Very nice indeed @Poet
Was that an U20 female 4th overall? She must have had a cracking race
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Is that your new totals for the year? I guess the crowd kept you going for the race.
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#51Fiver:
Didn’t drown - check.
Didn’t get kicked in the head and lose my goggles - check.
Didn’t crash - check.
Didn’t have a mechanical - check.
Didn’t go arse over tit running in the mud - check.
Swim was lovely. Not too cold. 5 s starts so no-one swimming over you. Nice weeds to look at and the odd piece of interesting machinery. A bit slow but that’s lack of training.
Neutralised transition was so relaxing I slightly over-ran the 10 mins although they haven’t added it on yet (only 30 s).
Fastest bike I’ve ever done by nearly 10 mins. Mostly down to a fast-ish course and a TT bike, but I need all the help I can get.
Run was distinctly muddy in places today, and a bit narrow, but it’s a nice loop. Woefully slow for me but hopefully might manage some training this year Or may just be getting old. SuperVet next year!
Would certainly do this race again.
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Yup!!! 
And Tailwind.
But mainly Tailwind 
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Podium poet!
Hope that’s going on the bigger site, with lots of moaning about it didn’t go well…?
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1.2km at Wales and no adjustment for transition. Just sayin’ 
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It didn’t!
No swim warm up, went off at 1:20/100m, quickly had a panic, thought asthma was coming on, waded through some goose shit, caught my breath and started swimming again.
Transitions were mundane. Just long. And crap.
Wetsuit came off fine, but I couldn’t get my helmet or belt on. Those AlphaFlys are a bugger to get on, too.
Bike was awful. Couldn’t clip in, couldn’t mount, couldn’t dismount. Barely drank (two dead turns at the RABs are all I had)
Run was LONELY. Just passing the slow folks from the last Oly wave. Could’ve deffo ran faster if it was a race and not a TT format.
Probably need to do another one soon, as there’s loads of things I can improve on 
On the plus side, those CAF100 Maurten gels are 
Like jelly. Well nice to chew (I love Wine Gums!)
Also had the 160 drink mix in the car on the way up, way better than the 320.
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That’s a great start to the year.
Some of the std times are silly fast, trophy?!?
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Yeah, I think (from overhearing people at KFC afterwards) the run was 1km to 1mile short 
Bike was deffo right, as it was just two loops of the sprint.
I was kinda hoping all the fast boys would be doing the ETU qualifier, so I could have my ego massaged 
PHWOAR 
Just seen @Adam ‘s Strava…he’s gotta be close to a podium with those times, too.
What a bloody weekend for TriTalk 
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Sprint or oly…!
It was the frame storage device that got him that…
Or maybe not …!
WTF do you need a drink for on a sprint 
I did the full duathlon a few weeks ago on a warmish day and drank about 400ml, if that 
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Seawater innit.
Absolutely parched 
Shouldn’t have drank so much in the swim 
Also, I’m a big unit and sweat!
Gotta hydrate with my H20 
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AG win for me and 5th overall.
Stress levels were in overdrive getting there. Had a quick chat with the orgs and got myself into the last sprint wave of the day - phew 
Glorious sunshine on the drive there and just as I set up in transition it started to rain!
Seeded myself too far back for the swim TT start. Not sure how many got out of the lake before me but I overtook most. Was pretty comfortable really. No fuss in and out. 1:41 average so more to come there.
T1 no drama, just a bit of faff getting a shoe on.
Bike. Just as I got going someone totally stacked it In front of me. Saw one other slide off and crash too 
the rain was shit. Power was down from where I wanted, ended up just under 300 watts np so a good sweet spot ride. Under the conditions I was alright with this.
My hands were so cold in T2 that I had to ask a TO to unclip my helmet! 
Run - I’ve got the course as long and for an out and back that’s a bit disappointing. Still, a 5km pb for me. Undercooking the bike clearly paid off. Not too many carrots up the road to chase, so maybe some more time to be and there.
Pretty pleased though. Great to be racing again even with the shitty weather 
The guy that won it overall absolutely schooled us. Huge margin of victory
Got my covid jab still in my tri suit too 
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LEGEND!!!
Ah, sounds like a testing day.
Well bloody done.
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All good fun now though!
I can’t believe yet another tri in the rain
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Top banana, well done 
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Great work everybody I like the sound of the TT style swim starts
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woah, great work mate 
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