‘I competed in my favourite triathlon on Sunday at the Cotswold Water Park near Cirencester. This is a fast and flat sprint race with a lake swim, a great bike out into the surrounding countryside finishing with two laps running round the lake.
I had a good swim, exiting near the front of a 50+ age group wave and onto the bike in near perfect conditions, averaging 32-34k with only a few younger riders overtaking me. I was quickly back into transition and out on the run. My new found fitness resulted in a tremendous pace, faster than I have run this course for some years. Coming into the finish chute the commentator remarked that someone was chasing me down to which I took scant notice expecting it to be a younger competitor – big error as someone in my age group pipped me at the finish to beat me into 2nd place by 1 second! I was gutted! However I had a good race and my time of 1.16 is my best for this race since 2007 so very pleased with myself! All that hill climbing on the bike, Tuesday sprints and Thursday night runs have paid off!’
As raced and reported by Trevor Hartley
