Something I should have written a long time ago… I did an Olympic race in 2011!! Having registered last year just as the entries opened, I was to tackle the Buckingham Palace course from 7:30am on the Sunday morning. 2 months before Challenge Barcelona, this was set to be a good test about my form of the time, and it didn’t disappoint! (more…)
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RACE MORNING!! That’s it! That’s today! Below is a race report of my first ironman distance event!
FINISHER!!
Sunday 22nd of May was my first big race of the season, and first middle distance race ever, an almost half ironman in the beautiful new forest, near Southampton. Here’s my race report…
The Swashbuckler 2011
… at betfair =) And unlike the many things that happened on Ivan’s 100th day, mine started quite quietly.
Well, that’s if you can call a 5:30am work day start quiet, but to some respect it is
- It’s still pitch dark when I woke up, and only for a few birds singing here and there, there was no noise outside.
- Cycling to work was the easiest, smoothest and fast I’ve ever done. Given the time, there was no one on the road and for a cyclist in London, that’s absolute bliss!!
- No one on the office! I can put my music on and relax a bit while not having to cope with some others loud interactions and constant calls for attention.
- I’ve been entrusted the responsibility to deploy content to the live production website of Betfair and all went super smoothly in less than 15 minutes.
- Light is coming through the bay windows, sun is going to rise soon over the Thames.
So far it’s been an incredible journey these last 100 days, both professionally and personally, and this just makes me happy.