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">On the Friday
evening after I finished Labs, Angus and I had to unpack our race kit from
boxes upstairs and dust our race bikes and clean them up a bit ready to race. It
took longer than expected to find everything and get organised for the morning
so we ended up going to bed late. When our alarm when off at 4.45am we both
were very tired and delayed getting out of bed for longer than we should have before
having our race day porridge.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After
arriving at Clumber Park we registered and set up our transition and luckily
the rain was holding off, although it was very windy. I was off in the first
wave for the Sprint Distance Duathlon event and Angus a few waves after in the
last wave for the Standard Distance Duathlon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last year I
started on the second row for the start and ended up setting off too fast and didn’t
do a good job at pacing myself for the run, so this year I placed myself near
the back. However, this was the biggest mistake I made as I had to then weave
in and out of people who were much slower runners than I am. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was hard as the path narrowed fairly
quickly and slow runners were running side by side so it took me over half a
mile to get through and into enough space that I could run at the pace I wanted
to run at. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For the 5km
first run I didn’t push myself to the max but ran consistently. My first transition
was okay, no fancy tricks as I still haven’t managed to learn them yet but at
least that meant I didn’t get mucky socks haha! I could tell my legs aren’t used
to cycling hard or cycling outside when I got out on the bike but I still
pushed them through the wind and up the hills. I was definitely tiring towards
the end of the bike and was thankful that there was a nice stretch of downhill
to rest my legs a bit as I came back into Clumber Park. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Running off
the bike was a first for this year and I’d forgotten the jelly like feeling which
was made worse my my right calf cramping up. I ran the last run with what my
legs had left to give and was so happy to finish. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After I had
finished and got my breath back I walked over to find a bit of the bike course
where I could sit down and support Angus. Angus raced well and looked as tired
as I did when he finished and we both couldn’t wait to go home and have a nice
relaxing bath. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As we
collected our bikes and kit from transition it started to rain heavily and
Angus and I got very wet on our walk to the car. When we got home Angus cleaned
the bikes and I sorted out of kit and washed our dirty clothes and then we had
a relaxing evening watching the Rugby (Angus’ choice). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">With no
results until the next day, Angus was up early to check how we got on and found
out we both got Duathlon PBs! Comparing my time to the event last year I improved
by 6 minutes, however last year I was only just getting over my illness so wasn’t
in the fittest state then. But a PB is a PB and thinking positively it’s a good
way to start the season. Angus also got a Standard Distance Duathlon PB so was
a good race for both of us to start the year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Big thank
you to all our sponsors for helping us achieve when training and racing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Thank you to Sockmine for my new
Gripline pink socks to race in, they were comfy to both run and cycle in and I
finished the race with no blisters (which is an achievement for me).</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Thank you to High5 for fuelling both
Angus and I round the course! We both started off with some Energy source and
an ISOGel Xtreme and had Zero to drink on the bike and a couple of Energy Gels
on the bike for Angus too.</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Thank you to Pedal Potential for
your financial support and allowing us to afford to race.</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Thank you to Raceskin for our new tri-suits
which were very comfy and fast.</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Thank you to Bounce Balls for giving
us some energy on the way home - we both had an Apple and Cinnamon Bounce Ball
on the journey back to Nottingham.</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Emily
(& Angus) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Before
Threo started up last year I had limited cycle wear, pretty much all of which
didn’t fit my body shape properly and most of it was actually from the men’s
section or wasn’t even cycle specific clothing, which was uncomfortable to
cycle in as you can imagine. Below are some pictures of the kit I used to train
in on my bike (Picture 1 - mens long sleeve cycling jersey and some female running tights, Picture 2 - Running shorts and a crop top and Picture 3 - Men's small cycling kit)🙈😂🚴:<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When
scrolling through twitter I came across Threo’s page prior to their launch.
Their unique and eye-catching designs were what first caught my eye - they were
girly but not overly girly, which not being a typical girly girl myself was
exactly what I was looking for. Threo has filled a big gap in the market and it’s
great for female sport. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I found
out they were going to be at the 220 Triathlon Show at Lee Valley Velodrome last year I couldn’t wait to go and see the kit in person. At the show I got to try on
the kit for myself and woah!! The quality of the kit is faultless, just by feeling
the kit you can tell how good quality the material is and after that I could
wait to give it a real test out on the bike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I was very
excited to try the kit and had the Regents Park jersey and shorts to put to the
test. The Threo girls have really put a lot of thought and love into their kit
as they had the same issues as me and a lot of triathlon and cycling loving
girls out there. The fit is absolutely perfect! The shorts have good leg grippers
so they don’t move around when cycling, the pad is very comfy and I don’t get
any chafing when cycling – how different to the kit I used to wear! The high-waisted
top is a nice comfy fit and means the shorts stay put and are very comfy to
ride in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Having high-waisted
shorts instead of bib shorts is also very handy for turbo sessions when you
just feel like wearing the shorts and a crop top, and it also comes in very handy
when you need the toilet and don’t have to take off all your layers like you do
with bib shorts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The jersey
has great pockets at the back, including a zip pocket which comes in handy for
keeping valuables in, and the jersey has a gripper band around the bottom that
stops the jersey riding up when cycling. The breathable material is great on
hot days and the zip of jersey is a YKK locking one so stays where you zip it to,
which is handy if you want it only zipped up ¾ when its warm outside. The fit
of the jersey is good - it accommodates my large swimming shoulders and the
large grippers on the arms stop the sleeves on the jersey from moving up when cycling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Threo is
the first female specific cycling kit that I’ve tried and I highly recommend it
to all female cyclists and triathletes out there. Its comfy, practical and
stunning, what more could you want :D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Threo has just
launched their new 2017 range which has lots of gorgeous new colours and styles
and all of it is available to pre order now at </span><a href="https://threo.co.uk/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">https://threo.co.uk</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I am going
to start my blog off with a few announcements, firstly the most exciting
announcement for anyone who doesn’t already know is, ANGUS AND I GOT ENGAGED!!!!!!!!! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(on the 19<sup>th</sup> October)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After persuading me to go for a walk on a chilly day, we went to the lake at Holme Pierrepont, which was where Angus first saw me at the Big Nottingham
Sprint Triathlon in 2015 and where we went to celebrate our 1 year anniversary in August.
Angus got down on one knee and asked me to marry him while a photographer he
had sneakily arranged was busy snapping loads of photos. I said yes and was
close to tears as he opened the ring box, he couldn’t have given me a better
proposal, I love you Angus!</span></div>
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is that I have pre-qualified for the 2017 ITU World Standard Distance Triathlon
Championships in Rotterdam and registered a couple of days ago! I will be
focusing on this event this year and it is a big goal for me. A massive thank you to the Adam Gibbons
Foundation for your continued support and contribution towards getting me to
World Champs 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I am also happy
to announce my sponsors for my 2017 triathlon season will be Pedal Potential,
Sockmine, Threo, Zone3, High5 Nutrition, Function Jigsaw and Bounce Foods.
Thank you for your support, lets make 2017 season my best tri season yet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Happy New
Year Everyone! I think the best thing about the new year is the amount of
motivation you have; whether its getting fit, going on a diet or improving your
time management. All of which I am now motivated to do and hopefully stick to.
