2010 Season Begins :-)

Okay, I finally remembered about this the other day and thought I would try and keep this up to date over the next season. The weather finally seems to be warming up a bit so I'm looking forward to getting outside on the bike more often...there is only so long I can cope with staring at the garage wall on the bike without going mad! Winter training went okay.... too many sore throats/colds to deal with but kept training when I could.

Had the first race of the season up in Aberdeen at the weekend with the uni team. It was an 800m swim and 10km run as part of the Scottish Uniz triathlon league. I wasn't really sure what to expect as it has been a few months since I have done any racing. I aimed to complete it all under an hour (sub 10min swim, sub 50min 10km) and managed to do that so I'm pretty happy. I had a pretty good swim and managed to get myself out the water in first place. I struggled quite a lot on the first lap of the run with trying to get my breathing steady but after that I managed to get myself into a more comfortable pace. I was able to pick up the pace for the last lap and finished my run in 48.12 (including transition...so probably a low 47). Pretty happy with my running time, seems to be going in the right direction. Still a lot of work to be done yet but I'm sure it will get there :-)

Next race is in two weeks time through in Tranent for the Scottish Uniz. Hoping to see some improvements from when I raced there last year!