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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Weekly Weigh In = Gain

This week I have gained 1 lb 2 oz (0.5 Kg) with a 1.5% increase in my % body fat.

This was better than expected due to lower amount of training and the amount of unhealthy food I have eaten this week. It was just the 3 days with multiple cakes and the other day a large portion of chips with a spam fritter.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Weekly Weigh-in = Loss

This week I have lost 1 1/4 lb (0.568 Kg) and my % body fat is down 0.5.

Not sure how that happened as I have only done 5 hours of exercise last week and I have been eating a lot more unhealthy food to aid my recovery from the Outlaw.

Weekly Weigh-in = Loss

Over the last week including doing the Outlaw I lost 1 lb 2 oz (0.5 Kg) with my % body fat remaining the same.

I think next week will be an increase due to the recovery period from exercise and eating a lot more "recovery" food.

All my Outlaw Triathlon Reports

Below are all my Outlaw Reports. I separated them out as they seemed more logical to do and some had a few photos and even video.

Plus you can still sponsor me for The Meningitis Trust online at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ironman

To get the Outlaw experience you can view some race videos on Youtube. It will be shown on Sky Sports at the end of August.

Before the Race


Pre race (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/pre-outlaw.html)



Outlaw Race Day

Race morning (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/outlaw-race-morning.html)

Swim (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/outlaw-swim.html)

T1 (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/outlaw-t1.html)

Cycle (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/outlaw-cycle.html)

T2 (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/outlaw-t2.html)

Run (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/outlaw-run.html)

Post Race

Post Outlaw (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/post-outlaw.html)


Review of my Outlaw Performance (http://markstrainingblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/post-outlaw-review.html)

Race photos, videos, air horn and support was provided by youngest brother. The pre race photos are what I took in the build up to the race. 

Post Outlaw Performance Review

I was pleased with my swim time and I did not feel too cold at any point of the swim and was feeling quite strong at the end and felt could go further.

T1 was a shorter distance but I was better prepared for the conditions plus we had official help getting the wet suit off.

The cycle I had a good overall time although the distance had started to affect me at about 75 miles but I managed to maintain a good pace to the end.
 It is an average speed of 16.1 mph and from my GPS data I had maximum speed of 32.5 mph.

The graph below is my speed v distance, with the red line being my average for the complete course.

Outlaw-Cycle-SpeedDistance

From it you can see the two points I stopped were the speed dips to zero. I am surprised at the amount of miles I was above my average speed. You can see the end part of the lap which is about 10 miles of above average speed about 30 miles apart, although the last lap it was not as fast as the other laps which would indicate muscle fatigue due to lack of long cycle rides. However for the remaining 10 miles when the adrenaline kicked in I still maintain a high speed. It also shows from about 75 miles there was more frequent slower sections again due to lack of long cycle rides.



T2 I was prepared for a quicker transition while on the end of the cycle, I minimised the amount of things I had to change which helped plus I also had a pit stop so thee could even be further room for improvement.

The run I went of faster than planned but I was able to maintain a run for most of the course while maintaining a reasonable pace. My average pace for the marathon was 11:18 minutes per mile.

From the graph below from my GPS device, the red line is my average pace for the complete course.

Outlaw-Run-PaceDistance

The spikes are when I walked through the aid stations and are fairly evenly spaced out. The course was virtually flat so there was no incline to slow the pace down apart from when going under one bridge. The fast spike down at 6 miles must be a GPS data issue when passing underneath the football stadium.

You can see I went off at a fast pace for the first mile. I the slowed down to a more suitable pace for the marathon and was faster than the average pace until 12.5 miles when I hit a bit of a hard patch during the race. After this for the next 10 miles I was maintain a fairly constant pace just a bit slower my race average pace. Then from 22 miles for 2 miles I picked up my pace this must have been at the last turnaround point and heading back to the finish. My slowed than for 2 miles when getting in to the lake area. Then for the last 1/2 mile I picked up the pace again. Strangely the last 200m of the race was my fastest pace at 7:59 minutes per mile.



