BRAT Triathlon 65.09 - 4th Overall.

The final BRAT triathlon of the summer down at Heffron and despite no running or form of late was still keen to give it a go on a classic Autumn morning that felt more like Summer with temps in the high 20s.
Good crowd down there with HuRTS boys Eoin the Leech and Angry Boy Clyde (who was surprisingly in a jovial mood and had a great conversation with him prior to the off) Agreed to sit on Clyde's feet in the swim who was also tapping Eoin's toes just ahead. Despite my own good form in the pool of late it was still no match for Clyde who powered ahead and i was off the back even after 150mtres - still hung in there and was happy enough to cover the 750 distance in 12.38
A quick transition and it was out for the 20ks on the bike and was surprised that i managed to catch up to the normally much stronger rider in Clyde after only about 8ks - changed positions a few times for the remainder and reeled in the Leech at the same time. Come in off the bike all roughly at the same time and i clocked a 32.30 time (ave 38.5 ks per/hour?), Knew then i didn't have the legs to hold our Kiwi friend as he gaped me within the first 500 metres and when Eoin did the same it was to prove a long final 3ks home. Managed to catch a few on the run mind and with about 500 metres to go came up to one guys shoulder and thought i would kick for home .....Unfortunately he wasn't feeling very charitable and came with me, Tried once more and same thing happened and thought 'Bugger this' and settled just to cross the line together only problem was he had other ideas and kicked for home with 100 meters to go to get that final podium spot for 3rd place with me knocking out  a 19.09 run time
Overall time was 65.09 for 4th Place and was over 3 minutes quicker then last month although the bike leg was far tougher last month.
Huge Congrats to Angry Man Clyde on the win - See it proves you can be calm and pleasant at times and still get the just rewards :) , also good to see Eoin looking strong to take 2nd spot, He must be getting stronger as he was waiting for me to cross the line and agreed to give me 2 minutes start in the Half after seeing me crawl over the line.
Will post official results once i have them.

With Angry Boy Clyde after the race and moments before he demolished the nearby BBQ :)

With 1st Place Clyde (right) , 2nd Eoin, and NO Young Junior Reville didn't pip me for 3rd spot

In a battle for 3rd spot with 500 metres to go and in the 'Hurt Box' having to settle for 4th for the day :(


Oh and sorry for the late posting  but was busy having a few ales yesterday afternoon, i know POD was eagerly awaiting the report and wanted to hear how Clyde gave me a good 'Schooling' ...so there you have it  :)

Congrats to our very own Enda as well on his Half Marathon run down in Canberra on the weekend - 78.05 officially, pretty solid effort and it was only about 3 minutes slower in time then he managed the 300 swim at the pool last Friday.

Another disappointing result overnight in the Premiership with the pressure now mounting and survival  for Stoke after a lose to Man Utd 0 - 2 , Looks like the Toon are going to be sweating as well after the Mackems took the big North East Derby, And it seems like QPR have gone with another lose , and hopefully Wigan will be the ones joining them come May time.
Also see those lunatics that class themselves as football fans from Millwall causing mayhem once more - only this time actually fighting each other - Clowns. I thought all that sort of behaviour was left behind in the 80s but it seems as if they are still as crazy?

Just about to hit the city for today's swim leg, and then tomorrow its the HuRTS 2 x 20 minute session running.

Cheers