This my finish line shot from last Sunday's Nuffield Health Sprint, held at Dorney Lake. Pleased to say I was first female and feeling quite good. The swim was a bit off what I'm capable of -12:20 for 750m, and the bike was 35.30 which isn't too bad - 35.8 kph average or 22mph. so the new Blue bike did a storming job. The run could have been better at 21:26 although the course was 5.1 km. But I probably worked a bit too much into my 'red zone' and got some pain in my abdominal muscles. Still, as you can see, I enjoyed it. The heat of the day is really my thing and racing with my club mates made it all the more fun.
Plenty to work on before the A race in Italy though. My 'muppet' mistakes were:
1. choosing the wrong feet to follow on the swim
2. navigating using the rowing lanes instead of looking at where the swim exit was!
3. Not getting the most elegant of mounts onto my bike (ouch!)
4. Using the lap button wrongly on my Garmin so I had no feedback of speed on the bike!
5. taking my feet out of the shoes about 500m early before the end of the bike (idiot!)
At least I didn't get lost or sunburnt!!
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