Mark Edmunds’ ETU Experience:

‘I was in the first wave of the championships at 7AM doing male 25-29 Olympic Distance. We started from the pontoon which was a massive surprise as age group athletes are supposed to do water starts! so we all dived in and I lost my goggles straight away, so had to find them and re attach them, but once re attached I struggled to sight as they became fogged up. I struggled round and was disappointed in my time of 24.35 minutes, but a quick transition and strong first bike lap had my spirits up as I caught and passed Nururas other athletes and came in after lap 4 in 59.59, a PB for 40km. A solid T2 saw me in 8th position in my AG so I had high hope of moving up but my legs just gave up once I hit the first hill and knowing I had another 3 laps to survive I hung in and finished in 2 hrs 8 minutes 55 seconds which was a massive PB and got me 14th in AG and 71st overall, which was a massive achievement and my season goal done.’