The last blog I wrote I mentioned briefly about everything I was planning to
fit in and now I have realised that no matter how motivated I am it's
impossible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">So in the last
4 months my fiancé and I put our time into renovating our house, doing uni work and
general house related jobs. Going to uni has been a lot harder than I imagined
and I’m very unsure of how students have got the stereotype of being lazy,
partying and sleeping for most of the day because I can ensure you my uni
experience so far has been coursework, exams, coursework, exams and I’ve had
not much time for anything other than studying. Leaving Angus to do most of the
renovating himself with me doing the odd bit of wallpapering stripping, painting or
just holding things in place.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After
struggling with managing our time and not having any cooking facilities other
than a microwave, kettle and toaster in the living room Angus and I made the
decision to stop training as beans on toast, microwave meals and canned soup as
a diet wasn’t very good to train on even if we did manage to find any free
time. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Missing
training after a 4 month break Angus and I decided that after the kitchen was
finished and we could cook properly again we would start to build up our
training. Early December we had cooking facilities so we started to train again
starting with running. Both of us have had running injuries in the past so
building up our running gradually was important so we started with a three 15
minute easy run for the first 10 days, then 20 minute easy runs for the next
two weeks and 25-30 minute runs and last week we did a 40 minute run as 4 x 10
minute runs with a 2 minute walk in between - progress!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the new
year we have unpacked our cycling and swim kits again so we can start building
up all 3 sports as triathlon season will soon be here! Our bikes were very
dusty after a 4 month break so Angus cleaned them up while I was busy doing
other cleaning and we did our first turbo on the 3<sup>rd</sup>
January and it was hard, I was struggling at 12-13mph and we were both sweating
buckets after only cycling for a couple of minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Just before
Christmas Angus and I had our first session with our new sponsor Function Jigsaw (<a href="http://functionjigsaw.co.uk/">http://functionjigsaw.co.uk</a>) to
check out how we were both doing. I had my first sports massage which hurt but it was a good pain and made my calves feel nice a loose ready for our next run. I'm looking
forward to working with Function Jigsaw this year to keep injury free and
improv</span><span style="text-align: center;">e on any weaknesses.</span></div>
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reading, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year! Keep an eye out for
my next blog which will include some product reviews….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Before I start building up
my training again for hopefully a successful winter of training ahead of my
2017 season, I thought it was time for a review of 2016 as well as my British
Standard Distance Championships race report. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Distance Championships<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I hadn’t intended on doing
a standard distance race this season but in June I was scrolling through my
twitter feed while eating a late breakfast after swimming with Angus at the
Loughborough Town pool when I saw a tweet from British Triathlon saying there
was only 5 places left for the Standard distance event at Liverpool, knowing we
were already going as Angus had registered for it at the start of the year I
made the spare of the moment decision to enter it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Early August it only really
hit me that I’d entered my first standard distance race (1500m swim, 40km bike
and 10km run) and my main worry was that I’d never run as far as 10km. So with just
over a week to go I needed to prove to myself that I could run 10km so dad
offered to cycle next to me as I ran to help motivate me along the way, I ended
up running just over 10km in 48 minutes and was quite happy with that having
not pushed myself too much. Even with my very limited training I now felt more
confident leading up to British Champs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">On Saturday 13<sup>th</sup>
August, Angus and I drove to Liverpool and went to register before making our
way to the bed and breakfast a few miles away from the race start. That evening
we went out for tea at a Pizza Hut not far from where we were staying and
absolutely stuffed ourselves ahead of the race in the morning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Early Saturday morning we
ate our usual porridge pots before heading to the Arena, which was where
transition was, and set everything up for the race. Having not done a standard
distance race before I was unsure of what nutrition to use so I decided to tape
two High5 energy gels onto my bike, fill two high5 500ml bottles, one with a
zero tab in and another with energy powder in, I then had an Isogel Xtreme
before the swim start. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Angus was off before me so
I put my wetsuit on halfway and watched him swim and then go out on the bike,
completely losing track of time I ended up running to the start as my wave was
in the water ready to go and I only had my wetsuit halfway and hadn’t even put
my hat and goggles on. Massive thank you to Clive (friend of Angus who came to
support us) for helping me get ready before my race, for supporting us and for
being the bag carrier/photographer for the morning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and ready in time for the start and actually managed to get quite a good start.
The swim went well despite going off course and swimming into a canoe at one
point, must sight more! I had a good swim exit and my Zone3 Vanquish wetsuit
came off with ease to put into a bag to take into the Arena. It was quite a
long/slippery run through the Arena to get to transition so I took it easy and
when I arrived at my bike I quickly put my cycling shoes on, helmet on and
sunglasses on before being stuck in a single file line of people who were
walking with there bikes to get out of the Arena, this made me a bit agitated
but at soon as I could get on my bike I was fine and my legs felt good. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the whole bike as I knew I was in the lead having beat everyone out of my age
group in the swim so now I knew it was up to me to keep pushing my lead. I was
very pleased with my bike, even if my cornering was so slow my Garmin auto
paused on each dead turn on the 4 lap bike course, I know this is an area of
weakness but couldn’t be helped as most of the time I was stuck behind someone
round the bend and couldn’t overtake until I was all the way round. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with no room to overtake I had to keep calm until I could get round. When I
reached my place I transition I took my cycling shoes off, my helmet off, put
on my visor and trainers as the girl who was second in my age group came into
transition. I was being chased down….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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knew I had to try and extend my lead on the run as I’m not very good at
sprinting so I didn’t want it to come to a sprint finish. I ran the first 5km
very hard and the girl in second was nowhere to be seen but I was now exhausted
and I still had another 5k to run. Some support from Angus helped as I started
on my second lap and I knew I needed to keep pushing, I kept repeating to
myself “you’re almost there” even though I knew I wasn’t but it was the “You’re
winning” that helped me keep pushing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to feel very dizzy, I kept continuously blinking to try and keep my vision
clear enough to see where I was going and as soon as I saw the finish line I
gave everything I had left to get to it and was greeted by the ground when I
crossed the line. I was so happy to finish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back on my feet to go and see Angus, who I think was even more excited about me
winning than I was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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away with my first British Championship medal and even happier that it was a
gold one. British Standard Distance U20s Champion in my first standard distance
race is probably my best achievement so far.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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even more standard distance races next year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am very happy with what I’ve managed to achieve. It was a hard start to the
year and at that time I didn’t know if I’d even be able to race at all this
season but it’s turned out to be my most successful season yet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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supplying me with the comfiest cycling kit ever to help me train in style</span></li>
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helping me afford a super speedy Vanquish Wetsuit.</span></li>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Bounce
Foods for keeping me energised with your yummy bites and balls</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">My best achievement for
2016 is winning my age group at British Standard Distance Championships, it was
a great way to end my season and a good positive to go into my 2017 season
training with. But my favourite race of the season was Clumber Park Duathlon in
March. After being so ill over winter I had never been so happy to be back
doing what I love and I had the biggest smile on the face for the whole race.
