Fab goes ape at a Gotri
Triathlon Training Blog, Thursday, July 30th, 2015I assaulted a lorry driver this morning in tenby. It was a fantastic way to start the day.
Managed an easy swim on the friday night . But tired and with one eye on tomorrows show down so missed out a run
on the thursday i managed a 40 mile easy bike and nearly got mauled by two feral wild eyed dogs in Manorbier. Swim in the morning
The highlight of the week was the decision to go and do crymch GoTRi. I had a spare entry and convinced Fab is was an excellent idea for us to go up looking for a one ,two. He was totally sold by this prospect. as i had won the last one in fishguard and who the hell would turn up in crymch on a wednesday night? Where the fuck is crymch anyway??Not 100 per cent sure now that that is how you spell it. Its buck fuck nowhere basically.
We went up there glory hunting as the entries were low and when we arrived it seemed everyone else had had the same idea. 60 had turned up. Fab strode in not only like he owned the place but like he built it and personally paid everyones wages. He seemed miffed that there was no fanfare everytime he walked through a door. Anyway there was a lot of fannying around and a later than planned start due to the number of last minute entries. I was one of the last off and in with some good swimmers .Its a 400 m pool swim. 3 to a lane.
Off we went. I knew in the first 12 metres my legs simply hadnt turned up. i was caught by JP and the other guy and beaten by both by a handful of seconds. Fab was in after me and still swimming when i excited the pool. This now seems to be a recurring theme , i made a right pigs ear of T1.
Out the door and start chasing people down. Swim time wasnt actually that bad under 8 mins including T1. I never really got into the bike at all, I was moving but was 10 to 20 per cent down on power. (finished the bike with an NP of 265 watts, Which is the power i held for a half IM. This was only 12 miles. I wouldve expected 300 plus) the course was nt flat and was technical at times. i got off the bike in 32 mins and wasnt impressed at all.
The run , it went a little better but was a brutal 5k . Slightly long i think. down hill to start then two real ball breaking up hills. I knew my run wasnt good enough after a shit bike . Finished and waited. Fab turned up a few mins later in pitstop mode. As did Charlie coleman. Good lad charlie. Strong on the bike ok run looks like he is drowning in the swim.
We waited for the results . They called me out as first vet which told me i hadnt won the event.With a time of 1 hr 4 i wasnt surprised i was looking to go under the hour. i was second. Some bell end was strutting around like a prize cock before the result was announced which annoyed me intensely. He won it by a minute. Maybe he had had a hard week as well. Maybe he hadnt . I was a bit gutted and he beat me fair and square on the day.
Meanwhile fab was having well, not what could be described as a mini meltdown. But a full scale lack of comprehension i’m gonna burn this shit box to the ground meltdown. He just totally refused to accept the result, He was apoplectic !!! Astonishment was quickly followed by jostling , rigging accusations , sabotage was a word being branded about willy nilly. A complete and utter refusal to accept the results. He hadnt won the swim was his main bug bear and demanded we do the swim again everyone back in the pool he said.back in the pool.
we left rather hastily with me shepherding a still fuming fab back to van as the crowd began to turn ugly . we beat a hard won retreat through the cordon of riot vans and mounted police. Luckily it was an hour to drive home and Fab did not stop. He felt genuinely cheated and said so….many times. Then put it on Facebook .for all the world to see. Good move that . Got a reaction anyway.
we learnt , again , that you shouldnt turn up to these events in the middle of a mental 4 week overload block and be disappointed when u dont do so well.
