Troutbeck Triathlon

Sunday, 10th August 2008

 

My sister Kelly and I did Troutbeck Triathlon on Sunday, 10th August. On the day Dad loaded the car and we set off. Once we got there and got parked Dad, Kelly and I went to get registered whilst Mum and Grandma sat in the car out of the cold. Once we were registered we got our start times and put our numbers on the front and back of our t-shirts. Then we racked our bikes and got our helmets checked. The racking was very tight and too low to hang our bikes on properly.

Kelly was racing first at 3:40 and we watched her out of transition and onto the muddy field for her three laps on the bike. I was starting to get worried as it looked hard peddling around the mucky field. I had to go and get ready then for my race so I missed Kelly’s run but mum and grandma said she did well and managed her sprint at the end.

Then it was my turn. Eight lengths of the pool, not a problem for me as swimming is my strongest discipline. In transition the lack of space caused me a few problems and I couldn’t get my bike out of the racks which lost me a lot of time. In my hurry I put my helmet on the wrong way round which gave Dad a laugh as I rode past him on the first of my five laps. I found the bike the hardest discipline as the field where we cycled was very wet and muddy. Then back into transition I passed my bike to the marshal who was racking them for us and then I went off on my run, five laps on grass around an astro turf pitch with all the hockey players watching us. It was slippy on the corners where everyone had been turning. I still managed a slow sprint into the finish. I WAS SHATTERED!!

 

After all the groups had finished we were able to collect our bikes and then go to the presentation where we got a certificate, a medal and a t-shirt. I finished 6th out of seven girls in my age group and Kelly was 13th out of 17 girls in her group. Then we could go, it was a long day and we finally got home at seven and had a well deserved Chinese takeaway!

 

Race distances

 

 

Age

Swim

Bike

Run

Kelly

11 / 12

150m

(6 Lengths)

3000m

(3 Laps)

1200m

(3 Laps)

Emma

13 / 14

200m

(8 Lengths)

5000m

(5 Laps)

2000m

(5 Laps)

                                   

Written by: Emma Davies

Submitted: 15th August 2008

Edited by: Brenda J Earnshaw, WRREditor