Well Nottingham Outlaw done, for those that don't know it's the same as a Ironman in terms of distance (bloody long)
Swim was fine, decided just to just take it easy as not done much swimming this year and lost the last 4 weeks due to getting knocked off the bike and a busted nose meaning I couldn't wear goggles 90mins which was bang on what I planned.
The bike leg was a disaster first gear change and the front derailleur decided to have a breakdown.... So cue the next 15mins doing a repair which forced me to be stuck in the big ring for the entire ride, then another 15 mins fixing the repair again. I did plan for a 6hr ride but ended up with 6hrs.26 and lots of matches burnt grinding out the big ring luckily it's not hilly course so pretty happy with the bike leg...
Now onto the run it was first 15k were fine, nothing to worry about then thigh muscles decided enough was enough and it was down run walk and more walk than run. A shocking run time 6hrs 17 and I paid the price for bike leg, was hoping for under 5 really.
The heat and humidity was draining and I was so glad of the finish line of 14hrs 43mins.
A brutal day and if anyone says let's do another long distance triathlon you can shuv it up your arse