Very nice mate, welcome back. 
We’re neighbours!
I’m not unfamiliar with this concept. 
Well done, Curry, WTF are you doing in transition 
It sounds like a good event 
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Great report and racing
A very well done
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Similar T1 to 2003 Mid Championships in Bala and I overtook 204 on the bike to post a 2hrs 34 bike split
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St Mary Bourne near Andover
I love this race report… you may not have been fast, however, anyone who does a 220k run in the Wadi Rum Desert is a serious athlete.
How long can you go on for? I guess as long as you are still breathing
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I’d be labelling that as my T2 picture 
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My bucket list includes running a race with my grandchild … who has not even been conceived yet 
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Hold the front page
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Kings Worthy/Winchester
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Great fun at the club aquathlon last night, really good low key vibes with a great turn out too. Sun was out, must have been mid 20s which makes a change.
Set off too quick on the run with a 3:36 opening km but hey, I’m never one for pacing, finishing with 19:42.
Swim was a bit of a bun fight as expected and I’m pleased to report I re-overtook all of the guys who had come passed as I faded on the run, actually got a bit carried away and sort of swam over someone at one point.
Anyway, finished the swim in 6:39 for the 432 metres.
Finished in 26:42 for 8th overall
Post race bbq was 
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Nice work at the aquathlon. I only just saw your post asking for any advice. I did it back in 2009 (race report) and it is just a race to the pool and a refreshing dip. Well done.
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Nice, I really enjoyed it, have to say jumping in the pool wasn’t as refreshing as I hoped. I instantly felt like I was overheating in a trisuit, next time I’d go for tri shorts and running in a vest.
Winning time this year was 23:33 (some speed demon running a sub 17 5km!)
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Blimey, there must have been some good athletes if that time gave you 8th place.
Good work though, number 1!
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Well done! Did swimming after the run feel off weird?
Wonder how much chlorine they had to put in the pool the next morning
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Yeah I was happy to get inside the top 10 tbh.
Really weird @Chriswim, suddenly trying to get your arms going after going full gas with your legs is odd. Breathing every stroke until I settled down
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Steelman Half completed on Saturday. My first tri since knee keyhole in Jan with no running for 4 months and corresponding weight gain. Arrived Friday and camped in the field next to transition. There was some sort of rave going on the other side of the lake so not the best nights sleep. Shouldn’t complain that it was a bit too hot in this country, but it was. There was a 15% DNF rate which was probably heat releated. Happy with swim (38:05) but should have started a bit further forwards as a fair bit of biff around the first bouy. Bike is a great course and excellent signage and marshalls. I don’t think I’ve done a race with so many marshalls especially on the run. I probably went a bit harder than I should have on the bike as after an hour felt good and decided to chase 3 hours and just failed (3:05:26) but knew the run would be bad so had a go. Run was as expected and probably worse. Got to the pub waterstation first time (2 laps) and thought I might survive but then the trail section got me and it became a run walk (as was expecting). Longest run this year was 9 miles 2 weeks earlier and could have very easily quit after the first lap but just tired legs so plodded round the second lap. Laughing I said to the marshalls it was really cruel to make us run around the lake the second time when I could see the finish (3:02:35, third slowest run of the day). Met TC whilst racking and had a chat. He said he had only done it once before when they did a double for their 10 year anniversary. He past me on the bike at 40 miles and looked really strong on the run. total time 6:51:32. Knee survived, a bit achy Saturday night but ok Sunday which was the main reason for doing the event so happy overall and will now start getting some run mileage in and lose some weight. Halfway round the run I decided no way was I doing an ironman later this year, as had fancied Cascais, but my mate who I was with fancied that next year so somerthing to build up to and be sensible for a change.
Definitely recommend this race as great course, marshalls and excellent value for money (especially in my case £/hr) and a Saturday race starting at 10am is very civilised, so I’m sure I’ll be back.
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Billy Monger taking on Kona.
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Nice report.
Steelman is such A great race. Cheap, friendly and like you said, well marshalled. That being said, I managed to take a wrong turn on the bike and add an extra 4 miles / 10 mins
I went the wrong way at a T-junction and couldn’t understand how I had managed to get it so wrong. In hindsight, I think it was because the marshals were waving the traffic through towards the left and I was looking at their arms rather than looking at the arrows on the very visible signs. 2 miles down the road I came to another junction with no one there and it dawned on me what must’ve happened. Perhaps inevitably I then buried myself for the rest of the bike leg and quite enjoyed the process of picking people off that I’d already passed half an hour earlier.
I knew that effort was going to come back to bite me and sure enough, by the end The first lap on the run I was really struggling.
Managed to hold onto third overall and haven’t been too plagued with “what ifs?” This was really a training day for Copenhagen in August and from that point of view, I definitely got what I came for.
That part of the run around the campsite and lake is proper horrid!
Been massively busy this year with work and other stuff so haven’t been on here much lately. I’ve enjoyed trying to catch up with all that others are doing even if I haven’t contributed much to the forum.
Cascais is lush by the way, you’ll enjoy that and there’s plenty of time between now and October 25 to get ready.
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