Fingers and legs crossed for VLM 12 by pelican

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  Sep0720117:17 p.m.

  Sunday saw the resurection of the Crossmichael Triathlon, 1 mile swim, 25mile bike and 7+mile run. I was completing the swim as part of a relay team. 

  Weather was great there was actually heat in teh sun as well, water was suprisingly ok considering amount of rain we have had recently.

  Following a 200yd run down to the water i found myself in th last quarter of the pack but this was so i didnt force an asthma attack on myself, after half a mile we had to exit the water run round a beer barrel (empty I must hasten to add) then complete the second half of the swim. Apparently if there was a prize for fastest round the barrel it would have been mine, however what followed would have have the money on you've been framed. In my exuberence to make up one place on the girl who was just in front of me I thought a good dive will serve me well, but I went to early and bottomed out on the end of the jetty it was like diving into a puddle. This knocked the stuffing out of me and I saw the girl fade into the distance. When I eventually got my breath back i carried on and realsied I was slowly closing her down, unfortunatley my efforts were in vain as she exited before me in 6th place. 

  My time from the start to end of T1 was app 35 min so away the cyclist went he completed the cycle in 1hour 19 and this left a rolling 7 mile run to completed this was done in 49:43 giving us a cumulative time of approx 2 hour 44min and 4th place so i was led to believe. We are all concerned about some of the timings as they were done the old fashioned way visually and with a stopwatch.

  Anyway the event was a great success with only one withdrawal that i am aware of and this was mechanical failure on teh bike leg.

  Oooo got some new shoes Brookes Adrenalin GTS 11 so broke them in with a 4 mile treadmill run as I was worried about them rubbing on my wounded feet from bottoming out on the jetty on Sunday.

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  • Nick 'Well done, Brian! Just be thankful there are no pictures of your diving technique!' added 7th Sep 2011

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  • pelican 'Nick no doubt someone will have caught it on camera????' added 8th Sep 2011

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