Well sportsfans, the curtain has been drawn on another triathlon season, with the running of the Byron Bay Triathlon.
Absolutely picture postcard perfect conditions greeted competitors and spectators alike, with a calm and crystal clear sea, blue skies and gentle breezes.
This is such a cool race, it's almost like the Wildflower of Australian triathlon. The last time I did it was as a green-horn rookie triathlete back in 2002, where rough seas and weather saw me get absolutely belted in all three disciplines !
After this year however, I wish I'd managed to fit this race into my schedule a bit more often.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I was carrying a few niggles down the M1 to Byron Bay, and was pretty much resigned to just getting out there and seeing what it felt like, just going through the motions if necessary.
I've never enjoyed swimming in races much but i really enjoyed this one. The water was calm and clear, plenty of fish around and not too many ankle grabbers !
There was a bit of a headwind heading out on the one lap bike, nothing too bad though. The bike course was mostly flat, with a few undulations and probably the trickiest thing was the road surface in some places - shocking!
A nice tailwind heading back into town saw the average speed climb up from around 34km/h to about 41km/h...
The run was 4 laps of a 2.25km circuit along the beachfront, with a small hill at one end. Got a bit cramped on the run path in sections, which made for some near-miss headon collisions, but managed to avoid taking anyone out and hold my shit together to post a 7 minute PB over the Olympic distance....gotta be happy with that!
Swim 0:20:47.0
Bike 1:04:26.1
Run 0:39:57.6
Total 2:05:10.7
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