Rother Valley Race Report

Tim Ferguson knew this was going to be a tough event as he got to racking and everyone was in high end kit. The swim was ferocious, ‘instead of front crawl I was attempting a sort of street dance freestyle. However once I remembered the swim tech that Mark had drilled into me I started to move through the field and picked up the pace for a strong finish’. A 4km climb on the bike leg pushed him to the limit, but none-the-less he started to glide through the field.rotherTim’s run didn’t start well, but thankfully this soon passed and he started to up the tempo imagining he was on the track and counting down the laps until the last 500m when he really picked up the pace, culminating in a crowd pleasing sprint finish. Pleasingly and slightly surprisingly Tim PBed in both the run and swim.

Tim says:’The organisation of this event was first rate and I can say, after a few beers, much food and plenty of rest, that I thoroughly enjoyed it.’ Next time a less dramatic race perhaps though Tim?

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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/