Sunday 21st July 2013
Winchester Peddle Paddle Pace Triathlon
Today I competed in the Winchester PPP triathlon to raise money for MacMillan Cancer support. I came 27th in total out of over 300 other competitors with a time of 1 hour 16 minutes and 57 seconds. So far I have raised over £190 and it keeps going up!
The Triathlon consisted of a 20km bike ride starting at the bottom of Winchester highstreet and finishing at the nearby Kings-gate Tennis Club. From the Tennis club there was A 5km run alongside the River Itchen out to the Hockly Viaduct and back again. The last stage of the race was A 2km Kayak down the Itchen.
I finished the cycle inside 38 minutes putting me in the top 15 at the end of the first stage. This was just over 7 minutes quicker than my origonal target time! In the run I averaged 5 minute kilometers to complete the run In A few seconds over 25 minutes which was the target time I was aiming for. The Kayak was the only part of the race I couldn't train for due to the lack of equipment and so set myself, what I thought, was a modest target time of 18 minutes. In fact I was far quicker than that and finished the 2km In A respectable 15 minutes.
I managed to get myself into the Hampshire Chronicle with a lovely picture of me and my other "gang" member James. Links to the picture, my just giving page where you can donate, and the official timing page are given below.
Race results table
The photo in the paper of me and James!
My just giving page where you can donate to MacMillan Cancer Support
