Three of the more mature members of B.V.A.C who should no better, abandoned their Freedom Passes for the weekend and took part in the East Grinstead Triathlon based at the Kings Centre.
Helen James, recently named the Ageless Warrior by a magazine,Janice Bailey and myself were all allocated early swim starts. There was clearly no sympathy from the organisers for our advancing years. With the outside temperature hovering around 7centigrade it proved a very cold run after exiting the pool and running the 200 metres into transition No 1 to collect our bikes. All three of us spent longer in transtition than we would have liked putting on exrtra clothing.
The bike course was quite hilly with a long climb up from Wych Cross to the edge of Ashdown Forest. It was on the long descents where the wind chill factor played a part and the extra clothing proved beneficial.
By the time i arrived back at transition to start the run things were just starting to get warmer,so more time lost removing extra tops.The run was a mixture of off and on road through local foot paths and local housing estate. All three of us were all pleased were our overall times.
Fastest 1hr 06mins 55secs; slowest 2hr 21mins 17secs; starters 313