In just 2 months, Kevin has achieved some speactacular results and thanks coach Mark Yeoman for getting him to this stage:

 

1. Dorney Evening Sprint Tri 23 July – Swim 13.35, cycle 34.11, run 23.18. Overall 1.13.06. 3rd in AG. PB by loads – and with calves which felt like they had been put through a meat grinder.

 

2. London Tri Olympic. Estimated 3hr for first attempt. Came in 2hr30min 50sec. I’ll claim sub 2-1/2 based on the 1k run you had to do in transition!

 

3. Bedfont Lake Park Run. Last three weekends first in AG. Last weekend, on my 207th run a PB at 21.36.  This time last year I was struggling to break 24 mins.

 

4. Surrey 100’ish. Cycle time 5hrs’ish. Stats… 4 different coloured rehydration drinks tried, 12 fig rolls, 6 packets of Drumstick sweets, 4 packets of Haribo, 6 bananas, 2 packets of biscuits, 1 energy gel and some rain apparently. 

 

Apologies to Mr Phil Sumner. I’m not the best person to talk to when racing and the last lap of a 10k run at London Tri is not a good time to try a conversation with me about Viceroy kit size! Sorry if I was a bit abrupt.

 

Note for next race. Do not put bananas in your kit bag, especially if you have to cycle someway to get there. They have a tendency to split, squash and spread themselves all over your kit. Whilst quite possibly a good lubricant it does start to stink after a while.

 

As raced and reported by Kevin Dargue