Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Well Grainne told me not to do it on the mountain bike but I did it anyway!! I could’ve borrowed a road one but for all the difference it would make to someone as slow as me….. I’m talking about the Naas Wheelworx Tri Club Dirty Weekend Duathlon in Punchestown this morning. About 2 miles run, 20k cycle and 2 mile run. For the cycle I did indeed lose lots of places as the people on road bikes went “schoop, achoop, schoop” past me every minute. I reckon I wouldn’t have been much faster on a road one, knowing how slow I am. I made up a few places on the last run though as the cyclists seemed to have lost all use of their legs!! (I did for about 2 minutes, it’a the strangest sensation!!)
This race is extremeley well organsied and the use of Punchestown is a real bonus; stands for people to wait and spectate, cover if it does happen to rain, handy parking and an all round great place to set up by the organisers. Race started late because of the lack of an ambulance but was eventually won by Sean McFadden and Elena Maslova.

-Aisling-

Photo from my flickr set.