THREE SPIRES. 20th sep 2009.by Jonathon.EPosted by gavinrigg06 on September 28th, 2009

This event was one of the events,initially pencilled in as a 220 forum buddies meetting and event,but probably got sidelined with the formation of the BCTTT.Hussler,and Trudger were there from the BCTTT,I did shout encouragement to Trudger,but in his words ‘he thought it was a strange man shouting and decided to ignore’.The event was run in traditional Chaserace efficiency,although along with most other races,you get there early for parking to avoid disappointment.Through registration and off to the swimming pool to watch some of the competitors.

The swim was uncluttered with a max of 3 swimmers in the wide lanes which permitted others to overtake me when they wanted without risking the headache inducing full on crash with the opposite direction competitor.Out of the swim and a long run to T1,adding about 50 secs to the transition time.

The bike route is a fairly undulating out and back affair,allowing me to stay on the aerobars and 53 ring for the 12miles,simples.I tried to stay with one of the sae time starters but I got dropped pretty quickly so opted to go into cruise mode.

Back to transition and off for the pleasant 5k run around the playing fields,I am sure that the run was less than the indicated distance as I notched up a sub 20 min split,something I have not done for a number of years.Finished in a sneeze under 1hr 8m,so pleased with that,just one final one to go t Brigg on the 27th sep.