I have qualified for the European age group championships in Dusseldorf 2017 for sprint triathlon! I am absolutely over the moon with the fact that I qualified for the race, it shows the training I have been putting in finally paid off. However I’m going to have to up it another level in preparation for the actual race. There will be some brilliant athletes there and I will be hoping to push through and achieve top 10. Parkrun On Saturday 23rd July, me and over 300 others ran Parkrun to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer, this involved wearing tutus and cake donations post event. I felt very comfortable throughout the whole race and won it in 17:57 which I am happy with considering the very humid conditions. This was a good run to get me back into the cycle of 3 running sessions a week (Parkrun being one of them). Throughout the week leading up to the 30th I had a lot of time to train in-between work and other commitments meaning I swam over 6km, cycled over 60km and ran over 34km. This is the sort of training I will hope to complete regularly especially throughout the holidays. On the 30th July, Stonehouse Parkrun hosted their second event and so my Dad, Brother and I decided it would be good to experience the course and meet some new runners. The only issue for me was a niggling Achilles injury that I’ve had for the past week. As a result I chose to take it easy and I finished in almost exactly 24 minutes behind both my Brother and Dad. It was a very good event and mostly on grass – this might make it interesting in the winter! A friendly team and good location puts this new Parkrun on a firm footing for a good future. Now that I’ve had a week off, I am hoping my Achilles will have healed and I’ll be back up and running in no time! http://www.parkrun.org.uk/stonehouse/ Post-holiday Upon returning from my week away, I rode for the first time with the Veloton team from Tetbury. It was their regular Sunday ride, although only four of us due to holidays and a race meeting locally. One regular rider, a school friend called Euan, is a good sprinter and so I was constantly trying to stick with him when he shot off. Once Dad and I cycled home, we had covered around 70km and it wasn’t even lunch time! http://veloton.co.uk/ On Monday, Euan, George (a very good cyclist) and I set out to complete a 20 mile time trial around Tetbury and surrounding areas. The two of them are both competitive cyclists and this is my weakest discipline so I was constantly trying to catch up and stick with them. The wind was horrible and made it much harder, alongside the short breaks, we would’ve finished well under an hour but instead came in at around 1:00.30. It was possibly the hardest cycle I have ever done and it shows how much harder you work when cycling with other people. All three of us are looking to make it a weekly ride and hoping the times will plummet. On Tuesday morning I ventured out and around Malmesbury for a slow 8km jog. Bad news, my Achilles and ankle were on fire and causing pain. However being the idiot I am, I pushed through and ended up covering it in ice for the rest of the evening. This was the reason I took a day off from exercise on Wednesday and at work ensured there was little stress on my lower left leg. I had lifeguarding work at the lake all day on Thursday so I decided to make a steady commute on the bike to check out the ankle. On the way out, everything was absolutely perfect, no issues in anyway. Similar on the way back, no pain just uncomfortable for short parts (mainly uphill). I hope this will lead to a speedy recovery and get me in perfect condition for the half-ironman next week. http://113events.com/cotswold-113/
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