By Nick Altmann on 09/03/2011 11:20

On a very cold morning three Ful-on Tri members took on the not inconsiderable physical and mental challenge of the Ballbuster duathlon.  The race consists of five loops of a circuit round Boxhill that culminates with the climb up Zig-Zag Hill, the first and last loop are on foot, the middle three under pedal power. I hoped to build on my somewhat inauspicious results in the event to that point: DNF (did not finish) and DNS (did not start).  The pre-race build-up consisted of Nick Malynn and me relentlessly talking up the other's chances in an effort to relieve any pressure on ourselves, and Freddie Leatham waking up in a cold sweat at the thought of running up the final hill.  I had made the decision beforehand to play to my running strength and go with the pace on the first lap if it seemed reasonable.  This turned out to be a bit of an error, I got into a pack of about half a dozen going down the hill and the whole group got dragged along by the strongest runner at a pace that was a bit too quick.  My legs...

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