Emily Patch - Triathlete

Delta-Simons Aquathon Lincoln  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. 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 mainta

The past month has been a very busy one and with my tri season in full swing and exams fast approaching, its flown by! Heres what I've been up to the past few weeks; Performance assessment weekend 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. 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 seco