Olympic & Sprint Success

As the month of July draws to a close, I thought I'd just pop a quick update to say

"he only when and bloody done it"

Pembroke Coastal Olympic Triathlon

On the 7th July I lined up on the beautiful sea front of Broad Haven to start what would be my 1st Olympic distance triathlon.

The swim went much better than I expected and I didn't need to stop much only to sight the markers, and empty the sea water from my goggles! The sea was nice a flat, not much wind, a slight swirl , but nothing to cause alarm.

Swim time: 35min

In and out of transition and on to the bike course, Pembroke is a good course, but it was very windy, but still managed to maintain a steady 16mph

Bike time: 1hr 40min

In and out of transition, and on to the 10.5k run course, by this stage my legs were in bits, the 1st 3k takes you from sea level up 300 foot via a coastal path, I basically had to walk this part of the course. from mile 3 I managed to get my legs to do something , and eventually between me, and my brain we managed to tell my legs that they needed to run!


Run time: 1hr 17min

Overall Time: 3hr 38min

Gower Sprint Triathlon 21st July 

Most recent event, and I have to say the best yet, the whole weekend, event, venue, and weather was perfect.

Port Eynon is really nice place to swim in, the sea was very calm and made swimming a real joy.

Swim Time 16m 01s

I took the bike section easy, and kept to 15mph, the course is good, one decent hill, with a fast decent 40mph.


Bike Time 55m 56s


Taking the bike section easy gave me a little more than usual for the 5k run bit, the course was okay, 2 laps but the course does take you on the beach for about 500m and then gets back on to level ground,

Run Time 28m 50s

Overall Time: 1hr 44min....And a medal.

For those of you that know me, you will know that I'm a little shallow and love a medal and at the end of Gower we were all given medals. 

A big well done Scott Powell for holding a fantastic event which must be up there as one of the top triathlons in Wales to compete in. 

Finally a big thank you to my wonderful wife and kids who were there cheering me on; and of course it goes without saying Rob Govier who was standing half way up the 1st hill with his famous IM cowbells :-) cheers Rob legend.

August has another first for me - 100 mile Blenheim sportive, I'm really excited about this event, as it will be good test to see how I get on covering 100 miles.

Over & Out 

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