London Triathlon 2009 race pack arrives

My race pack for this year’s Mazda London Triathlon arrived today, consisting of: 1 x event brochure, 1 x race number, 3 x race number stickers, 1 x security wrist band. It also confirms my start time of 14.10 pm and my race number, 9910. Only 9909 others to beat then…

With less than two weeks to go until the starting horn blows and the melee that is the swim start kicks off, literally, I’m feeling OK about it all, now. As always, I wish I could be leaner, meaner and fitter, but for now I’m confident that I can improve on last years time of 2 hours 57 mins, aiming this year for a somewhat ambitious 2 hours 45 minutes, let’s see how it goes.

I’m not feeling particularly good about the dreaded swim, but I’ll just have to battle through that and try to keep plugging away whilst acclimatising as quickly as I possibly can. With respect to the road ride, as I’m starting in one of the many afternoon waves, we unfortunately don’t get to ride all the way to Westminster, instead turning at Tower Bridge for a slightly less windy ride (the river bank does encourage a head wind). The run is something I hope I can improve on very slightly.

In truth I’m hoping I can trim some time in transition. This year for T1, no socks, no gloves and I intend to already be wearing my tri top in the swim, saving even more time. Again in T2, no socks for the run so just a quick change of shoes, no gloves to peel off either. Oooh, that should save at least 20 valuable seconds. Anything to beat last years time.

Another first for me is the use of tri bars. Hoping they’ll allow me to shave a few more seconds off the bike leg, although I suspect by usingthem I’ll just be pushing harder and perhaps using more energy.

Anyway, I’m in my last week of training before tapering down and carb loading, so wish me luck.

More soon, honest.

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