IMUK

Finished 99th, 5th in AG and just under 11 hours. Slower than I wanted (but then looking at the times it was a slow day, only one man under 9hrs and no bikes under 5hrs) but the swim and bike were good. I was under the hour for the swim and 5.45 for the bike. Only 15 mins outside my target leaving T2. The run was hell. I was going strong up to 10 miles hoping for 8min/miles and a 10:26ish finish time when the wheels came off. First my ankle went, obviously not fully healed. To deal with this I had to run in a very strange manner and not flex my left ankle in any way. About 2 miles after this my legs ran out of gas. Partly the injury but more likely due to not having run for more than two hours and only clocking 3 hours in total since July 25th! Not ideal IM prep. I should have adapted my race plan but being stubborn I didn't!

For a first timer on a tough course it was a solid starting point to build on, I know my run needs work and more volume in the weeks leading up to it but I see know reason why I cannot push 10 hours next year. My off season starts here as the World Duathlon Champs are now a no go...I'm off to buy pizza and beer, sweet, sweet beer.

Later...