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However, there are still a final few multisport endeavours up and running to see out the season! Over the next few weeks we will be catching up on some performances from across the club throughout the season, and this week we are starting off in the big smoke! On the startline this time for PTC,\u0026nbsp;Stuart Brierley, and one of the newest members of the club, Freddie Faulkner, as they took to the Olympic pool at Stratford for the London Aquathlon!\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003eStuart:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003eI headed up to Stratford for the London Aquathlon on 19th October. I was particularly excited to visit the 2012 Olympic pool that was hosting the event. I had not done this event on previous years so I really did not know what to expect. This year, 440 competitors took part, with 12 start waves spread out over about 4 hours. I was planning to go to lunch and shopping afterwards with my wife so I turned up in my normal clothes with plans to change. This should have been easy, but due to the location of the event signing on and my poor planning, ended up standing on my shoes in a toilet cubical to get changed (the floor is larva, or just a bit dirty in this case).\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003eWith about 25 minutes to go, the wave headed down to the pool and we dropped our shoes in transition just outside. The starts were divided up into 12 waves and I was in wave 8 in the 8 to 9 minutes range. The briefings were given poolside just before we started. With a target time of 8 mins, I was one of the first in the wave to get in the pool. Unfortunately, the person behind must have been overly cautious when logging their swim time because they can’t have take much longer than 7 minutes and inevitably overtook after a couple of lengths. Other than that, I was in a comfortable place and enjoyed the 50m lengths. My Garmin failed. I think I hit the 8 minute target time; the clock time was 8:20 but I don’t think the clock stopped until we entered transition which was a bit of a run from the pool.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003eMy transition was quick, 33rd fastest out of the 400 or so. I noticed a large number of competitors taking their time and obviously those without trisuits were having to put clothing on for the run which slowed them down significantly. Onto the run, I hadn’t run as much as I’d have liked in preparation but I felt fairly confident I would do well on the flat having been used to the hills around Steep. Again, my Garmin failure wasn’t great. I could have done with some pace information but I knew I was consistent and I just kept going. It was 2 laps of the road around the stadium plus a few other paths through the grounds. I did not get passed by anyone on the run and managed to pick up the pace in the last 100 yards or so for a sprint finish. A run time of 22:35, was not far off my PB for 5km.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003eOverall, with a finish time of 32:05, I was 84th out of 440 and 6th out of 19 in my category (open 50-54 “Vet 3“). The sprint finish was worthwhile as the 7th place man was a few seconds behind me. However, the top 5 in category were way out of my reach, with 5th place coming in under 30 minutes, over 2 minutes ahead.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003eFreddie:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\u0022\u003eI had a fairly straight forward journey to London and Stratford on Sunday morning ready for my swim wave at 13:30.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was my first time back in the Olympic Park since watching some of the hockey in 2012 and there were lots of people out shopping in the new Westfield Centre. I arrived about 45 minutes before my start time which turned out to be tight for time as they were already calling my wave to walk to transition as I got there. The registration area was well organised with a bag drop and plenty of people ready to help. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter setting up in the transition area we were led to the pool and waited for the start. Half the pool was being used for the aquathlon with the remainder used for club training sessions. There was plenty of space for spectators at the pool too which was great. I really enjoyed being able to walk through the aquatics center and think about all the athletes who had been through the building back in 2012. After a quick race briefing we were put in a rough swim time order and set off. Unfortunately there was no diving or tumble turns for the swim for health and safety reasons and we had to duck under the lane rope at the end of each 50m. This was useful for keeping track of distance but did slow everyone down a bit. There was plenty of space between each swimmer so we didn’t have to worry about over-takes etc. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe transition area was only a short run from the pool and the run was then 2 laps around the outside of the West Ham stadium. The weather was dry and cool but I soon warmed up on the first lap of running. With good conditions there weren’t many takers at the water station located soon after coming out of the pool. There were a few pedestrians on the course but with plenty of room it was not a problem. 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