Check out my blog post – <a href="http://emilypatchtri.blogspot.co.uk/2016_03_01_archive.html">http://emilypatchtri.blogspot.co.uk/2016_03_01_archive.html</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I have just finished my
first week studying Chemistry at Nottingham Trent University, it’s a VERY
intense course but I am enjoyed it. For the next few months I am going to try
to balance my time between renovating a house (while living in it), doing
a Chemistry degree, working as a lifeguard/level one swim coach, training,
racing, as well as cooking, cleaning and shopping for myself and maybe having a
bit of time for some socialising. Balancing my time is going to be very
difficult but I’m not one to say no to a challenge!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">With a
hectic last few weeks I have finally found a few spare hours on the way to
Liverpool (for my first Standard Triathlon tomorrow eek) to write a quick blog
update! The last couple of months has been a very exciting busy time for Angus
and I with the move to Nottingham and starting the work on doing up our house
(plenty of wallpaper scrapping).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On Friday
the 10<sup>th</sup> June my parents, my brother and I headed to Leeds, it had
only been two weeks since my race in Lisbon and after having my best
performance of the season there I was excited to try and top it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When we
arrived in Leeds the smiles had definitely been wiped off our faces. With our
hotel being on the outskirts of Leeds we drove into the centre of Leeds for
registration. After driving around for what seemed like hours we finally found
somewhere to park and after thoroughly reading the race information booklet the
only help to guide us to registration was that registration was at Leeds
Beckett University, not knowing how many Leeds Beckett University buildings
there were we had great difficulty wondering around Leeds. A couple of hours
later and with not much time left for the car park we still couldn’t find the
correct Leeds Beckett University building for registration. By this time, we
were all tired, hungry and arguing! Eventually we found registration otherwise
I think we would have all got back in the car and gone home we were that
frustrated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After going
out for a meal and getting my race kit ready it ended up being a late night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was
4.30am on Saturday and I was wide awake eating porridge and doing my final kit
prep. After the stressful Friday I was no longer in a positive race mood and
just simply didn’t want to race as I knew then how unorganised the events were
going to be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">6.00am and
yet again we were lost, luckily this time we were lost with some other
competitors trying to find the car park. So after about 15 minutes of driving
they decided to eventually put up some car park signs and we all drove through
a massive field to the car park. We then had a fairly long walk from the car
park to the transition area in Roundhay Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">After then
setting up transition at 7.15am and putting on my Zone3 Vanquish wetsuit I was
very excited about getting to do a dive start. I haven’t dived in at least a
year but when I was a swimmer I loved diving and couldn’t wait dive off the
pontoon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Soon we
were all lined up on the pontoon and the officials put their flags up to say we
were all behind the line. “take your mark..BEEPPP” it was a very fast start and
as always a violent swim. Although doing a dive start made the start much more
pleasant. After the swim it was a long run uphill to transition, then we had to
run around transition to enter at the other side to make it a fair distance for
each competitor. The run was hard, very hard. It was very hilly and I struggled
to get my legs moving faster. I was so glad to complete it and happy to have
finished my first complete elite Aquathon in 25<sup>th</sup> place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I
eventually got my breath back I phoned Angus to tell him all about it even
though he was tracking it live haha. After being pulled away from my phone by
my parents we then headed back to the hotel for a shower and second breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It had been
a good start to the day and everyone was much happier. Now the Aquathon was out
the way I could look at the race information for the open race triathlon on
Sunday. I read through it a couple of times and was still confused as to what
was going on but a call from Steve Hunt (from Louth Tri Club) helped explain
this race process. The event started in Roundhay Park where you put all your
belongings in a green plastic bag then in transition you put your bike shoes (if
not on pedals), helmet and sunglasses in a blue bag and hooked it over your
handle bars on your bike, then in the second transition you had a black bag
with your trainers in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the
Saturday you had to go into the centre of Leeds to put your black bag (with
trainers in) in the second transition, so after a shower at the hotel we all
got in the car and drove into Leeds again. It took a couple of hours to find
the transition as there were lack of signs and volunteers didn’t even know
where it was. Along with many other wondering triathletes we eventually found
the transition and when we arrived it was a compete shock to us. The transition
was a very old looking car park, full of sharp stones, glass, rusty nails and
even used syringes, then to make it even worse there was no security on the transition
so anybody could just walk in and out and with people leaving expensive
trainers I just had my fingers crossed that mine would still be there the next
day! Not knowing how the car park was safe to be used as a transition I tried
to clear my area of stones, glass and rusty nails, there was no way I was
running through here with bare feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seeing the lack of security on transition two I decided not to take my bike to
transition one the day before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was a
slightly later start on Sunday as my start time was 10am. I left the hotel just
before 8am with dad as we headed to Roundhay Park to set up my transition one,
I found a spot in my wave rack and put my helmet, cycling shoes and sunglasses
in my blue bag, tapped a High5 gel on my top tube and then went to have a look
at the run from transition to the mount line. It was over an 800m run out of
transition to the mount line where you had to carry your blue bag with your
wetsuit, hat and goggles in, which happened to be on a hill. I didn’t think
this race could get any more dangerous but it had. My aim for this race was now
to not get injured!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pre race clothes in my green bag but decided to give it to my dad to look
after. I put my wetsuit on and got organised as I waited for my wave to be
called. When my wave was called we all walked down to the pontoon, with 30
seconds to go we all got into the water and held on to the pontoon, the horn
sounded and we were off! The swim was not a straight one, with lots of athletes
out in the lake, swimming all sorts of strokes I weaved in and out probably
swimming further than the 750m in the end! I ran the 800m uphill run to
transition with many thoughts going through my mind of how the transition was
going to go. I found my bike, quickly pulled my wetsuit off and emptied my blue
bag to then put my helmet, bike shoes and sunglasses on. I filled my blue bag up
with my wetsuit, goggles and swim hat before getting my bike off the rack. I
put my blue bag over my shoulder and held my bike by the seat as I started the
800m run to the mount line, it was so hard running in cleats and I took it easy
not to go over on my ankles. I put my blue bag in the pile at the side on the
mount line and then went over the right side of the road to get on my bike as I
had seen the amount of accidents earlier on and didn’t want that to happen to me
so I just kept out of the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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crowded bike course for the whole 21km was not ideal, plenty of braking and
shouting to get through and a lot of drafting going on with a girl on my wheel
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the dreadful transition two and had my fingers crossed that my my trainers were
still there, after having an awful bike with many near crashes I just couldn’t wait
for this race to be over. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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through transition to find my black bag with my trainers in was still there,
pheww! Although another athlete on the rack next to me had got there to find
her shoes were gone so I knew I was lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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running and despite the horrid race the atmosphere in the centre was great, the
course was very very crowded and I did a lot of snaking through people. I was
happy when I ran through the finish and it was over, well so I thought!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I spend 40
minutes waiting round the finish to find my parents and I was so cold by then
but so glad I had given my green bag to my dad who could give me my pre race
clothes to put on and thank you to Christine Giles who gave me her hoodie to
wear as I waited for my parents. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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collect was packed and I went to go and get my blue bag but it was only up to
number 3000 that had arrived and I was number 6540 so I went to go and get my
bike out of transition instead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bike from transition and had a chat with my parents about the race and began
the wait for getting my blue bag back. When I was waiting there were many
athletes around who hadn’t got their green bags so just had to wait for hours
in there tri-suits and many were freezing cold, tired and hungry but didn’t have
access to their car keys, wallets, phones or warm clothes. I felt lucky to have
my parents there to look after my stuff for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">5 and a
half hours later... We were still waiting and it was getting ridiculous now as
we just wanted to watch the elite races and chill out. My dad asked a volunteer
what was happening who then said the bags were still at Roundhay park, there
was no announcement for this and we now had the problem of getting back to the
start with my bike and no car. We walked over to the shuttle buses where we
were told that no bikes could go on the buses and with the course I rode being
closed for the elite athletes I had no idea how to ride back to Roundhay Park
on my own so our only option now was for my mum and brother to stay with my
bike while dad and I got the bus to Roundhay Park to get my blue bag, pick up
the car, drive to pick mum and Rob up to then drive home, simple. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Or not.
