Five Bromley Veterans competed in this bank holiday triathlon; Janet Bailey, Maureen Farish, Linda Gray, Helen James and Les Humphrey – all of us aged 60 plus. The race was based at the magnificent Tonbridge School, a school which has vast grounds, a swimming pool and an athletics track. The ideal venue for triathlon [and a splendid place to be educated!].
The swim was 400m, bike ride approximately 15/16 miles and the run around the playing fields 5k. The weather was settled and comfortable only raining later when we had all finished. As usual the hardest bit for me was the bike ride. This was around local country roads and was quite tough with several steep hills up and down. I had been driven round the course earlier in the week but we managed to miss the key uphill bit so this long hill was rather a shock. The long, bendy downhill was also very scary. The run around the playing fields was on grass, flat and very pleasant, especially when the sun came out. An enjoyable experience – in retrospect of course.
Les Humphrey did extremely well as he had completed a longer distance triathlon the day before at Steyning, Sussex, in preparation for a half ironman in the Autumn.