I finished my season with a sea triathlon and qualifying for the GB Age Group Team for the European Sprint Triathlon Champs
My first season went so much better than I could possibly have expected & I found a new sport that I love - a huge win all round!
2011 races were:
- Oulton Park Duathlon
- Wilmslow Triathlon (pool)
- Speedy Beaver Sprint Triathlon (lake) - GB Age Group Champs
- Desford Triathlon
- NewBiggin Bay Sprint Triathlon (sea)
Looking back that doesn't seem a lot of races, but I found each race took a lot out of me and the training took a lot of time!
Oulton Park Duathlon came at the end of my first week of a new job, living in a new city - so it was quite a hectic time finding my feet and training venues.
Between Wilmslow and Speedy Beaver I got blown off my bike by a particularly strong gust of wind and completed Speedy Beaver with a number of cuts and grazes - definitely not my best possible performance.
Between Speedy Beaver at the end of May and Desford at the start of August, I did a fair few track races & focused on getting some speed into my legs. Track running is my first love & it was great to compete on the track for the first time since 2007. Unfortunately I didn't clock any blinding times, but got close to my pbs for 1500m and 800m and had a great time. During this couple of months my training was really unfocused as I had two aims - run fast on the track & to get super fit for Newbiggin Bay to try and qualify for the GB Team.
Next year I'll be looking to structure my season a lot better so I can focus on track or triathlon at one time!
I'll be putting up race reports for all the above races - I'm hoping formally reviewing these beyond the scribbled sentences in my training diary "tired" "very tiring" "enjoyed it but tired now" will help me work out what areas I really need to work on in 2012!
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