The Isle of Wight triathlon has been one of those races that I have always wanted to win, due to it being my local race. In the past I had never won the race but always finished close. This year the pressure was on to win it, so I borrowed as many things as I could to save time. This consisted of Martin Piper’s aero helmet and Nina French’s zipp disc. The bike felt awesome so a big thank you to them!!
The race distances are weird. They are a 600m swim, a 35km bike ride and a 7.5km run. The race went well with a fast swim time of 7.14, only a second slower than last year, which i was vey pleased with as I had laid off the swimming in the summer so as to concentrate on my running and biking.
Off I went on the bike with the amazing noise made by the disc wheel constantly pushing me on. I pushed the bike hard, and really worked the hills as I knew it was my strong point on this course. During the last bit of the bike Oliver Milk took me like I was standing still which cut me deep mentally. I thought to myself just keep him in sight and I’ll do my best to run him down. Coming off the bike I felt awesome and took the first 1k steady to get into it, soon I was on Oliver’s shoulder and then pushed on and just never looked back and hope for the best. It turned out to be a great race and I was glad to finally win my local race.
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