There’s nothing worse than the thought of the first race of the season. Not knowing how the winter’s training has gone or ‘what the hell am I doing racing in this cold’. With many starting their seasons off with some duathlons, I resisted and stuck to my plan.

Besides the early rain and low air temperatures I was feeling positive about racing. Although pool based triathlons don’t allow me enough to capitalise on my swim speed I knew going off last that I could chase everyone down for added motivation. My new Huub swim skin gave me the early edge over the other faster swimmers, setting the fastest swim split of the day. The transition was close to the pool but I still wanted to protect myself from the cold so I opted to put on my gabba top to keep toasty. Continue reading →