‘Half term and a long weekend in the new forest, and finding a race 15 minutes away- well, it would have been rude not to.  A really fun race, and a beautiful day. I had a pretty grotty swim as it was just one wave and those pesky boys were rough.  Also not swim training over the off season is not a clever move… but the massive 1k run to transition helped me pull back a couple of places. 

I managed to catch up a bit on a beautiful but hilly and very windy bike course.  The run was a beautiful route, but my legs just couldn’t catch the third lady so ended up 4th overall and 1st veteran, 1st in age group.   22nd out of 100 counting the boys- always good to chick a few!  Pleased with that as a pretty dodgy off season (complete motivation issues….) and injuries mean I’m not really race fit.  Must stop being such a wuss on bike descents- definitely would have been third as where she overtook me every time.   Well recommended for a friendly race if you happen to be local.’

As raced and reported by Lucy Owen.