When dad and I arrived at Roundhay Park we had a long walk to the lake from
where the bus dropped us off, when we got the lake the blue bags had just been
dumped in piles with no security and anybody could just pick one up, I was
lucky to find my bag and it has all my belongings in it. Dad and I then had a
long walk to the car park, when we arrived at the car we realised that mum had
the car keys… both mine and dad’s phones were dead... oh dear! Dad then left me
at the car and started running to the bus stop to try and catch the bus back
(but had no money with him as it was with mum)… it was a complete disaster and
I was happy to be on the road home after more chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">All that I
gained from that race was a scar on right shoulder, this was a race I will definitely
not be entering in the future. It was a shame as it was a nice venue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Two years
ago I competed in my first triathlon (Woodhall Spa Sprint Triathlon) and I clipped
the kerb and came flying off my bike but managed to win my age group. I then
did the race again the year after and came off my bike again after a bad first attempt
at a flying dismount (which has put me off flying dismounts now) so this year
it was third time lucky to complete the event without needing to go to the
medical tent afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My wave was
after 12am in the morning so it was a later start than most, Angus and I got up
at around 8am and had some breakfast before getting our kit together and
heading to Woodhall Spa for 10.30am. When we arrived we registered and had a
wait before we could go into transition so we sat down and watched some of the
action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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transition was open for us and we set everything up and then went to the pool
to wait for our waves to be called. One Step Beyond races are always run well
and are organised which makes the event even more enjoyable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fast for the 400m swim and concentrated on counting the correct amount of
lengths, my swim went alright and my first transition went well. Out on the
bike it was windy, but my legs felt good so I pushed it hard, beating my bike
time by 3 minutes from the year before. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">But then when it came to the run I hadn’t
left anything in the legs and felt heavy and sluggish. I was glad to see the
finish and waited there for Angus to finish as he started after me. As soon as
he finished I gave him a massive hug.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We had a
stressful week, well mainly for Angus so it was a good end to the week with us
both winning our age group ahead of what was going to be a long evening as my
mum, dad, Angus and I headed to Loughborough to clean Angus’ rented house head
to toe and help Angus finish his packing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the 9<sup>th</sup>
July Angus and I had a very early start which involved hunting my tri kit out
of boxes as we moved into our new house on the 6<sup>th</sup> July and hadn’t unpacked
much yet. With the stress of the move both Angus and I had dropped the amount
of training we were doing so I didn’t feel very prepared for the race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When we arrived
at Eton Dorney I had began to get excited at the thought at racing even if I wasn’t
currently fit, I was looking forward to the open water swim and cycling around
the lake and getting the draft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My aim for
the race was to finish my first elite race and to enjoy it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I
registered and stuck my stickers on my helmet and bike before going into
transition to set everything up before going to get my wetsuit on while
watching the kids Scootathlon which was great to watch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Soon it was
time to queue up at the side of the lake to be counted into the lake, I was the
21<sup>st</sup> female into the lake and ended up being at the back of the swim
start, as the horn went I wasn’t bothered about starting at the back as it was
a lot less violent and I knew my lack of swim training meant I wasn’t fast
enough to be at the front. I swam strong and gave everything my arms had to
give.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My Zone3
Vanquish wetsuit came off super easy helping my transition to be faster, I then
went out onto the bike and my legs were feelings a bit sluggish as I did ¾ of
the first lap on my own, then I found another girl to work with on the bike and
it made it much easier on the bike. This was the first time I had ever drafted
and it was really good fun even if it was just two of us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On the
third lap we over took two other girls who didn’t join onto the back of us unfortunately
so we just kept working in a pair, on the third lap we caught up with a guy
from the wave above and he decided to cut me up to get behind the girl I was
drafting and I had to brake very hard and then I sprinted to get onto the back
of them but just didn’t have it in my legs. After finishing the bike, I was
tired as I headed out onto the run but I was happy to have made it and not get
cut off. When I finished I couldn’t not be happy to have finished my first
elite race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there was a free BBQ as the event was sponsored by Lidl, it was great, both
Angus and I spent some time in the sun watching some other races and eating
lots of food from the BBQ. It was a good day out and an event I’d definitely like
to do in the future!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Lastly I’d
like to end my blog with an exciting announcement of my new sponsor Bounce
Balls, a super tasty healthy snack that’s perfect nutrition to aid my
triathlon. Thank you for your support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-31355141183009983022016-06-09T15:21:00.000-07:002016-06-10T01:41:40.358-07:00Lisbon European Championships 2016<b><u>Delta-Simons Aquathon Lincoln </u></b><br />
On Wednesday 18th May it was the first round of the Delta-Simons Aquathon series at Activities Away in Lincoln, the series is held on a Wednesday evening each month from May to September. I would definitely recommend the events - fun, well organised and a great way to get in some open water, transition and run practise. The event is an 800m swim and 3km run round the lake with prizes for the top 3 male and female competitors and this year there is also a free junior Aquathon.<br />
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Angus (my boyfriend) and I met at the lake after he finished work then a quick change into our wetsuits for a 7pm start. When we lined up between the buoys I started next to Angus with the aim to beat him out the lake and had my friend Sofie on the other side who is a very fast swimmer also. I only managed to keep with them for about 200m and felt a bit sluggish as I lost sight of them up the lake. I was out the water about 20 seconds behind Angus so just got to work on maintaining my speed for the whole 800m. Sofie had a great swim and showed everyone up but had a bit of trouble in transition getting off her wetsuit. Angus was just leaving transition when I arrived and for once I had a fast transition as my new Zone3 Vanquish is nice and easy to slip off. The 3km run seems like hard work and felt longer but I managed to keep my lead to the finish and didn't get lapped by Angus (phew!).<br />
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Angus won first male and I won first female so a good evenings work for both of us ahead of going to Lisbon on Sunday.</div>
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<b><u>European AG Championships Lisbon </u></b><br />
We had a busy weekend before flying to Lisbon as Angus was racing Grafham middle distance on Sunday 22nd May. We had a early start of 3am and I was looking forward to supporting Angus. He was up in the top 10 out the swim and a quick transition to then go out on the bike. I took the opportunity to drink my hot chocolate and sit down for a couple of hours as Angus powered round the 90km course.<br />
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Angus came in off the bike (yay no punctures today) and looked very tired as he went out on the run. I waited at the finish for Angus to finish and I was greeted by a very sweaty hug. Was very proud of Angus for getting a silver medal. Check out Angus' blog - <a href="https://angussmithtriathlon.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/british-middle-champs/">https://angussmithtriathlon.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/british-middle-champs/</a><br />
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After a busy day we arrived back at loughborough at around 5 and still had lots to do before flying to Lisbon in the morning. Angus packed away his bike as I cooked tea and then it was a joint effort packing everything up but we still didn't finish until 11. Two hours later our alarm went off and with little sleep it was time to travel to the airport. </div>
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After 3 stops on the train we arrived at our stop and just had a long walk to go with our suitcases and bike bags. About half way there of struggling with the weight of my luggage I was surprised I'd made it this far my arms and back had given up. Angus then took my bike bag off me in exchange for his suitcase which was quite a bit lighter. Finally we made it up the massive hill to our apartment and could sit down after a busy and tough morning. We then spent the rest of the day getting organised and looking round the area. </div>
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On Tuesday we both woke up still pretty tired and achy form Monday so decided to not do any training and just relax. We started off the day by painting my nails, where we found Angus has a secret nail art talent haha!</div>
