Last weekend was British University Triathlon Champs all the way down in Wiltshire, Calne which is somewhere near Bath so the sign posts told me. Its the 4th year in a row I have travelled down and the weekend just seems to get longer and longer each year. Driving a van for 16 hours is not fun especially when its gone past midnight and your still not back in Scotland yet. The race itself though is somewhat unique as it doesn't begin until 4pm which at least allows the rarity of a long lie on race day. The format is also strange with a longer than usual bike leg of 25k in a sprint. So a 750metre swim/ 25bike and 5k run was the order of the day.
The swim was a pretty standard affair as it is in all pool based swims. There's no fighting as there is in open water so after 750 metres I left the pool in joint first. The wind on the bike is always a big factor of the race as the exposed country lanes give you nowhere to hide. Nobody else seemed willing or able to take the race on so for the first 15k into the head and side wind I sat at the head of affairs trying to keep the pace strong but not blowing myself to bits. After a sharp 90degree turn I upped the intensity with a tailwind at my bike and quickly opened up a gap. Coming into T2 that had opened up to 40seconds. The 5k run like the swim was pretty unforgettable. I felt pretty average and slightly tired after the bike but managed to grow on my lead to finish almost 90seconds clear.
After 4 years of trying I finally managed to win British Unis. It's a pretty big relief. Now lets just hope Kilmarnock don` t get relegated today.
The swim was a pretty standard affair as it is in all pool based swims. There's no fighting as there is in open water so after 750 metres I left the pool in joint first. The wind on the bike is always a big factor of the race as the exposed country lanes give you nowhere to hide. Nobody else seemed willing or able to take the race on so for the first 15k into the head and side wind I sat at the head of affairs trying to keep the pace strong but not blowing myself to bits. After a sharp 90degree turn I upped the intensity with a tailwind at my bike and quickly opened up a gap. Coming into T2 that had opened up to 40seconds. The 5k run like the swim was pretty unforgettable. I felt pretty average and slightly tired after the bike but managed to grow on my lead to finish almost 90seconds clear.
After 4 years of trying I finally managed to win British Unis. It's a pretty big relief. Now lets just hope Kilmarnock don` t get relegated today.
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