Tri Overload

In an effort to regain some race fitness after five weeks of loafing around on holiday Steve W is now half way through a 4 week in duration sprint-tri-every-weekend-bound-to-end-in-injuryathon.

The Newbiggin open sea sprint on 31/08 (750m swim / 20K bike / 5K run) saw Steve getting back into the race-groove with a slightly running-out-of-beans last 3K seeing him going rapidly backwards to finish 2/35 in age group and 22/265 overall. We're told the belly full of salt water / unidentified flotsam from a 'thrashy' swim didn't help.

The Louth sprint one weekend later (750m swim / 22K bike / 6K run) saw a better paced effort resulting in an age group win and a 2nd out of 162 overall. Steve particularly enjoyed the bike course on this event which was a twisty-turny have-to-pick-a-line affair over quiet country lanes that played right into the hands of anyone from a sporting course time-trialling background.

Good Race Face...