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The next day we decided to check out a local swimming pool near to our apartment. It was a lovely pool and they had two lanes reserved for triathletes so we decided to do a broken swim set and I got to try out my new Zone3 bikini :) After swimming we had lunch outside in the sun before going to register and get our race packs.<br />
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The first thing on our plan was the bike recce. Angus, Henry and I rode down to the Arena where everyone met for the bike recce. We couldn't ride the course any other time as it was on very busy roads such as a 4 lane motor way, the only opportunity was a police escort bike recce so there were hundreds of people there - no exaggeration!</div>
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The bike recce was lots of fun and it was quite exciting having the police escort. Angus and I rode together not far from the front police car and motorbikes, the route was an out and back and was very flat apart from a slight graduate hill half way but was going to be very fast and I couldn't wait until race day now.</div>
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It was a quick change at the apartment before going to my race briefing. The briefing was just over an hour and went over how everything was going to run and a few rules and a time for people to ask questions. Angus went for a run while Henry and I were in the briefing as it was just for sprint distance competitors only.<br />
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After a busy morning we had a late lunch back at the apartment before going to rack my bike. A quick check of my trisuit, race belt and helmet and putting my bike on my rack and it was time to go to the swim recce. It was my first sea swim so when I got in it took me a while to get used to swimming in salty water. We did an easy lap of the swim course and took a few snaps before going back to have a shower and plait my hair ready for race day.<br />
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Finally race day (Friday 27th May) was here and like every other race the day started with a bowl of porridge. My wave start was at 11.04 so a later start than most races. I got all my stuff together at the apartment before heading to transition at 8.45. </div>
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The weather was dull and pretty windy but luckily there was no rain. I set up my transition and then went down to the swim start with Angus. We had to be in pens 30 minutes before race start so Angus and I just sat on a wall and I drank a bottle of water with High5 summer fruit energy powder in and by this time I was extremely nervous. </div>
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Soon the results were up and I was happy to find I'd come 6th in my age group. This was a big improvement from coming 12th last year at the European Championships in Geneva. I was also very pleased with my times as they were the fastest they've been this season so it was great to see my progress showing, especially in such a big race. </div>
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After collecting my bike from transition and taking it back to the apartment we went out for a celebratory meal (Thanks to henry's dad) which was well deserved. Just want to thank my sponsors (High5, Threo, Zone3 and Swimzi) for all their support, wouldn't have achieved this result without all your help. </div>
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Soon Sunday arrived which was race day for Angus and an earlier start than my race on Friday. We headed to transition at 5am and Angus set up his transition with a torch haha! </div>
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Soon Angus was off at 7.15 and I got myself a good view of the swim exit ready to watch him run up the ramp. The swim was very spread out and Angus was one of the first few people out the swim. I sprinted to the bike out and just saw him go out on his bike. Angus looked strong as he finished his first bike lap and went out onto his second. After a fast bike Angus went out on the run and I went into the arena to watch him come in. He came 5th in his age group which was a great result and I was very proud of him. We went and treated ourselves for food after and relaxed for a few hours before going back and packing up our bikes ready for the flight in the morning. </div>
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Just want to end by saying a massive thank you to everyone for your support, a big thank you to my amazing boyfriend for all that he does for me, I wouldn't have achieved what I have without him.<br />
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On the 16th/17th April I participated in the British Triathlon Performance assessment in loughborough. The weekend consisted of an 800m swim trial on the Saturday followed by a bike-run trial on the Sunday.</div>
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On Saturday afternoon, Angus (my boyfriend) and I headed to Welbeck Defence College for my 800m swim trial, the warm up was a 25m sprint then climb out walk back which is nothing like the swim warm ups I'm used to! The trials were done in heats of 12 with two swimming in each lane, the whistle went and everyone sprinted to the other end forgetting they had another 775m to swim but not long after that I got into a rhythm and swam a 10.57 for 800m, a little off my swimming pb, however that was expected with the conditions and I held my head up high ready for the second part of the trials the following day.</div>
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The bike-run trials were held at Prestwold racing circuit on the Sunday afternoon, after finishing 13th in the swim trials I was in a decent start position. For the bike-run trial we all had to line up around 100m from the transition in speed order from the swim trial, there was a timer going and as soon as your swim time came on the timer you started the race. After transition it was a 20km bike as 8 2.5km laps around the circuit, then a 2 lap 5km run. However if you got caught by the lead cyclist on the bike you had the go into a lap out group at the end of the bike who followed found the course at a steady speed before then getting to carry on with the run.<br />
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I lined up 13th and as soon as my swim time came off I sprinted to transition where I managed to make my first mistake of the race by putting on the wrong helmet, only I could do that haha! This cost valuable time and was not the speedy transition I was hoping for. I then got on my bike and pushed to try and find a group to work with, not being used to group riding I found this harder than I was expecting and it took me until the 4th lap to find a group of 3 other girls to latch onto. We were still in the top 25 girls riding but on our 7th lap we just got lapped by the lead cyclist and got told to pull to the side, we waited for over 4 minutes confused as to what was going on but as we saw the lap out group we followed behind. It was upsetting to then see the lap out group go straight into transition and start running before we had made it back, some of which had only done 5 bike laps but as we didn't have timing chips there was no recognition of who had done what. Frustrated and annoyed, two of the girls I was riding with didn't even bother to run but not liking to stop mid race I decided to do the run. It was an unfair trial and didn't reflect my ability.<br />
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After putting the trials behind me I completed a hard week of training and to my surprise I received an email from British Triathlon saying I'd made the super series :) This was good news, all I have to do now is up my training even more to prepare.<br />
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<u><b>Aix-en-Provence</b></u><br />
On the 25th April Angus and I flew to Marseille in the south of France after a very early start of 1.45am. When we arrived in Marseille we then got on a bus to travel to Aix-en-Provence, it was lovely and sunny on arrival but very chilly in the wind so was glad I packed my coat in the end.<br />
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We stayed in a small apartment in the centre of Aix-en-Provence which was very ideal being less than a mile from the finish for Angus' Ironman 70.3 on Sunday 1st May.<br />
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For the first day we got unpacked and looked around the area as well as doing a food shop for the week. We enjoyed an evening in with an unhealthy meal after lots of walking, and with a crepe shop not far from the apartment we couldn't resist a little holiday treat :)<br />
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On the Tuesday Angus went on a bike course recce to check out the route so I took the opportunity to stay in and do some maths revision. When Angus got back it looked like it had been a very eventful ride, he lost his drink so was very dehydrated, had blood all over his face from a nose bleed and then had lost his front brake pad. Not a great start to the holiday as we spent the afternoon looking for some new brake pads before coming back and making tea.<br />
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Wednesday we decided to spend the day in Peyrolles-en-Provence at the lake where Angus will swim on Sunday for his Ironman 70.3, it was a beautiful lake and a gorgeous sunny day, and I was very excited to try my new Zone3 vanquish wetsuit which Angus had bought for me at christmas. I was surprised by the flexibly of the suit and how fast it was in the water, definitely a good present :) Thanks Angus for spoiling me as usual, haha! After a lovely swim and picnic by the lake we headed back to Aix-en-Provence for an evening run :)<br />
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The next day I planned on hiring a bike from a local road bike hire shop in Aix-en-Provence but when we arrived at 9am the smallest bike available for hire was a 56cm frame, which is a bit too big considering I ride a 49cm frame normally. Unfortunately we couldn't find another bike hire shop in the area so I went back to the apartment to revise while Angus went out on his bike. As soon as Angus got back we decided to make the most of the sun and take a picnic to the local park. A lovely relaxing evening before we went out for a meal at a local restaurant.<br />
