March

Finally I have raced! Althorpe Duathlon was a great event, very well organised and a great bike course which suited me as it was quite technical in places. I had a solid first run but definitely need to sharpen my race pace. I was about 12th after the first 5km run leg and really went for it on the bike, overtaking a number of the fast (and skinny!) runners. My new Boardman TT bike is absolutely fabulous! I can't praise it enough and must say a big thank you to Fred Williams bike shop for their help. My team mate Sam was racing aswell and she had a really fast first run but I just managed to catch her on the bike and we flew into T2 side by side. A great pic for the TRiKS scrapbook!

A not so good second transition (more practice needed) and I was off on the second 5k run. I could see Sam in front but she is so strong that all I could do was use her to pace me to the finish. She came 4th overall and I was 6th so we both qualified for the European champs in our age groups. I won mine and later found out that I had got the second fastest bike time overall, so really pleased with that. One again my On trainers were fab helping me to a sub 20 minute first run. A good start to the racing season!

Next race is the Clumber Duathlon at the end of March, before the big one in Holland next month.