This is getting silly...

[andygates]

...I mean, me, the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells, at a triathlon training camp? With my reputation?

Sunday, Wellington. A chance to work out what the hell happens at transitions, and ride the route so I can gauge what gear to put on the fixie. Just barely enough time for a bike day and a Saturday swim. Holy crap, that got very real very suddenly!

I'm not there to leer at tri girlies. Really, I'm not. 'ello darlin', your number's a bit smudged, let me touch it up for you...

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[andygates.livejournal.com]

My first dip into this whole game was a 10k run which I did in just under an hour - that was a Spring benchmark for last year's Half.

I really don't know what sort of time to expect. If I guess, it would be, say, 7 minutes in the pool (!), 40 minutes on the bike and 25 on the run, plus 3 minutes at each transition - so anywhere up to an hour and a half. That seems ludicrously long, though, doesn't it?

I'll be happy to survive. The pool leg will be really hard and I'm quite prepared to break into breaststroke just to finish it. Just think of Michelle Gayle in the Games and you're not far off... ...so yeah, my goal for this one is "finish in good order" - and afterwards I'll get fussy about times!