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When we woke up on Friday the weather was the best it had been all week so we packed up our swim kit and some lunch and spent the whole day at Lac de Peyrolles. After a bit of sunbathing we went into the lake to cool off and do a bit of racing against each other as usual.<br />
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Soon race day arrived for Angus! I was up just before 5am to wish Angus good luck before he left to catch the bus to the swim start. When Angus left I got my breakfast and put the live blog of the race start on our Laptop as I was unable to go and watch it.<br />
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Unfortunately the swim got cancelled with the air temperature being too cold which wasn't good news for Angus with him being a strong open water swimmer. Not knowing what was happening I kept looking out on the Ironman race live feed for any updates and finally the pros were off at 8 starting with a time trial start on the bike. I kept a look out on live tracking as I had no idea now when Angus would be starting so flicking between the live blog and the live tracking I looked out for any indication as to where he was. At around 9:30 the live tracking had got a time for Angus' first 30km on the bike which was good so I knew that I should head out of the apartment to find a good place to watch Angus come in off the bike. I found a good spot and sat at the side of the road and just after 10am the first pros were going past so I watched them whiz by as I kept refreshing the live tracking on Angus' phone.<br />
...12:00pm... no sign of Angus and no more times clocked on live tracking. As lots of bikes kept going past I started to get worried as I knew Angus should have come past ages ago even on a bad bike day he wouldn't be this slow...<br />
...1:00pm... still no Angus. I was getting very worried now as several Ambulances had gone past and I knew Angus wouldn't stop unless he had no choice...<br />
...2:00pm... as the last few cyclists were going past now I had no idea where Angus was or what had happened and being the worrier I am all I could think of was the worst. I had a teary phone call with my parents but they managed to calm me down and told me to go and find an English Speaking Marshall.<br />
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3 Marshalls later and I found one who spoke English, he could see how worried I was so did everything he could to calm me down but couldn't seem to locate Angus. However he did clarify that Angus wasn't one of the athletes taken to Hospital so that did calm me down a lot. I went to the spot where I'd said to meet Angus after the race and he'd just got there the same time as me with a very flat disc wheel and an angry look on his face I was upset for him but at the same time so relived he was okay.<br />
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To read more about the event, check out Angus' blog - <a href="https://angussmithtriathlon.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/70-3-aix-en-provence/">https://angussmithtriathlon.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/70-3-aix-en-provence/ </a> - Its a great read!<br />
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<b><u>British Sprint Triathlon Championships</u></b><br />
After missing a week of training out in France this wasn't ideal with British Sprint Championships being only two weeks away and then a month until European Championships in Lisbon. Trying to make up for any lost time I had a good two weeks training and even treated my bike to a service at Cycle Mode in Grimsby. Great local shop now with a cafe, would highly recommend them to anyone in the Lincolnshire area!<br />
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Soon Sunday 15th May arrived and Angus woke me up at 4am to breakfast in bed which made getting up so early slightly better. After eating my porridge I got ready and my stuff loaded into the car ready to head to Milton Keynes.<br />
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When we arrived I registered and set up my transition and got my race nutrition sorted. A 500ml bottle with a Zero tab on my bike, a Energy gel taped to my top tube to have at about 15km on the bike and a IsoGel Xtreme 20 minutes before the swim. Thank you to High5 for your support and fuelling me through every race and training session!<br />
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At 8.40 the horn sounded for the swim start and everyone seemed to be all over the place with people still warming up fair out and some people only just getting in the lake. I was annoyed not to be in a good place for the start of the swim and a lesson was definitely learnt - In the future I must get in the water first to get in a good place for the swim start with it being my best discipline.<br />
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After swimming round people for the first half of the swim I'd just got into a good rhythm when I got to the second buoy to have someone place both their hands on my shoulders push me under and use me to push themselves forwards at the same time I was taking a breath, after a mouthful of lake water I brought back up my breakfast as I was sick in the lake. Definitely not used to the ways of open water swimming yet. After treading water for a bit I swam the rest of the swim as fast as I could, still managing to come out in the top 20 but knew it wasn't going to be a fast time for me.<br />
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Putting the swim behind me I was still determined to give it all on the bike and run, the race was far from over yet! I had a good first half of the bike averaging over 20mph but seemed to slow slightly on the second half as I struggled to maintain it, probably due to lack of fitness currently.<br />
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After working on my run form a lot lately I was interested to see how fast my run was going to be and knowing it was a long run my aim was to beat my time from 2014 when I did the same course.<br />
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I was glad to see the finish line after the end of the second lap but felt disappointed with how the race had turned out in the end.<br />
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After racing I am very good at just looking at the negatives from the race and ignoring the positives but Angus always reminds me that there is always positives to come from a race. Being positive and looking at what went well and what went wrong is something I need to start doing after competing.<br />
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Positives and Negatives from British Sprint Championships:<br />
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<li>I ran over 1 minute faster than I did in 2014</li>
<li>I beat my overall time from 2014 by over 2 minutes</li>
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<li>Slower swim than 2014</li>
<li>Didn't get a medal (one of my aims for the race)</li>
<li>still not hitting up pb times from last year</li>
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Looking back at what I thought were the negative aspects of the race they are mainly down to not being back at my full fitness yet and down to my lack of winter training form being ill for 3 months. I can use my disappointment from the race to train harder to get to where I want to be. I am improving but there is still lots of work to be done. Looking at my 5km run alone I couldn't run a whole 5km without stopping and walking in February, then in March I ran a 24 minute 5km at Clumber Park Duathlon and a 23 minute 5km at East Leake Triathlon to a 22 minute 5km time currently. Every run I have got faster and I will continue to work hard to knock off time until I can get back to running a sub 20 minute 5km.<br />
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I just want to end my blog by saying a massive thank you to everyone who supports me. Recently I've had a lot of people knock my confidence and bring me down but the people who back me have been there to support me and motivate me onto the next step of my journey. (Special mention to my best friend Sam Adamson for all your support and motivation from the very start on my triathlon journey and onwards - Thank you!)<br />
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Thanks for reading :) - Keep an eye out for my next blog about European Championships in Lisbon which will be posted this week!<br />
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1. My swimming background<br />
From an early age my parents had always taken me swimming but being the fussy child I always was, I hated water! I hated getting water in my eyes and would never go into the deep end of the pool. For many years my parents had to bath and shower me with great difficulty as I wore goggles as they tried to wash my hair. </div>
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Before I had school swimming lessons my parents wanted me to be able to swim properly so decided to book me in for some one to one swimming lessons at our local pool where I managed to swim 50m in my first swimming lesson and then 100m in my second lesson. The problem now was getting me out of the water! A few months later I was trialling for my local swimming club (Louth Dolphins Swimming Club), being awkward as per usual it took me a while to get in the pool for my trials, after spending a while walking around the pool with Jutta Meiwald I eventually got in the water. After successfully getting into the club I started my first few years as a breastroke swimmer. During my time in the club I was coached by many great coaches (Sarah Richardson, Rose Stanhope, Jutta Meiwald...) who taught me much more than just technique. I spend over 10 years in the club progressing from a chilled, take your time breastroker to a competitive long distance freestyle swimmer.<br />
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My 10 years of swimming got me into triathlon, I never would have got into the sport if it wasn't for my swimming background.<br />
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2. My mums spur of the moment 40s birthday present<br />
