It was my third attempt at the London Triathlon which is known as the World's biggest triathlon with 13,000 participants including an elite field of 70. Last year I finished 8th and was hoping to do similar if not better this year. I was pretty tired going into the race with no real taper for the two big races of the year European and World Champs coming up soon. However when you're on the start line you give it everything.
The swim was pretty carnage with too big a field being squeezed in too small a starting line. My first 300 was pretty terrible and got worse when I got a punch to the face which has left me with a bruised nose. I made my way through the field on the rest of the swim to leave 6th.
The bike leg started pretty aggressively but 10ks into the bike section some of the top guys started staring at each other and refused to work which meant we swelled up to a pack of 30. After some gentle spinning around I managed to get off the front with 5ks to go and get a 20second gap on the peloton going onto the run.
I never really had the run legs. It started badly and there was only a slight improvement throughout the run. I managed to get round in 9th which kept me just inside the money places. A good workout.
Next up is Europeans in 3 weeks and Worlds 2 weeks after that.
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