Cotswold Classic 113 (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, half marathon)

Basically half Ironman 70.3 distance...

Super chuffed with my effort at the Cotswold113 triathlon today (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and half marathon - kind of half Ironman but not branded)
Swim - improved by about 2 minutes (1.2 miles - 43 mins 30) … I’ll take that.
Bike - improved by a fair amount although the course was faster: 56 miles - 3 hours 6 mins
Run - I kind of lost it in the middle to bathroom stops but it’s still an improvement of 7 minutes on the last half iron - half marathon - 2.07
Transitions were also faster but not fast enough!
Overall 6 hours 9 minutes which is so much faster than my last effort of 3 hours 40 minutes. I must be improving!

Thanks to Christian (Tri Performance Coaching) for all your ongoing guidance and support (whatever my challenge and whatever time of day - you seem to manage it! 😅) and to Amanda Robson for getting me organised and inspiring me on the bike! Also to Alan Best for fixing my last minute tyre value malfunction! And for all those training rides! Thanks to AVT/AVR & Westbury Wheelers for giving me amazing support with my training and to everyone else that has helped me with me during training so far - and sometimes those crazy distances! 😆 🫶

[garymacalister]

That's not a medal, it's a weapon!!! Well done on the Classic :)

[SwimBikeRunStu]

I tried to the cotswold classic once. I crashed and broke my collarbone 🙈🤣🤣