An Idle break

I have had a week off on holiday at a triathlon club training camp (some holiday some might say, 26 hours of training sessions in 6 days). We were staying at Idle Breaks just outside Malaga. A location which I cannot recommend highly enough, great location, facilities, food and owners.

However, I have to say you do get some strange looks as you get ready for a swim in the Mediterranean.

I wondered what state I would come back in as I was entered for the Wetherby Triathlon the day after I got back; would I be trained to perfection or exhausted? Well I raced OK, heavy legs on a windy bike section made worse by me being to lazy the day before to refit my aero-bars when I re-assembled my bike from the flight, but an OK time overall.

The Wetherby Triathlon, though a smallish field, is well worth a look at for next year. Even though it is early in the season the River Wharfe was no colder than the Med and it is a really well thought out course and well organised race.