After a very early wake up call of 04:30. yep 04:30 still full of cold and then scraping the ice of the windscreen I set off to Haywards Heath Triathlon.
The race as all Hedgehog races are very well organised and run with out issue, except for the 04.30 wake up call.
First swimmers off at 06:30 it was a very cold start with some athletes pulling out after and on the bike due to the cold, best in these conditions to spend an extra few seconds putting on the correct clothing as cycling fast down hill is cold even when you are not soaked from the pool.
A great lumpy bike route from HH to Ansty down to Burgess hill then up Issacs lane back to HH and repeat. The run ummm best do some hill repeats to train for this as its up hill out of transition then down hill back to transition 4 times.
The 4 loops were great as it meant you went through all the crowds a few times, 4 in fact, which gave you the boost to attack the hill again.
A great show for MSTC gathering a great haul of trophies and all members coming in the top 6 of their age group:
| Sprint | |||||||
| OA Pos | AG Pos | Total | Name | Swim | Bike | Run | |
| 4 | 2 | 01:10:21 | James | Dear | 00:06:27 | 00:43:24 | 00:20:30 |
| 10 | 2 | 01:13:47 | Philip | Couch | 00:05:15 | 00:48:28 | 00:20:04 |
| 15 | 3 | 01:17:08 | Graeme | Jeffery | 00:07:30 | 00:48:41 | 00:20:57 |
| 21 | 4 | 01:22:16 | Steve | McMenamin | 00:06:17 | 00:51:00 | 00:24:59 |
| 25 | 6 | 01:24:12 | Charlie | Langhorne | 00:07:18 | 00:51:51 | 00:25:03 |
| 3 | 2 | 01:24:21 | Hazel | Tuppen | 00:06:09 | 00:54:06 | 00:24:06 |
| 4 | 1 | 01:24:25 | Karen | Pattison | 00:06:56 | 00:54:27 | 00:23:02 |
| 33 | 5 | 01:25:38 | Gordon | Skeats | 00:06:54 | 00:55:41 | 00:23:03 |
| 8 | 1 | 01:32:27 | Sharon | Chladek | 00:07:49 | 00:57:24 | 00:27:14 |
| 72 | 4 | 01:35:50 | Dean | Allen | 00:08:18 | 01:01:02 | 00:26:30 |
| Novice | |||||||
| 37 | 5 | 01:11:28 | Emma | Cole | 00:06:40 | 00:50:02 | 00:14:46 |