I also got my nutrition fairly good and was only near the end of the run that I got a bit of an iffy stomach.

I enjoyed this event so much I have gone from not doing any long (ironman) distance triathlons next year to planning on doing this event again.

Post Outlaw

You also got a finisher t-shirt along with the medal, so you had to put that on immediately.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

I was slightly shattered to say the least but I still had to collect my bags and bike from transition.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

You also got some more gels pack not sure if that is joke or not but will come in handy for other events/training.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The post race food was cold pasta and some strange type if soup both with vegetables in. I tried some of the pasta but it did not taste good after all the stuff I had eating all day, shame it did look good the few times I saw it when running past the finish area.

Once I got these and past the security checks I handed the bags to my brother and I pushed the bike using it as a walking aid!! That was after I found it in the transition even though they were in number order.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

After getting some fresh warm clothes on I had a recovery milkshake which was easier to digest. We then headed back to cheer on other triathletes who were then on their last or 2nd last laps.

The post race chips and cider tasted so good while sitting down, although getting up and down the steps was a bit interesting due to muscle fatigue.

The next day I did a bit of light swimming in the hotel pool before using the steam room and sauna to help my recovery.

I had no breakfast as I had planned to stop at an all you can eat restaurant on the way back home.

I settled for the 7 courses and a drink with each as was also free refills. The plan was to eat reasonable portion sizes of different foods to get essential protein, nutrients and minerals to aid with my recover. I think below is what I had but has become a bit blurred after eating it all, my stomach was even in worse state than during the triathlon the previous day.

I first dodged the salad and soup sections and went straight to the chip shop section followed by, grill, pizza, pasta, indian, roast dinner and a chocolate cake to finish me off.

That capped of a good weekend all round. Just need to review my performance.

Outlaw Run

At the start of the run there was plenty of pirate supporters and general support for pirates. I blame this for me going of closer to a 10km pace (8:30 minutes per mile) for the first half a mile or so. Plus I was also chasing down the person in the Norwich city top.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The run route was a lap of the lake and then it was 3 times out and back to the turnaround point in the city centre and a lap of the lake.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The out and back section was on the banks of the River Trent which was mostly a gravel footpath until near the city centre at Nottingham forest ground which you ran under a stand before about another half mile to the turnaround point. At the turn around point was an aid station and you could also see all the music festival and fairground rides on the other side of the river (this is where the Nottingham marathon and half finishes).

The run aid stations were said to be on average 1.2 miles (10-15 minutes) apart, so there was plenty available so was down timing the nutrition right for the conditions and the state you are in at this point.

There was a lot of support at the finish end of the lake on both sides of the lake with only a few at the far end.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

I waited until the second aid station to get some just to settle my stomach from the transition form cycle to run. For the first lap around the lake I kept it at a fast but comfortable pace but the person in the Norwich top had a 1km lead on me. You got a bit of support as you ran the other side of the finish line which you had to do 3 times before finishing. You could see the (rowing) finish tower from the other end of the lake some 2km+ away.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

From this point I was trying to run but walk through the aid stations. At the aid stations I was trying to alternate having from a combination of gels, sports drink, water and crisps. This was to ensure I was getting enough fluids, salt and carbohydrates (calories) but not too much to put stress on digestion. I was trying not to have any semi flat cola until the last 10 or so miles when I would be starting to hurt.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

This plan was working well to about 12 miles when I started to hit the wall and had to take more walk breaks. So I decided to have one of the extra sodium gels I had taken with me before I got the next aid station (to save time) but they had ran out of water and this type of gels you need to take water afterwards.

So I was run/walking along and was chatting to a few of the other triathletes. One of them offered some of the drink he was carrying with him, I had the nerve to ask what it was as I did not want to get a dodgier stomach but any liquid would have done. It was just water with a salt tablet I have used, so it was ok. It was only another half mile to the next aid station at this point. When I reached it I had a few drinks and started on the cola drinks from then on a few aid stations.

