Sunday 4th September, the annual Bodmin triathlon. A very well run and enjoyable event, the sun shone for most of the swim, (shame it was inside!), and it stayed dry for most of the cyclists, although there was a strong south westerly headwind for the bike out to the roundabout at Victoria, it was then a helpful tailwind for the return journey. The rain didn't start till most of us were running, which for me was good, I like running in the rain! As the St Agnes triathlon was being held at the same time, I was the only cyclelogic representative at Bodmin, but i am pleased to report that not only did I win the female V40-49 age group, i was also the fastest female overall, no doubt partly due to my new wheels! ( thanks Steve and Shane for all your help!)
Friday August 19th (bit belated this one, sorry!)
The Penzance swim, mine and my two older boys first go at this one, will definitely do it again, great atmosphere with all the spectators cheering you on as you swim past them, also brilliant that the children have their own swim and you don't have to accompany them if they don't need to be accompanied, leaving you free to enjoy your own swim! Cyclologics’ Dave Barlett did a fantastic time of 16.06, narrowly beaten into second place by Grant Quigley who made it in 15.29, these are seriously fast times!! I managed a more leisurely 23 minutes, however my gps did say i had swum 1.33 miles rather than the 1300m i was supposed to have swum! More sighting practise needed i think!
It will be the USN Padstow standard and sprint triathlon at Harlyn Bay this Sunday 11th, although the weather forecast at the moment looks as if it might be a duathlon rather than a triathlon, thanks to health and safety standards the bigger organisers have to adhere to, hopefully not, but we will see!
regards Sarah Myford
