The photo’s of me having just completed my first
Olympic Distance triathlon; not bad for a 55+ year old, having swam
1.5km, biked 40km and ran 10km on Bintan Island, a mere 100km north of the
equator. Took me 3 hrs 37 mins; somewhat longer than the guy who came first;
he did it in 2 hrs 6 mins, but of course a lot younger. Unfortunately though,
I can’t really play the age card; the guy who came first in the over 50s
group did it in 2hrs 33mins; there were 15 of us and guess who came 15th?
On this occasion it was very definitely the taking part, keeping going without
walking and finishing. I say without walking but my “running” towards the
end tended towards that shuffle the “front five” used to adopt in our day
when all they had to do was go from set piece to set piece!!
Kevin