Did a local 10k this evening. Far from flat, the profile is like sharks teeth!
Nice work @stenard podium for cat as well.
Haha, that takes me back! No adjusting those. My recommendation is putting it on after the wetsuit
What race you doing, squire?
Eton Dorney sprint next Sunday. Not the ITU qualifier.
Race pack sent through. Couldn’t believe the size and bulk of that ankle chip!
Lol
Today’s ones are tiny…?!?
I entered my first triathlon (a sprint) in Dawlish for September. Lots of time to train, but have a bad habit of not sleeping the night before events where I know I need to sleep hah.
I was also thinking I should do 2 , so might go for a London sprint one. But the ticket costs close to £100… not including hotel and train. 
Not sure if its worth it?
Hi, welcome!
Yes, I agree £100 does seem very steep for a sprint. Not sure I could stomach the cost of that.
Re sleep, I’d say as long as you’ve had decent sleep in the week leading up to your event you’ll be fine. The night before you’ll be full of nervous energy
I always pack head phones when travelling especially for the night before a race gives you time to relax and block out the noise of the hen party next door……
£100 for a sprint seems to be a bit steep, in the absence of races you could look at TTs held by your local cycle club and road races with local running clubs. My local clubs hold events every week now the restrictions have been lifted so it gives you an opportunity to race or train at a higher intensity. Welcome to TT
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I’d say £100 for a sprint is steep - loads of local ones which are generally brilliant in my experience for less than £50.
Some councils put them on for less than £20 
Matlock Tri on August Bank Holiday is about a tenner and a great low key event.
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I read somewhere that having one poor night’s sleep has little or no effect on athletic performance.
I’d agree with this.
A weeks bad sleep can be a disaster for results, I’d 1000% agree with this too.
£100 for a short race … tell them shove it.
Make your own?
If you’re in the southwest the intotri folk give you free entry if you volunteer at one of their other ones don’t they?
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£100 for a London sprint entry is about normal for London Triathlon events - the costs of putting these on at Excel and with closed roads in what is a busy city is what rockets the costs up. Back in the day it was the busiest tri weekend in the world but even then it was still a lot pricier than many others. London tri now tends to be the charity equivalent of London Marathon and is shunned by many of the more experienced athletes and full of beginners and newbies.
First race of the year at the Carlisle Duathlon (4.3 km/24km/4.3) and bagged 2nd overall and 2nd Vet, lost out on the top spot by 20s 
. Happy with my run splits so my av pace was 3:25 for run one and 3:33 for run two. The wind picked up during the day and the winner was in the first heat to be fair I doubt I could have made up the 20s though.
Great news!
Wow impressive
Vet won the whole show?
Great effort, great run pace.
Up the oldies !!!
First senior was 4th….
The winner was a faster TTer. With the Tt style start you have no idea who is performing so it’s just head down and go
Just checked out the bike and run course for Southport at the weekend;
63m on the bike (20km out and back on the seafront)
2m on the run (which is the drop across the seafront gardens 
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GAME ON, TAMPON 
This seems like my kind of race.
Shoulder pain? Grimace.
Neck pain? Shut up and bear it.
Foot pain? Think of that battered haddock…
…CANNOT WAIT 
Just got the race pack through for Race to the Bill Tri. Intriguing bike-lite distances, I had not realised
1500m sea swim
20 km bike
10 km run
Think that could make for a really nicely balanced event
