Olly’s race report from last weekends 770.3 from home. Great to see the training is really paying off!
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The swim started off at the local pool at 8am. Sadly, it happened to be the busiest session of the week so there was absolutely no chance of getting a lane to myself, so it was a case of head down and get it done. Try to keep the lane-rage to a minimum…… impossible!!!
Next up was the bike. I was looking forward to this. It was perfect weather and I had a couple of mates with me. Unfortunately, my “treat snack” flapjacks for the ride were lost at the first pot hole approximately 1 mile in as it dropped out of the pouch, but I thankfully still had a load of Cliff Blocks so we ploughed on. We had a good old laugh and it was great to get my “posh” bike off the turbo and get a wriggle on. Sadly, they were on road bikes so even though I was the heaviest by some distance, I had to keep a bit of a lid on it at times as the nattering took precedence. This turned out to not be the worst thing after what was ahead.
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The run started off as planned, and was generally pleased with the pace we’d set. I was feeling a bit of a twinge in my thigh but hey, mind over matter and all that, we just powered through. I’ve not looked back at the data but how I remember it was we got to about mile 6/7 ish and the cramp started kicking in both my thigh and calf muscles, resulting in short run/walk bursts to the finish.
Completion was my initial goal, so to complete it in 7hrs 10mins plus transitions, (which I didn’t time given amongst other things, I bombed a quick flat white down before the bike… there didn’t seem much point in timing these bits 🤣)
I was absolutely delighted to finish it and not only that, I was still feeling good at the end. I was mildly disappointed that the run didn’t go exactly how I wanted but I learnt so much for the next one about race day nutrition and where I can and can’t push a little more.
Overall, it was a fantastic experience, even if we weren’t in Venice as originally planned. A huge thanks goes to Allie for keeping me on track and taking me from being a big old lump, to a big old lump who can now swim, bike and run. A bit.
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