At this point I was gone due the heat and fatigue but still walking along getting closer to the finish. I had to use various mental techniques to get me back running al be it at slower pace by about 1-2 minute per mile.

The one that got me moving again at this point was remember my nephew lying motionless in a hospital when he had meningitis, thinking he did not quit so why should I on bit of a swim, cycle and run. Plus he and his sister (my tri coaches) told me for the previous Ironman I just need to run fast. With that in my head I was getting a bit emotional (again) which I was using as a distraction to run through the pain.

When I got back to the lake side again I could hear my brother from about 1 mile, well it was the air horn he had. This gave me a bit of an extra boost.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

I just had one more out and back section and a bit over ¾ lap of the lake to do. Looking at my time and distance on my GPS I did a bit of arithmetic and worked out I was possible on for a sub 5 hour marathon at the end of an long distance (Ironman) triathlon. That was my target for the remainder of the run.

I got chatting to person who was doing the same pace as me, it turns out he came from somewhere in the same country I am from. We ran together for a good few miles until near the end of the lake as it was his last lap, I asked if he would pace with me for one my loop but he declined.

On the last out and back section I over took the person on the Norwich city top, now I just had to maintain my lead. This gave me an additional incentive to keep going at the current pace/strategy.

Once I reached the turnaround point for the last time I think I started to pick up the pace slightly or it felt like it as I was on the last section before it will be over. When I collect the last band on the way in to the lake are it felt so good (low tech backup to timing mats and counting laps). I think it helped being lots of pirates doing the race and supporting as you did not have to go far to see another pirate. On occasions you were running with pirates who were on a different amount of laps, did this a few times on the last 10 miles of the run and within the last 3 miles.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

With about 2 miles to go when running around the lake for the last time a gander of geese decide to waddle across the path. At this point I thought if they attacked me I could not run off that fast so I gave them a wide berth just to be on the safe side.

Within the last 1/2 mile I saw one of the pirates I knew who said that there was a “rival” tri group person ahead for me to chase down. I somehow managed that with a good few hundred meters to go and over took a few others. I did think about sprinting down the finish line area to overtake another person but I already had “sprinted” the finish at Ironman Austria so I decided to soak up the atmosphere this time.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

I crossed the finished line and commentator said “You are an Outlaw”.

I finished the marathon in a time of 4:56:10 which is a PB (at Long Distance Triathlons).

I completed the triathlon in 13:32:54 which is a PB by another 59 minutes on top of the 58 minute PB improvements set in Austria just 5 weeks previously. This makes my average pace for the marathon was 11:18 minutes per mile.


Plus I finished in daylight for the first time!!!

From there I headed to the medical tent apart from the obvious fatigue I was feeling dehydrated, bit nausea plus feeling a bit sunburnt despite being covered up. After a well deserved sit down (not bad enough to lie down) and some water and ginger biscuits as was starting feel a lot better.

Now just need to collect my kit.

Outlaw Cycle

The first part of the cycle route was a few miles around the lake on the footpath.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010



After this cycle route had about a 10 mile section to and from the loop section which 3 laps of the loop had to be done before returning back.


On the loop section I renamed the first half of the road to Southwell as Pirate Road, as the pirates were also helping marshalling at points along the road and at an aid station.  It had various pirate related signs which made me laugh plus even big pirate banners/flags. Before each aid station was a goal net for throwing discarded drinks bottles in to, it would give me something to do at other aid stations. At this point I had enough drinks so I did not need any supplies.

For the next few miles were a few undulations before heading fast (nearly 30 mph) into Southwell past Southwell Minster (Cathedral) before a sharp 90 degree right turn.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

My brother was there on the second lap with his air (fog) horn, luckily he had shown it to me before hand as I would have came off with the shock and loudness of it.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

We then went round a few other sharp turns around the town past the race course before heading out in the countryside. There was a Sherwood car restoration company we went past which made me smile when I saw the name.

