Tugwell takes on Toughest Duathlon: BALLBUSTER!

The Ball Buster Duathlon: 8 mile run, 24 mile bike and 8 mile run – tough, yes? But if those stats aren’t enough, the course takes you up, down and around Box Hill. Andy Tugwell tells us the story of his race:tugwell

‘Got there nice and early to witness the sun coming up and was thinking it was a nice day for racing. I started the run and was feeling good , I just behind the second group; I was still there and feeling good for the transition but by then the freezing sideways rain had started so it made the bike loops very tricky. At one point we were bunched and doing 35mph down Lodge Bottom Road(which most of the Viceroys probably know)- a bit scary but lots of fun…came in for the second run and was feeling good, stayed at a good pace and came in 3min over my first run time, so well pleased. 

I must say that this was probably the toughest race I have done, so to beat that 3hour mark was great, bring on next year!’

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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/