So far the 2009 triathlon season has not gotten off to as good a start as I'd hoped. After a great winter training and some promising pre season race results (1st Deerstalker, 7th Edinburgh half Marathon) I was really excited going into the start of the season. Unfortunately as so often is the case when you are racing well and overloading your body training, you end up opening up yourself to infection. Unfortunately this was the case and I came down with a bug over Easter and ended up missing the first race of the season which was really disappointing, but these things happen so not to worry, a few tweaks to the original training plan and all will be back on track.
After a few tough races and getting back to base training it finally looks like things are starting to come together with a 5th place finish at the Stirling sprint triathlon last weekend.
Stirling is possibly one of my favourite Scottish races, which seems to be a popular feeling with so many others as the race filled up way back in April, I had to end up banking on other competitors dropping out as I hadn't gotten my entry in fast enough, note for future, enter Stirling as soon as it opens.
Amongst the entry were names like Stuart Fraser and Fraser Cartmell both of whom are Elite long distance athletes who lead the charge at the front of the Field with Fraser running away for the win in 58:32, almost 4mins ahead of 2nd place. Fraser looks likes he's on good form to defend his Ironman UK 70.3 title later in the month, all the best Fraser.
On my race I was really happy with my swim putting in a pb in the pool 10:28, which is strange as I really didn't feel that strong in the pool so hopefully that's a promising sign for things to come, looks like all that time in Porty sea is paying off. On to the bike and I was hoping for a strong bike after setting a new pb at the Kirky 10 on Wednesday, however it just didn't seem to be 100% there, but I did have a good battle with AndyBuchanan with us passing each other several times before he managed to get away from me just before we started to head back to the Uni. With Running being my strongest discipline I was confident I would be able to run him down however it was tougher than I had expected with me not being able to pass Andy until the start of the second lap, Cheers for the support Hugh it definitely helped at that point.
All in all happy with the out come of the race, 9th out the pool and finishing 5th with the 3rd fastest run of the day. Good day at the office, with plenty more to come.
Next week Peebles sprint and another head to head with David Moffat.
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