At the next turn at the far north east of the course was a 130 degree left turn on to a major road. They with a external company came up with a structure to go over the kerbs to allow a safer joining the road. It was like wooden ramp with sandpaper on it. My concerns were getting a puncture on it and the dismount end was not aligned to the edge of the road surface. After the shock of it the first lap I was able to get over it ok in a low gear to ensure I did not fall off.

The top section of the lap I was more undulating and was a bit more exposed to the wind. Which on the first lap my cycle computer showed it was only 16c which I was not too happy about the short sleeves and the lack of cycle arm warmers (tubular shaped material) at the expo.

At the north west end of the course due to joining another major road on a hill we went through a pub car ark which was fenced off with people drink the other side while we were putting in all the effort. There were a few more climbs which were only 200m at most before a nice flattish section which I was cruising along at 20+ mph in aero position.

Starting the second lap it was starting to heat up and the warmest temperature on my bike computer was 29c, I was now glad of the short sleeves.

The aid stations on average were about 12 miles (45 minutes) between each. So on the second lap onwards I was getting at least one drink at each to ensure I remained hydrated. I had also kept one of the 2 bottles I started with until I started the 2nd lap as it was a different make from the race drink, which I had made up stronger to have extra carbohydrates (calories) due to no food on the course.

On a couple of the aid stations I also added to the sports drink a carbohydrate sport powder I had with me to give extra energy and sodium/potassium (essential salts).

I was at regular time intervals having part of an energy bar and cola powerbar rideshots with caffeine. With about half of the last lap to go these had all been eating and I was switching over to using a couple of gels I had with me. This should help my stomach before starting to run with not so much solid food at the end of the cycle.

There was support in various places along the route which was encouraging, with the pirates getting a lot of support. I was say hi to the pirates as they went past me or I went past a few of them. The route was more undulating than I thought but nothing really that steep or long.

On the last lap I was having a bit of a yoyo ride (ensure we meet the drafting rules) with a women who had a duff beer cycle top on, mmm duff. I was also doing some mental arithmetic in my head (not a good idea at this stage of the race) I was possible on for a sub 7 hour cycle, this kept me pushing on when I was starting to struggle.

On the way back we had through some country lanes that had speed bumps and poor road surface, they even took us on a different lane to avoid the worst section. From here you had to watch out for cars going slowly as it was just wide enough for one car in places and even cars stopped in the route asking questions to a marshal at a car park, I was not best pleased having to stop with half mile from the end.

On the way in to transition I decided I would take my feet out of the cycle shoes and just pedal with my feet on top of them. This should save time in transition. However I was not prepared how short the road was in to the dismount line and the speed bumps, I just about managed to get my feet out in time.

I handed my bike of to the marshals to rack and ran in to transition in the process crossing the timing mat.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010


My cycle time was 6:56:29 which is a PB for me. It is an average speed of 16.1 mph.

Then in to T2 after all the above cycling.

Outlaw T2

Before heading in to the transition tent I decided to use the facilities provided which also gave me a chance to cool down a bit and let my heart rate slow down a tiny bit.

I have done the run route a couple of times before as part of the Nottingham marathon, so I knew it could get cool if there was any wind, it was warm at this point but there was a lot of ominous looking clouds on the way in from the cycle.  So I decided to keep the trisuit and short sleeve cycle top on just changing socks over to a fresh pair of knee high compression socks and taking all the other cycle gear off including the race number belt. I then put on another race number belt which I had previously attached some gels that I was planning to use near the end of the race. I put a few of the gels I had spare in to my cycle shirt back pocket just so I had something different to the race supplied gels.

While putting on my running shoes (and race chip) I thought I was starting to hallucinate.  I thought I saw somebody wearing a Norwich city top (I am an Ipswich Town supporter), while I was still getting ready for the run he had already got a head start on me.

