I came out of T2 at a ridiculous pace - should’ve looked at my watch
Luckily, I slowed down by the second Km and settled into something resembling a rhythm until at 5-6km mark (where the HR falls down)
Man, it was a nightmare getting the suit back on!!!
Then my HR just got lower as the run wore on, until the last part when I was trying to get under 4:45 - as I’d clocked the run at 20.7km last time.
It was bloody 21.2km this year
Ha - so did I. Tho I regularly get chills once I stop and the litres of sweat adorning my body start to cool down. Needed to get out the tri suit - which for once makes a finisher t-shirt quite handy!
Sounds like you may have been dehydrated or a touch of sunstroke? At Race to the King at 55kms and when I DNF’d SDW100 last year, it was the hottest part of the day and pretty toasty at over 32C and I sat in both aid stations with my jacket on shivering.
It can creep up on you without you being aware sometimes.
I got the shakes once I sat down in the finishers tent at Bolton. Had to put a hoodie on. I put it down the body realising what you’ve just put it through
I had sunstroke on holiday in Cuba once. Shivering, then sweating, and it made my back ache like hell. Spent a day in the air con apartment and was right as rain after that.
Just catching up with this thread, Clearly a great event, but sorry about crash @BadAsh
@gingerbongo hope you didn’t do any more damage, but glad you made it to the start line.
Next year I will prioritise a UK race and try to join an many TT’ers as possible. Would love to race a fit @gingerbongo@Poet I think @chickenboy ages up next year, so we won’t be in same AG. Would be brilliant if we can get @Chriswim back in the UK for a visit too
Could have a Tritalk party after… except we will probably discover that we are all exceedingly boring loners all sitting in silence.
Yeah, i think i did that more last year, when i had the clip ons with the Canyon. I think i said above, that suits me much more, but i’d need to invest in some more ‘cup’ based aerobras (see what i did there) so i can drop my elbows into them to provide some more support.
I did see the Dan Bigham aerobars have just launched a ‘cheaper’ version of the Anemoi called the Minemoi (i think). Xmas list maybe … but also depends on what i want to target next year. Trying to decide … which seems silly as it’s only flippin July!!