Cupar Sprint Triathlon

Gareth was off competing again today & has come up with another race report as follows. Thank goodness he had his sugar rich packed lunch today - really seems to have made a difference.

Cupar sprint triathlon 12-04-2009No easter eggs for me this morning, up early and off to fife . Did not get lost today - usually do whenever i tri to find Cupar .The sky was blue but with some ground frost and @5degrees .Got registered and set up the red stand in transition.Again no coke and mars bars in the machine but today i was prepared . Off in the 3rd swim heat and last in the lane - my favorite position passed two ladies but somehow was last out of the lane – maybe having 5 year old lane counters is not the best option !Into transition and the decision of jumper or not – made the wrong one and was far too hot ,anyway 2 scalps in transition , 3 on the path to the road and then a steady overtake on the first lap . second lap started well with a couple of scalps but then got within 5 bike lengths of someone who was just enough slower than me to hold me up but just fast enough that i could not take him in the required 30 secs . Got right up the back of him on a steep bit but at this stage i had refuelled (half mars bar duo ) and in the attempt to get past breathed about half of it in – this provoked a response similar but more violent than Gens fly breathing episode the other week – so i thought i'll get him on the descent . Got back up to speed and i could see him braking for a sharp righthander – much harder than i expected – so i slammed on the anchors and nearly had the rear wheel up to avoid the nice red audi which was barrelling up the road . Anyway thought i would never get him but some hard work on the 53 16 and i got him and the girl in front of him . And then to T2 . The marshall helpfully pointed out that i had too many clothes on ( big girls blouse was the comment) Off onto the run and the chap i had tried so hard to catch ran into and then past me – could not catch him to thank him ! So 3 flat laps and thats it over – great course for me felt strong but only on the 3rd lap (when another guy passed me and i thought i had better speed up) , looked at the watch and again didn’t believe it – i am awaiting the official result but looks to have been a bit faster than last year ( and i did 2 extra lengths IMO )So more swimming for metook some pics but cant get them into this for some reason