Worthing is the next destination for a standard distance triathlon in the long summer of sport for Optician.
July 2 had initially been targeted for a return to the Fambridge Half Iron Triathlon following a DNFlast year. I won’t bore you with the details how it happened but Worthing became the new event.
This offers not just the prospect of a standard distance triathlon: 1,500m swim, 41km bike and a 10km run – half the distances of Fambridge, but it is also in Worthing. It’s not that I favour Worthing over the Dengie peninsular it’s just that it’s a lot closer and the distances are half those of Fambridge.
What makes this particularly exciting for me is the sea swim. For this event I will not be raising money for charity given it follows so closely on from theCooperVision Revolution Londoneventwhich raised an impressive £6,000 for Optometry Giving Sight. While the Fambridge tri swim is technically in the sea it is within an estuary which is salty and has a tide but isn’t quite the same. My last sea swim triathlon was way back in 2008 at theMonaco Half Ironmanwhere my triathloning exploits began. TheTransitions-ledevent has a long to answer for as does my Ironman guru and inspirationLynsey Brown(now at Hoya).
In lieu of not raising any cash my race report will once again feature the eyewear used. The plan at the moment is to go for the contact lens option, Alcon Dailies Total 1 Multifocal with aJulbo Aeroliteor a Bolle 6th Sense for the bike and the run. Of course this all depends on the weather conditions.
The big question mark is which goggle. A sea swim favours a more robust fitting goggle. The best fitting goggle I currently have is an Aqua Sphere Eagle, but it’s in a prescription and it doesn’t have any tint in the lens, not ideal if it’s a sunny day.
I’ll just have to keep watching the weather forecast.