The 'M' (olympic distance) participants arrived at 11:30am to catch the ladies finishing the bike loops, (3 x 7.4km) and were rewarded to watch a smiling Wippy jumping off her bike and onto the run, which begins with an unkind little hill....but......Wippy was still smiling as she climbed it, unlike Marie who passed a couple minutes later and was clearly not at all impressed by the climb !
So the question remained where were Laura and Anaïs ?? we thought Anaïs was a better swimmer, but Laura better and more experienced on bike and run (and transition) so really it could have gone either way. Finally we see Laura running around the corner looking 'business-like' and focused on the finish line, a good first-in-the-team place for her and a great improvement this year in both form and level. A few minutes later Anaïs joined her, looking a little too happy on the run, but probably because she had just finished her first triathlon. 10 mins later and we find Wippy passing us having a great time, almost forgot to continue to the end, and a few minutes later Marie, who we subsequently discovered had broken her toe on the run from the swim to the bike - so a very courageous effort from her !
WELL DONE Expatriés Sprint Ladies ;-)
Well that and the excuse to have a nice meal, beer and watch a good rugby match after.... or in Marks case just have a little snooze.........
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