Outlaw Holkham Half

I am very happy to be able to say that on Sunday I finished as the 2nd elite woman in the Outlaw Holkham Half Triathlon! This was a half ironman distance event (1900m swim, 90km bike and 21km run) in the depths of north Norfolk. Here’s 5 things I learned from the race on Sunday:

A New Benchmark

  Yesterday I competed in my first half ironman (middle distance triathlon) at Graham Water in Cambridgeshire. Before yesterday I had never raced further than 10km (running race), so the half marathon at the end was a bit of a step up to say the least. The total distance of a half ironman is a 1.9km

A learning curve

Race season is officially underway! I’ve just finished my 2nd race in the space of 2 weeks, which has been a bit of a shock to the system. Saffron Walden Sprint Tri (pool based) was my first one last weekend and I also entered the St Neots Standard distance race today (in a river). I

SPRING FORWARD

So the clocks have changed, the evenings are longer and the weather has improved (slightly), which can only mean one thing. It’s almost race season! I’m really looking to getting back out there. I’ve had a complete break over the winter which has given me the extra motivation and energy to get back into it. I’m not