As I ran of transition I put my running cap on and started my GPS watch. I had decided this time to use a) a watch and b) my GPS watch for this run.

My time for T2 was 7:15 which is another PB.

Now just to run a marathon to finish with.

Outlaw T1

I jogged the short distance (10m) to the transition tent while undoing the top of my wetsuit. Before going in the transition tent we were told at the race briefing that our wet suits had to be off.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

To help with this they had marshals there to help you out of the wetsuit. I was told by one of the marshals to sit on the floor and he would pull it off, it was the quickest I had got a wet suit off .

The transition tent was relatively small compared to the 800 competitors doing the triathlon. However the bags were in numbered order in the middle with the change sections on either side.  On the swim it looked like the sun was going to get out and not much cloud so I had decided to go for the short sleeve cycle top over the top of my trisuit instead of the long sleeve top I had planned to use. The rest of my kit remained the same, knee high compression socks, pair of cycle socks (St Georges cross on them) plus remembering my race chip on. I had also decided to put my cycle shoes on so that my socks did not get too before starting the long cycle ride.

In addition I put on a buff scarf and skull cap as it could be windy in places which they had mentioned in the race briefing.

I dropped my bag at the exit to the tent on the way to my bike while doing my gloves up.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

My T1 time was 9:06 which is a record for me.

Next stop a bit of a cycle ride.

Outlaw Race Morning

All week I had been getting up gradually earlier from my normal time to about 5am, this was practice before the race day alarms at 3:45am. This is to get breakfast in times so it is digested before starting the swim.

I had my usual combination of a cup of tea, sports drinks and flapjack. I also had some porridge which only needed hot water to be added, this was ideal for the hotel room. I had tried this out a few days earlier to ensure it did give me a dodgy stomach.

Then I just had to put water in my sports drinks (same stuff in Ironman Austria) to start the cycle with and my drinks for pre race. Then taken my dry kit bag (for after race) and my stuff needed for the swim with me as well.

I put on my race timing chip at this point to ensure I did not forget it!!

We then had a 30 minute drive across to the other side of the city. I was glad of not camping opposite the venue or being in the city due to the noise from the musical festival. We got directed to the parking space which was at the far end of car park. At least I got a bit of a warm ensuring that I did not fall over any ruts in the grass/dried mud.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

There was also a few pre race testing of the facilities on the way to transition area ;-)

Once I put the food and drink on my bike and the reminder in my swim/bike bag I headed back to start area. Due to the lack of space in the transition tent I gave my brother my dry kit bag to put back in my car, this would also help from not getting wet after the amount of swimmers in the race.

With some help to do up my wetsuit on I now headed to the lake side for the swim.

Outlaw Swim

I learnt some lessons from Ironman Austria swim which I applied to this swim.

I used a pair of goggles (not a swim mask) as there is a lot of people swimming I would not need as much sighting or vision than in training. I will put on an extra swim cap, so the thicker neoprene swim cap was a base layer with the white outlaw swim cap on top, I was not the only person using this combination. I had also put on another tri top over my tri suit before putting on my wetsuit so I had an extra layer to retain a bit more heat, not sure if actual works but may be psychological which is half the battle for this distance event.

The start was from one end of the rowing lake to nearly the other end before returning, effectively a big U shape and the longest length I had swam.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

You could not see the far end from the start which was not helped by the sun also being low and reflecting on the water which would make spotting the few buoys harder.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

There were 4 bays at the end with the fastest going in the left lane and slower groups in each to the right. I went in the third out of the four bays starting near the back.  There was a nice graceful entry in to the lake as standing on the slope, as you slid down the slight ramp hoping it was just mud I was standing on.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

A few people did fall over but I managed to get in to the lake to shock of cold water. However I had timed it well so I did not have too long just to hang around in the water before swimming.

There was a few announcements that could be faintly heard in the 3rd and 4th bays, then there was a count down from 5 and then the horn started today’s it of exercise/sightseeing around Nottinghamshire.

