Leiderdorp en de klinkerweg.

You may be sounded from the lips of our Erik over a year ago. This year I started to believe in myself. The swimming was now far more than 3 km swim could be accomplished fairly weak, even on front crawl and some swell. Walking in the last years already tested in several half marathons at Z&Z circuit en in Leiden. Moreover, I have already learned at the Sunday morning training how to walk quietly. Remains cycling. A matter of not tempted me to use force there and try to drink as much as possible and eat at work inside with a full battery at the 20 First kmlopen. So half a triathlon should once again be viable.

Almere did not fit into the holiday planning and is also very pricey, but LJ did Leiderdorp last year and it was there to talk about. What appealed to me most of his stories were, that there is very little public along the route was last year. The last thing you want is to try something new with its many critical eyes on you. What appealed to me was clearly less the portion of the route where LJ lost his favorite bottle, then pulled out his rear. I know that the work. Not a really nice cobbled and commuting RIH rattles always quite there. There four times with carbon wheels 9 bar? That can not be good for the material and not for certain parts of the body. The training wheels are in place with the 25 mm tires? That's not good for the average speed.

I am always a little uncertain and tense for a "match", but this certainly. I have all the stuff (no - Attention sports stockings), the material in order, I have enough food and drink hang on the bike, the weather is good enough, my bladder and bowels sufficiently empty, the bicycle counter, etc.? Fortunately start early in the day, then there is less room for uncertainty and it is in any case not so hot. Quite a reasonable quota teammates for the various distances and associated loyal supporters. Cozy club yet, die van ons! Already two buns atop hearty breakfast there at cramming and good inculcating under what tree to find my bike. On to the swim start, glasses fixed, neusklem vast, pack full run with green / brown water Dwarswatering, some float around and look for a spot in the back of the field.

Here we go. In the first few hundred meters away there is a when a crawlarm around my neck, waist or legs beaten and I must once again straighten the glasses. Part of it and this time I do not get upset. I continue to swim front crawl and have thus been proud of myself. At the time points you can see how far the fast swimmers are already and how little swimmers are left behind me. Not disheartened and will float calmly and continue watching my technique. There is someone next to me with about the same pace and when I go I get to mess behind, If I pay attention to my technique I can just anticipate something. At the end grab two arms and guided me out of the water. In bike shows that I still have a little balance disorder of the float in the water. Single bike shoes I am attract to wander and the first few hundred meters on the bike is the narrow path barely wide enough for my wobbles.

Not watch, no heart rate monitor, I do not know how long I swam and just want nice and quiet biking and a little look around me to enjoy the scenery and the other participants. is to aim below 35 average driving. Headwind just over thirty and the wind is not too far richting40 the hour. Like there's boyfriend Kees and all that goes line up in the middle of the eight-shaped cycle route. I also have my own supporter! The bike feels equally good and I start to drink and eat. Four buns hung under the saddle with a piece of elastic. A number of gels and bars in a pouch on the top tube and two large drinking bottles in the holders. Let's first address the raisin before the vowel piece comes and stop for security in bodysuit behind my chest zipper. In the third round dropping an empty bottle with Kees and then a little further to address a full organization. Well Organised! Gatverdakke what's that nasty stuff these gels, just not good enough sucked empty and the sweet kledder is on your chin, your hands and thus on the wheel and bracket.

But what about those cobbled? Which turns out to be quite nice to take it quite hard bicycle tires. Many participants see you take the road section quiter, but I can fine by raking. The road section in Roelofarendsveen with slots and holes across a lot of unsavory stretch of road. Since my ligbeugel drops in an uncomfortable position, bouncing the bottle almost from the cradle, The blade bolts shake loose (shows afterwards) I am seriously worried about my expensive wheels. It is also on the cobbled Erik, working on his fourth, decision to choose me as a guide / driver in his bike piece. Where I think cycling fairly constant, Erik sees with heart rate monitor still clear difference for or against the wind. The corners are doing well. The most difficult I find the curve with cant bridge on the wrong side in Rijpwetering at the statue of Joop. My eyes wander still involuntarily to the bridge edge I perceive and therefore the front wheel always comes a lot closer to that bridge edge than I actually was planning. Peter is the only teammate that I can make my lesser swim time while riding well. Later, he takes me to walk well again.

The transition to running is going well. Rust taken to attract well over socks and soon into a nice rhythm. The second round of five kilometers is very nice and I already dream of just such a relaxed third round and then maybe some acceleration in the last. Unfortunately, after the second round of the best out there and it is still less flexible and also much slower. The clock in the finish area reminds me that it is properly a time within the 5 am and why I walk the final round on ramp rate. Then it turns out that I thus hatching an end time 5:02, Well that's actually a great pity.

Kees and teammates thanks for the support and encouragement. It's me quite like and tastes like again. And .... and only then, We will consider carefully consider whether there is ambition for even longer triathlons.

Kor van Hateren, Augustus 2012