For my mums 40th birthday she decided to do something different so entered a local triathlon, she's never done one since but it inspired me to enter the same event the year after (Woodall Spa sprint triathlon). Without my mum I would never have converted form swimming to triathlon.<br />
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On Easter Sunday Angus and I competed in our first triathlon of the season, East Leake's sprint distance triathlon, it was a chilly and extremely windy day but a great event and we will both be back in September to compete in their end of season triathlon.<br />
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The event started with a 400m pool swim, unfortunately the heats didn't fall as we hoped and I ended up in the heat after Angus so we couldn't race each other in the swim :( I had a good swim, just put my head down and went for it. Getting out the pool and going outside was a shock, being a bit of a chopper I stopped to put on a jacket and some gloves before running to transition. I arrived in transition being the last one of the event to go out on my bike but knew there was a girl in the same age group as me just left on her bike so I gritted my teeth and pushed through the wind, making my legs burn to catch her. I was pleased with an average of 19.1mph on the bike in the very windy conditions. My legs had very little left when it came to the run leg but I gave all that I had left and was very pleased when I crossed the finish line.<br />
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Angus came 3rd overall and 2nd in his age group and I finished 1st in my age group and 13th overall so we definitely deserved to go back and have a nice warm bath and start on the Easter eggs mmmm!<br />
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On the 2nd of April, Angus and I headed down the Windsor and had a quick spin on the busy roads before the heavy rain started.<br />
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We had a relaxing evening in a hotel and a lovely meal out at Pizza Express before getting an early-ish night before a very early start.<br />
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We arrived at Windsor Great Park on Sunday 3rd April to chaos in the car park as tractors were pulling people into the car park and this caused a 30 minute delay to the race start times, not a great start to British Duathlon Champs. Trailing our bikes through a muddy field to get to registration and transition caused our wheels and bikes to get jammed up with mud. When we arrived to transition it looked like a mud bath before the race had event begun. Can easily say this is the worst organised event I had ever been to!<br />
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Despite the crazy start Angus raced well, giving all he had and I was proud to see him go up on the podium to get a British medal, having finished 3rd in his age group.<br />
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After a very long morning my race didn't start until 3pm, knowing I'm not back to full fitness in my running yet I wasn't sure I was going to make the 20 minute cut off time for the first 5km run. Elite starts are always very violent so after a few elbow barges we started running at a fast pace, I pushed myself to stay on the back of the group with a few other girls as we struggled to hang on, I ran the first mile in 6.27 but I just couldn't hold on to the pace as I started to fatigue. The two other girls I was running alongside stopped as they knew they couldn't make it as we dropped off the pack. I carried on as I still aimed to try and finish the race but as soon as I arrived in transition I could see the red flag and knew it wasn't enough. Even with the comfort of your friends and family telling you that you did your best and to hold your head high, its still hard to not feel disappointed with a DNF next to your name. Not every race goes as planned but the most important thing is to learn from it and move on.</div>
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Last weekend, Angus and I went to the 220 National triathlon show at Lee Valley Velodrome in London. It was a much smaller show than others we have been to but still enjoyed it. We spent the morning helping out on the Zone3 stand until 2.30pm then we went out for lunch before looking round the stands in the velodrome. It was great to meet the Threo team and hear all about their new launch. They make gorgeous kit that is extremely comfy, check out their website http://threo.co.uk to see for yourself! My next blog will include a section about Threo so keep a look out for that!<br />
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Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and a massive thank you to everyone who has helped me along my triathlon journey!<br />
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Yesterday I started my 2016 season by doing Clumber Park Duathlon and I cannot put into words how happy I was to be able to race. Thinking back to last month when I was so weak I couldn't even carry the bread in the supermarket for my mum or open the car door myself, I am so happy to be back racing. I stood on the start line with a grin across my face while everyone else was looking serious and ended the race with a smile just as big. The saying you don't know how much you love something until you can't do it has never meant so much to me as it does now. I am so happy and grateful for everything in life and I'm so happy I've got the chance to race again. I completed the event in 1:20:57 which I am pleased with considering I'm still building up my fitness and it was my first duathlon. Racing makes me Happy whatever the weather and whatever the event!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">My continued support from my family, friends, sponsors and boyfriend has also been amazing, knowing so many people believe in me makes me happy! Thank you to my family for everything they do for me. Thank you for my sponsors and and their generosity. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Thank you to my boyfriend for his support and being my taxi driver for everything, haha. </span></div>
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On the 13th March I supported my boyfriend Angus at the Silverstone Half Marathon, after having issues with his IT-band he did very well, completing it in 1.23, I am so proud of him. Although I may be a bit of a bad influence because he ended up in the ambulance afterward, oops! (just for an ice pack though - nothing serious)</div>
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This week I completed a 14 hour training week including my race on Saturday. I continue to work hard to get my fitness back but as many know after months off it takes time to build up to where you were previously. I am happy with my progress and happy to be back training and have lots of motivation to get back to where I was to have a successful season this year. </div>
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My running is taking the longest to improve as after having shin splints previously I am cautious not to build it up too fast. Last week I managed a 40 minute continuous run which was a big achievement for me and I am happy to be running sub 8 minute miles. In a few more weeks I hope to increase the speed gradually. After all I need to not let the girls down by letting my 11 year old brother beat me!</div>
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My Swimming is gradually getting back to full fitness after swimming a sub 5 minute 400m I hope to be back to 4.30min 400m by April :) yay!</div>
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My cycling has only really consisted of turbo sessions at the moment but as spring is finally here I think its time to get back out on the road as its completely different to riding on the turbo. Fingers crossed the weather will get warmer soon :) </div>
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A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to receive a generous parcel from High5, I cannot thank them enough for their support! They sell the best nutrition products out there as well as the tastiest, I can't wait to use them all when racing, training and for recovery. </div>
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Lastly I just want to thank iPrintstuff for printing mine and Angus' tri-suits, they look brilliant. It was great to race in my new Zone3 areoforce suit yesterday :)</div>
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Thank you for reading my blog, hope you all have a <b>happy</b> 2016 season!<br />
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So thats the bad news out the way and I can talk about the positives. Firstly I'm going to start by announcing my sponsors for the 2016 season which are Swimzi, High5 and Zone3, I am very thankful for there support this year and will be tweeting, blogging and instagraming about their products throughout the year, to read about my new Swimzi products you can click on the sponsors link above.<br />
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I started back training on the 16th January with just walking to wake up my legs especially after 2 months of being in bed. Finally getting my fitness back now and managed to complete a 12 hour training week last week. Its hard to get back into things again after completely losing my fitness but its been easier with the support of my amazing boyfriend, he really has been amazing!<br />
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Below is a list of my 2016 race reason, my main aim A races are Lisbon, British Sprint Championships and Leeds Aquathon. I will also be competing in the Delta-simons Aquathon series and hope to reclaim my series title.<br />
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In May 2015 I successfully started off this year’s triathlon season by qualifying for the World Championships in Chicago 2015 and the European Championships in Lisbon 2016, competing in the sprint distance events. With the lead up to my first International competition held in Geneva in July 2015, I structured a set race programme around my A levels to compete in various triathlons every two weeks to enforce race tactical practice.</div>
