Wednesday 29 September 2010

Budapest photos/report



It has again been ages since I put anything up here and so I have finally decided to put my race report from budapest. Overall im really happy with how the race went and for the first time in a triathlon I really didnt care where I finished overall as just being there was good experience. The weather wasnt great on the day and as you can see from the bike pics it was pretty wet although it did actually stop raining for the majority of the race! A brief description of the race pretty much follows my normal race reports- i.e a good swim, a strong bike and a rubbish run. The only difference is that for some reason my run was particluarly bad:( 20:50 for 5km is embarrassing and you have to go a long way down the rankings for find guys running as slow as that. Luckily I only lost 9 places on the run so after being in 7th off the bike I dropped down to 16th overall at the finish- would have obviously liked to be much higher but cant complain too much at a first attempt.

Some really good performances from local triathletes with an obvious mention to gemma scott who got a bronze medal in the 20-24 age group (after coming off her bike!). Also good performances from david suth. from WTC, lyndsey from STC and my new friends Gee and Kelly-Ann from Dundee. Good party on the saturday night/sunday morning was also a highlight of the trip:)

The weekend overall was amazing and getting to see the pro guys and girls race was something else. Budapest is a really nice city as well and would definately go back.




budapest results


Wednesday 1 September 2010

wick photos











Catch up

Thought I had better put another post up as its been about three weeks since my last one!! First things first and I have put some photos up and the results from the wick sprint below and the results of the interclub competition (which caithness won:) Had a good race at wick and even though it was only a week after the Ironman I felt pretty good on the day and was even able to ease down on the run to make sure I didnt finish in a heap- back to back wins in 09 and 10 now. Good team entries on the day including two strong teams of good individuals who posted quick times. Also congrats to Rick, Chris and Phil for their first triathlon and im sure it'll be the first of many.
Training still coming along well, not done any racing (apart from thurso 10k which turned into 11.5k after a course change!) but was up in shetland with work so did some training with the triathlon club which was a good change- should be ready and raring to go for budapest. Flying out next thursday but ill put some more posts up before then.

Wick Sprint Results