Emily Patch - Triathlete

This month has been a busy one for Angus and I (check out Angus’ blog https://angussmithtriathlon.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/may-update/ 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 the sun in between exams and revision, some photos from our training below: Races this month         20 th May – Nottingham Sprint Triathlon         27 th May – British Sprint distance Triathlon Championships, Strathclyde Park Nottingham Sprint triathlon After a busy 4 weeks since my last triathlon, Nottingham triathlon was my first open 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 being a few miles away. Angus and I had a relaxed morning and left our house at around 9.15, getting to Holme Pierrepont about 9....

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 rd ). 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! 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 th...