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To gain a faster swim transition I needed to improve on my technique in removing my wetsuit. To implement my improvements and get used to open water racing I entered the 2015 Delta Simmons Aquathon Series held in Lincoln every month. Still overcoming shin splints and working to the advice of my physiotherapist the first two rounds proved to be a bit of a struggle, running through pain. I managed to achieve a second place in the first round and gruelling third place in the second round. With months of dedication and hard work I am now fully recovered from my sports injury and continue to gradually improve, increasing my overall running training.</div>
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Generally I have noticed a great improvement in my run time compared to my first event by over two minutes. This achievement led to my first place win in round 3 and again in round 4 of the Delta Simmons Aquathon. After being on join points for series winner after round 4 I knew I had my work cut out for round 5. After a race swim and good lead out and holding the lead on my run I became the series female Aquathon champion 2015. I am looking forward to entering the series next year and I aim to beat the course record as well as regain my title.</div>
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In the leading two weeks before European Championships in Geneva I participated in the Caldecotte triathlon in Milton Keynes. In this race I wanted to test my cycling ability. With course knowledge in mind similar to that of Geneva, I wanted to test out the demanding hill climb at the very start of the bike course. Winning my age group and coming second overall in this triathlon gave me a very positive mind-set ready for the European Championships in Geneva.</div>
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Arriving in the blistering conditions in Geneva with a temperature of 40° required extra caution; having not experienced heat adaption training. Acclimatising to this type of weather was very serious for me, with the high intensity level of fitness needed for a triathlon I didn’t want to reach voluntary exhaustion.<br />
Being organised I wanted to check out the bike route of the course beforehand, but this didn’t go to plan after my bike was lost on the flight from Manchester. Having this major setback was very stressful indeed, I lost a few days training tracking my bike and missing out on the vital course bike recci. Watching all my fellow competitors train hard was very disheartening for me, even though the older age group competitors tried hard to uplift my spirits with their horror stories too etc. At 11.00pm my bike arrived at the airport,<br />
Competing in extreme temperatures and putting the bad start behind me I raced to the best of my capabilities achieving 12th place in the under 20s age group. I caught a train to collect it myself and after a quick bike build it was 1am, just in time to rack and race later that morning.</div>
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In September I qualified for my first Elite race! I didn't get the result I was hoping for but it was a good learning experience. I had a bad start which ruined the race for me as I got elbowed in the face which knocked my goggles off causing me to end up at the back of the swim as I faffed around with my goggles. I tried my best to catch up a bit of time on the bike and manages to catch up two girls but working on my own I got lapped after almost 5 of 7 laps. I was devastated not to finish.<br />
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Looking back on the race it has given me an experience at what racing at elite level is like and gave me a few areas for improvement so I now see it as a positive outcome even if I didn't on the day of the race. Next year I hope to race the Elite Junior Super Series and with a lot of hard work, commitment and determination I will be back and next time I'll be prepared for everything! </div>
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Now the season has come to an end I am focused on increasing my swimming training by re-joining the performance squad, to achieve the results I want and have set for next season; I must be in the first pack out of the water. During the winter season I will race frequently in the pool for training purposes. On the 11th October I competed in the 2015 Masters County Championships where I achieved 6 county records and some personal best times. Including smashing the 100m freestyle record by over 3 seconds, finishing in a time of 59.1.</div>
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I would like to thank everyone who supported me this year, it has been a great help and I would never had progressed to the level I am today without you. I would like to thank everyone who gave me financial help, I would never have been able to afford the kit, travel expenses, training and coaching fees, race accommodation, race fees, etc. The kindness and generosity of businesses, foundations and friends has helped tremendously.</div>
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Thank you to Cycle Mode for all the help they have given me and my beautiful Boardman Air 9.8, they kindly serviced my bike, helped with packing it in the bike box ready for flying to Geneva and there generosity in helpings with cost and for giving me my top of the range bout cycling shoes. Thank you to GRS Electrical Services who provided me with my GB Kit for the European Championships. <span style="text-align: center;">Thank you to the Adam Gibbons Foundation who gave me a comfy hoodie to wear before competition and a generous money contributes for coaching fees, travel costs and race fees. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-10747189850386721372015-05-25T10:18:00.001-07:002015-05-25T10:18:31.058-07:00First ride on my babyToday I took my new whip out for a ride. I can't believe what I difference it makes, although side wind can be pretty scary😬 <div><br></div><div>Went for a ride with grandad (in his car hah) to do some hill reps, still hard work even on my speed machine. </div><div><br></div><div>The biggest difference has to be having no pain in my back and shoulders while riding, having my bike set up has made a massive impact on the way I ride and made it more enjoyable, thanks again Cycle Mode.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-REwvaMsy7aQ/VWNZY0bvYWI/AAAAAAAAABo/zeb8xwkU0zA/s640/blogger-image-953040360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-REwvaMsy7aQ/VWNZY0bvYWI/AAAAAAAAABo/zeb8xwkU0zA/s640/blogger-image-953040360.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-43677245873631941552015-05-25T09:58:00.001-07:002015-05-25T10:00:45.584-07:00New bike😍With only five days to go until my first race of the season I am unbelievably excited to test out how fast my new bike can fly🚴💨.<div><br></div><div>This month I have been focusing on revising so I am far from full fitness, however I am glad to have made some progress on my running, I managed to complete a 5k run with little pain in my shins. My run time won't be fast in my tri on Saturday but completing the 5k is a step in the right direction. </div><div><br></div><div>A few days ago I was presented my new customed boardman air 9.8 bike by Chris Boardman himself😊😍, was a brilliant day and I couldn't thank Cycle Mode enough for my new bike and for arranging the day. It is a stunner😍</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a7Bg9XrdRlI/VWNUhz4FYNI/AAAAAAAAAAo/aU6p1gbuq1A/s640/blogger-image--1880517857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a7Bg9XrdRlI/VWNUhz4FYNI/AAAAAAAAAAo/aU6p1gbuq1A/s640/blogger-image--1880517857.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a7Bg9XrdRlI/VWNUhz4FYNI/AAAAAAAAAAo/aU6p1gbuq1A/s640/blogger-image--1880517857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hQ6UtJqMwzk/VWNUrt_A53I/AAAAAAAAABY/yT7-SfItkqI/s640/blogger-image-930118162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hQ6UtJqMwzk/VWNUrt_A53I/AAAAAAAAABY/yT7-SfItkqI/s640/blogger-image-930118162.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G0TyqlhaYzI/VWNUmD47lSI/AAAAAAAAABA/5LfK2hUCOZM/s640/blogger-image-955086390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G0TyqlhaYzI/VWNUmD47lSI/AAAAAAAAABA/5LfK2hUCOZM/s640/blogger-image-955086390.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rFPDhLHaiZE/VWNUobGhNWI/AAAAAAAAABI/IZ6XFUk19zc/s640/blogger-image-1234344829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rFPDhLHaiZE/VWNUobGhNWI/AAAAAAAAABI/IZ6XFUk19zc/s640/blogger-image-1234344829.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rFPDhLHaiZE/VWNUobGhNWI/AAAAAAAAABI/IZ6XFUk19zc/s640/blogger-image-1234344829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QT6aCzCmqKA/VWNUi-MNQcI/AAAAAAAAAAw/tNCWmFzIKV4/s640/blogger-image-1233654111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QT6aCzCmqKA/VWNUi-MNQcI/AAAAAAAAAAw/tNCWmFzIKV4/s640/blogger-image-1233654111.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8rABAeelNQU/VWNUpxBeJII/AAAAAAAAABQ/Zb14AByVDdQ/s640/blogger-image--1905611062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8rABAeelNQU/VWNUpxBeJII/AAAAAAAAABQ/Zb14AByVDdQ/s640/blogger-image--1905611062.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OP7khNoKMTw/VWNUkDJcXoI/AAAAAAAAAA4/0LFhfUlW_6E/s640/blogger-image-955235754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OP7khNoKMTw/VWNUkDJcXoI/AAAAAAAAAA4/0LFhfUlW_6E/s640/blogger-image-955235754.jpg"></a></div></div></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07740525434503521470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616535216961252830.post-32707656928366219882015-04-18T08:50:00.004-07:002015-04-18T08:50:51.678-07:00Bring on tri season 2015<br /><div>
Just over a month away till my first tri of the season (my third ever tri) and hopefully my running will be in shape by then. Being injured last season with shin splints was a major set back but with months of physio and new orthotics I am ready to start running again, last week I managed to run my first pain free mile of the year which was a huge relief. If you are ever unfortunate enough to get shin splints my advice would be REST and apply ice every night. By rolling after every session and stretching regularly hopefully you should be lucky enough to prevent any injuries. Let the training begin for Geneva 2015💪</div>
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