How proud am I of these ladies? My athletes Al and Julie took on the Lakesman Middle Distance triathlon and aquabike at the weekend and finished in style. For Al it was a 1900m lake swim, 56 mile bike through the Cumbrian hills and a 13.1 mile run consisting of 3 loops. For Julie the Aquabike consisted of the same disciplines minus the run. These ladies have trained hard through the Winter for this event and met the challenges that the Northern part of England face in that the weather wasn’t kind to them (until race day), they have had to spend many hours in the pool, on the turbo trainer and out in the wind and rain whenever possible, in more recent months they embarked on open water swimming which isn’t much fun in 13 degree celsius water! All the training paid off at the weekend when the weather gods were shining on them and Al blasted her first Middle distance triathlon in 7:19:25 and Julie smashed her first Middle distance aquabike in 4:57:00, both have confirmed they totally loved it and can’t wait to embark on their next challenge. Its been a pleasure to coach them and I can’t wait for the next one!
