Emily Patch - Triathlete

National Standard distance championships on the 1 st July was the last and main race in my first racing block of this year and my only race of this month. 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 st in my first year studying Chemistry at NTU. 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. 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. 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...

In the last 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! These were; Deva Standard Distance Triathlon Leeds Aquathon Lincoln AA Delta Simons Aquathon Alford Wheelers 10mile TT Woodhall Spa Sprint Distance Triathlon Cholmondeley Castle Series Standard Distance Triathlon Deva Standard Distance Triathlon – Sunday 24 th June 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 (I have already qualified being British Champion from last year). 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...