Ironman update

I have just over 2 weeks till the ironman in switzerland where this is the biggest race of my racing life to try and qualify for hawaii.

St albans midsummer aquathon

The picture is of the medal winners at the st albans midsummer aquathon i finished in 2nd overall and the winner was andrew jakeman who is on the british triathlon talented squad ,i managed to pull some time back on the run i had the fastest run of the day so the results in the end for 400swim/6km run

1st andrew jakeman-25mins 51-swim/t1 5 min 41-run 20 mins 10
2nd craig halsey-26 mins 47-swim/t1 6 mins 42-run 20 mins 05
I felt great out there and i cycled home after too.

6 n 6 Aquathon win

I got my first win of the season i did a aquathon race 600mts swim/6km run and i have to say i felt brilliant in the race considering in the morning i did 40 mile bike to the lake and swam 2500mts so it was a great days training i posted 8 mins 25 for the 600mts swim and 20.37 for the 6km run finishing in 1st overall great race.

Pictures from the beaver half ironman where i finished 21st overall and 8th in my age group and everything went according to plan i went there with the intentions of ironman pacing all 3 disciplines,i done the 2000mts swim in 32 mins with the 500 mts uphill run to transition it was 35 mins,the bike i averaged 34.5kph perfect ironman pace my time was 2 hours 37 for just over 85km,my run was nice and comfortable at 1 hour 30 for 12.5 miles giving me a total of 4 hours 45 mins very happy with the outcome.