1500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run.
Held over the weekend of the 9/10 August this years London Triathlon attracted over 13000 entries competing over various distances from super sprint to Olympic. I opted to take part in the Olympic Distance event
My start wave on the Sunday afternoon consisted of about 400 competitors which given the physical nature of the start was in my opinion probably to many and far exceeded previous years.Normally I would expect to establish some clear water after about 100yds but all through the swim I seemed to be encountering other swimmers.
The bike leg consisted of two laps out to Tower Bridge and back via the Beckton roundabout in very windy conditions. On the final leg i missed the turn off into the Excel Centre and having realised my mistake had to retrace my steps losing a couple of minutes.
The 2 lap 10k run around the Royal Victoria Docks was at least flat apart from the steep ramp up to the centre and again like the cycling was made more testing by the very stong winds.
Les Humphrey 37/63 M55+ 2:59:36 [PB]