First Iron Man for Sarah – 3rd Out of the Water!

Sarah Hepenstall headed to Marlow for her first Iron Man event this weeknd, Marlow 70.3: ‘In my nice new wetsuit I was at the front of the women’s mass start and stayed there for the 1.9k. I managed 3rd girl out of the swimming over taking the masses of men in the time of 29.48. On to the bike and 86k route around Henley and into Oxfordshire. It went well and learnt what worked for food!! I did enjoy my peanut butter and jam sandwiches. the cycle went well and did the course (which was a little hilly) in 3hrs 11. sarahHempMarlow
 
Then onto the run and somehow felt good. The 4 loops of 5k was a steady and well paced. I finished the run in 2 hrs 5. In total I did it in 5hrs 54. Only a nice blister on a toe for injuries (although I did fall of the bike Saturday grazing my arse!!) 
 
Since I have only done sprint triathlons doing this length worried me but it was fine and I enjoyed it. Overall positions 283. 40th girl and age category 12.’
 
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About Kate Wallace

I've always been involved with sport of some description, particularly adrenaline sports (skiing, boarding, kite-surfing, bungi jumps, parachute jumps, mountain biking) and endurance events (7 marathons, lots of halfs, Caledonian Challenge, London to Brighton bike ride, Moonwalk, played/coached rugby), but I'm relatively new to triathlon as it's actually taken the place of other sports after a couple of bad accidents! Although looking at the biographies of all you other Viceroys I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that all I've done are a few team traitahlons (running or cycling leg) and a couple of super sprints and sprints on my own, I'm hoping that being a Viceroy might persuade me that swimming in open water over 400m is actually possible. Read more about me in the May 2012 Triathlon Plus: http://www.triradar.com/2012/04/09/were-inspired-by-kate-wallace/