Southam sprint triathlon - the final one of the season. A local one to me, which is always well organised by local volunteers and just generally fun to do. It consisted of a 400m pool swim in the newly refurbished leisure centre, then one big 20k loop out into the countryside on the bike - a new route this year with slightly less hills but still testing, and then 5 1k laps on a grassed route around the edges of 2 fields. The week before, having been diagnosed with sinusitis and given a 5 day course of antibiotics, I almost withdrew my entry and even messaged the organisers to see if that would be possible. However, having not had the best performances at my last two races it did really upset me that I might not be able to race the final one in my calendar and try and finish the season with a good all round consistent performance, and ultimately just enjoy myself! Sounds quite petty, but having put so many hours into training, you just want a race to go well! So I thought, a lot can change in 7 days, and so that week I just took it day by day to see how I was then feeling on Saturday. Having then done a successful cycle outside and a pool swim on the Saturday, I made the decision to give Southam a go, with the aim of racing to feel and generally just going out to have fun! I am so pleased that I did... From the word go I felt really good. My tight chest and general fatigue had gone and my legs actually wanted to go! A new PB in the pool, just 2w off a sprint distance bike power PB, and then a course PB on the run! Resulting in the overall ladies win! I had a smile all the way around - even on the run (I usually can find laps a bit boring, but not this time - it seemed to help me break it down into chunks and keep me pushing through). To top the day off, my mum got her first triathlon trophy winning her age group! So proud of her! After Valencia I told myself I never wanted to do a triathlon again... I can safely say this has rekindled my love for them 💖 Triathlon season complete - now for some muddy canicross, cross country fun and maybe some adventure cycles over winter! Hels x
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