At that moment there was arms and legs splashing, hitting and kicking all over the place. There was a buoy at about 500m which we had to get on our right side, the faster section was level with this but the other bays had a bit of an angle to swim to reach this.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010






I get hit a few times reaching this first buoy with more hits as you got to the buoy. At the is point were where already a few 100m's in to the row lanes, which had smaller ball markers every 10m or so. I was surprised that I only hit one of the on the whole course, I was expecting to hit at least 10.

Then the weeds started which they said and also my brother (who works for a water company) that they only grow in clean water. It was good to know that water is clean but I wondered how well they had cleaned one of the lanes in each direction.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

I was not sure I was in the correct cleared lane as I had already gone past the lane numbers at the start of the lake so I decided to follow the bulk of the swimmers at my pace. At first weeds you would touch on the bottom of you stroke underwater with your hand. Then you would go for a while with clear water until hitting a patch of weeds that were floating which got on your face, goggles neck and even feet. In these sections I put a bit more effort in to get through it.

At least there were no swans or geese in the water near were we swam, they had some sense.

When reaching the far turn point I got a few my hits at the turn point despite having swam over a mile by this point. I think I swam this leg fairly straight perhaps the extra sighting for the weeds helped.

On the way back I think I went a bit more off course then the previous leg but I found clear water it was like the weeds parted to the side of me. Plus I was even starting to overtake people on the swim!!

The exit was in the far left corner of the lake with a big black speedo arch.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

I sighted a few more times in the last 100m after crossing the rowing finish line (could see the wire above me) to ensure I was heading in the right direction.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

For the last 200m you could hear the crowd and music but not as much as in Austria but it was good support.
I got helped out of the lake and walked up the ramp past the timing mat. My time for 2.4 miles (3.8 km) was 1:23:51 which is a PB for me and also got the family record back with both just set a few weeks earlier in Austria.

I then headed off to T1.

Pre Outlaw

This weekend started of weird as I was quite emotional on the drive up there. Which was strange due to there was absolutely no pressure on me at this race to do any particular time (apart from the cut offs), I was planning just to make it round. Perhaps it was the journey back to the “spiritual” homeland of my surname (Sherwood).

This seemed like a good plan after completing the Ironman Austria only 5 weeks ago. The only goals I had set were for a faster transitions times and feeling strong on the cycle and run.

The event site was starting to become more of the race venue at the international rowing lake. The race was getting real.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

There was even some swim “races” you could do or not, I opted not to waste my energy even though it would get me some experience of the lake. There were already pirates everywhere!!

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The expo was only a few exhibits which had main suppliers but the one bit of kit I was looking to buy they did not have. The race bags were strange as the opening was along the longest side, hopefully nothing will fall out of the bags on the way to be racked in transition.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

My spiritual side even got a rare outing as I joined in the Outlaw prayer session (was a slightly different branch of my faith) or was it just coincidently were there race briefing was going to be. It was an interesting 30 minutes listening to various people including some triathletes. On the way out they gave us a bottle of water with a quote from the bible, coincidently (again) it was from one of the gospels that is the name of one of my brothers.

The race brief was nothing different than normal, with some instructions about some the corners and what they had done to minimise any risk. The other thing they confirmed was there would only be water and the race sports drink on the bike course. This would mean I would have to take some more food than normal with me.

Once the bike and bags were in transition and been to race briefing there was nothing else to do but to relax back at the hotel the other side of the city. I then increased my nutrition options for the bike by packing some of the extra bike food my brother had brought with him.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

Where should the Sherwood Triathlon Team go to have the pre race meal in Nottingham? Obviously it is Sherwood Manor in Sherwood district of the city.

The Outlaw Triathlon 2010

There was good food and even better dessert’s and even got to see my football team’s goals as they went joint top of the league. So I was nice and relaxed. The hotel was nice and quite away from the city centre and the music festival weekend, as extra quietness I was also helped by being at the far end of the hotel.

On to the race day.