On the 14th January, the ACT Sprint Champs were
held at Yarralumla Bay. A crew of Tridents took to the start line for the first
hit out of 2007 to blow out any christmas and new years cobwebs! A short report
below on how my race went :0)
Swim:
Despite a cool brisk morning of 13 degrees, the swim was declared
No Wetsuits allowed (much to the disappointment of many!) with water temperature
"supposedly" 24.3 degrees. According to many though (including me!) it felt no
where near like 24 so the start line was full of shivering competitors wishing
they could be in warm wetsuits!! In the 4th wave behind all the males, I went
out hard only to get tangled in a mess of seaweed! a swim split of 10:38 saw me
out of the water 2nd, about half a minute down.
Bike:
In hot pursuit, I hammered the bike leg to my absolute max,
pushing quite a big gear on the mostly flat 1 lap loop (while still maintaing a
decent cadence!) I made up some time on the bike, but despite having the
fastest bike split of the females (which i'm very happy with!! :D), entered T2
still in 2nd place.
Run:
Running out of T2 i put my foot down and ran hard chasing. I was
feeling great on the run and had the lead after about a km. i kept the legs
turning over as quickly as i could, finishing in 1:07:10hrs.
Some pictures are attached from the race. hope you like them!
Bring on the next stop, National Series race #3 - Home town
Canberra!!
Till then!
Shell :0)