DTS Oudekerk 🇳🇱💪🏼
Curious how I got on in my second olympic distance (1.5km of swim, followed by 40km of biking, followed by a 10km run ) triathlon last weekend❓
It was an action packed weekend...
On Saturday I competed in the Dutch Triathlon Series at Ouderkerk aan de Amstel 🇳🇱
Pretty early 5.30 wake up 🥱
The heavens were open and it was raining full pelt all the way there 🌧️
swim went absolutely horrible…
Water start so when gun goes off, your instantly being kicked, punched and grabbed - you just gotta do it too 😅
I lost over 5 minutes swimming over 100 meteres to the wrong buoy just to have a ref on long board pull up, tap me a few times (I was so in the zone haha) and say “dude, you are completely off track” looked up and he wasn’t wrong at all🤦🏻♂️
Had serious time to make up for - so turned it up a notch 🦈
Jumped on the bike and despite the wet roads and severe winds I managed an average pace of 32 km/h - new PB in the 40km 🚴🏼♂️
I really sent it and channeled my inner Pogi 💥
Then I hit an alright Transition 2 in just 2 minutes and got my legs moving differently for the run 🏃🏻♂️
It's always hard when you already been racing for nearly 2 hours...
But just went and managed to log a all-time PB in the run at 4:57/km pace 🔥
I did lose another 2 minutes lost taking a wrong turn at finish on the run…
What an absolute muppet I can be sometimes 🤦🏻♂️
I was aiming for 2h45 finish time without the F-Ups….
JUST WENT AND DID IT IN 2:37 🥳
Despite the lost 7-10 minutes…
That's a whole 21 minutes off from my first triathlon just 2 months ago at The IRONMAN Group Westfriesland...
MIND BLOWN 🤯
What am I becoming...
Was awesome to hang out with my Amsterdam Triathlon and Cycling gang too 🥰
And if that wasn't enough sports last weekend - coach made me get out on the bike for 4 hours the morning after on Sunday 😮💨
What doesn't break you only makes you stronger, I guess 🤷🏻♂️
Just so happened to be the Dutch Formula 1 over in Zandvoort so I jumped back on the bike and joined/raced the seas of orange on their bikes 🧡
Went to the beach, had a fish & chips, a couple of beers and an ice cream 🏖️
Soaked in all the good vibes, heard the beautiful engines purring for warm-ups and gave myself a tap on the back ✨
This weekend I'm swimming through the canals in the Amsterdam City Swim for the ALS charity - here’s the link if you're feeling generous: https://www.amsterdamcityswim.nl/fundraisers/tariq-valente 🙏🏼
Great weekend all ✌🏼
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