No not a clickbait headline a genuine question I’m posing about the triathlon season for 2020. I believe the answer is a sad, yes. Look it was always touch and go given the upheaval we have been enduring as a country now since the end of March. I was hoping against hope that I might get at least one triathlon in but sadly thats not going to happen.
The triathlon season did in fact resume a few weeks ago but given the regulations about sporting events having reduced numbers taking part its meant that many races were pulled from the calendar and any that remained were immediately fully subscribed. In recent days there has been a new addition to the calendar in the form of an aquathon in Northern Ireland but its simply not worth my while going all that distance for a swim and a run.
It is a shame as I have already done more miles on the bike this year than all of last year but it is what it is. I suppose its a good test of my own drive and desire to maintain some kind of fitness regime in the absence of a specific race goal. Essentially the fitness element of all of this is huge for me. So I am still running, cycling and when I can I’m getting out to swim in the sea. Pools are still not my desired arena in which to swim so I am reliant on weather , my own schedule and the tide times to facilitate my swims. In fact I managed a swim in Seapoint the other day which was just lovely and the water was almost warm at 15.5 degrees!!
There is the possibility that I may partake in a duathlon in Naas in October. At the start of this year before all the mayhem and madness I competed in the Naas Duathlon series. It looks like the third race of that series will happen in October so I will definitely get involved there if I can get a spot. Actually I have always thought that duathlons should have be run throughout the winter season anyway as a means of giving people more races to involve themselves in. If its possible this winter even with reduced numbers I think it should be looked at.
So that’s it for the moment, just an up date on what is happening, which isn’t very much !! ha for the meantime we continue to swim, cycle and run !
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