mArKw
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Walden TriThis was my third Walden Tri. 750m swim, 25Km bike and a 5Km run. After a rubbish Half Ironman last week, I was hoping to find my mojo and see if I could improve on my swim and bike times from last year.
The day didn't start well with forgetting my bike computer, race number belt and swim goggles!! Fortunately I managed to borrow some goggles and obtained some marker tape from an official to make a race belt.
Had a good swim. Took another half minute off last year's time, coming in at 15:59 which I'm happy with as I thought my estimated time when I entered of 16 minutes may have been a little optimistic. Maybe that could be then incentive for next year.......
The bike was hard going as I had forgotten how undulating the course was and with a stiff headwind for most of the course. I pushed the bike as hard as I could this year as I wanted to do sub 50 mins and came in with 47 minutes. 5 minutes off last year. Well chuffed.
Due to a persistent ankle injury, I took the run easy, especially as all of it is off-road. The course was different this year, and I think much better for it. Finished in 1 hour 31 minutes.
This is a great event, good location, very scenic and well organised. Will definitely be doing it again next year.
Mark
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