Upton Upon Severn Olympic Triathlon

The Triathlon Course for Upton was as follows

Swim: downstream open water swim in the River Severn. On the day it was raining throughout the start of the swim and river was flowing very fast which allowed for a personal best 1500 swim though conditions certainly helped with speed!

Bike: the new bike route for 2008 followed wide open roads out in the countryside. The standard distance was 2 laps.

Run: a flat 5km circuit; over half of the route was a combination of a quiet, rural lane and private farm tracks. The standard distance was 2 laps.

		Avg. Speed	Avg. Pace
Swim Time	00:19:06(60)	4.71km/h	00:12:44
Bike Time	01:27:03(115)	27.57km/h	00:02:11
Run Time	00:52:21(112)	11.46km/h	00:05:14
Overall Time	02:38:30

Worcester Sprint Triathlon

This was my first UK based triathlon time and I was nervous before the start, luckily being with Beano the season professinal helped calmed the nerves. That said no matter how many events you have completed its still a buzz to get the adrenalin rush at the start of any event.

The course included a lake swim out at the Top Barn activity centre near Worcester. Gusty wind conditions meant there was quite a strong current making the lake quite choppy for parts of the swim. The wind also made the hilly cycle even more challenging.

		Avg. Speed	Avg. Pace
Swim Time	00:18:40(56)	2.41km/h	00:24:53
T1	00:02:12	-	-
Bike Time	01:00:57(74)	24.61km/h	00:02:26
T2	00:01:15	-	-
Run Time	00:26:48(68)	11.19km/h	00:05:22
Overall Time	01:49:52

New Bike - Cannondale R1000 Sport

Well, 2nd hand. A very light and fast chariot with slick tyres and Look pedals, great for falling off outside supermarkets when you can't get your foot off pedal!

Melbourne Grand Prix 2008

Elwood Sprint Triathlon 2008

Overall Time: 01:24:41

Swim Leg
Time	0:13:16
Place	726
Bike Leg
Time	0:38:33
Place	601
Run Leg
Time	0:29:12
Place	667

Beach Road Bike Ride

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Total Distance 30KM

This is the bike ride route I take from my house in St Kilda. It is a loop so you do return the same way but this is worth it as the scenery is very good along the coast. The turn around point is the Clock Tower at Black Rock

St Kilda Sprint Triathlon - Nov 2007

It really was an awful morning with rain and thunder. After waking up at around 6am, I had the short walk across the Esplanade to the start at Catani Gardens on the St Kilda foreshore. This being my first real event it was all very exciting even if the Aussie sun failed to appear. I had a dry run triathlon the week before so knew what to expect, i just wanted to finish in one piece.

There was rain and thunder rumbling as the start of the swim went. It was very choppy and the first 200-300 metre were very tough but once got into rhythm it went well there was also the benefit of the rough water causing quite a nice wave which aided the swim back to shore.

Bike and run were all completed without problem, it was during the cycle i realised that my hybrid city bike wasn't really ideal for this type of event as all the racers with thin tyres kept zipping past me. This did make me think that I was doing this race on equipment that actually made the race harder so in fact I was making more of an effort than someone on a really fancy bike!!!

Swim: 00:09:26
Bike: 00:42:59
Run: 00:24:07

Overall: 01:21:16


St Kilda beach on a stormy day.

City to Surf 2007- August 2007

This is a video of the route taken where you can relive the 14KM course, there isn't traffic on race day. Couldn't spot heart-break hill but its there somewhere, there are a couple of STA buses though!

The event was great fun, I stayed over in Sydney for weekend. We went to a rooftop BBQ in Bondi afterwards where we were able to watch the rest of the finishers whilst having a beer.

Overall Time: 1h 42m

Sodbury Slog 2004

Time 1.41.55

Running through trenches of mud and fields for 8 miles, this picture was taken after we had hosed outselves down.


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