Club Super Sprint Tri Relay, 8 Oct 2022

Leading up to the race, I'd caught a cold and was feeling rubbish! Thankfully on the day I was better, but still not 100%. The plan was to get through in one piece.

With a comfortable lead in our wave thanks to teammate Don Brooks, I felt strong heading into the swim. I managed to overtake 4 people in the first wave and smashed out 4:14 for 300m which felt great despite my lack of swimming.

Onto the bike, there were only a couple in wave 1 ahead of me, and I made it my goal to catch them. I managed to do this, but my legs were dead by the end of the bike - turns out 6km max effort after a max effort swim is hard. Oh wait, still a run to go!

I could tell a junior in our wave was catching me, but just about managed to hold off for the change over.

We ended up 3rd overall and 1st senior team - those pesky kids!!

Holly-Mei Jones

Picture is from the warmup, hence the jacket!