If I thought it was hard to wake up yesterday morning (actually nearly afternoon) after a night out, it was even harder to wake up this morning at 5.45am even though I had a relatively early night. Its not often I get up this early on a Sunday but I was making an extra bit of effort to go support Jules in his London Triathlon. It was the least I could do to keep Sandra company whilst he swam 1,500m, cycled 40km and ran 10km ….

This year the triathlon was held over near the ExCel Centre at docklands. Not a particularly inspiring venue I guess logistically it’s one of the more convenient places to hold such a big event.

It was an absolutely glorious day for the event though maybe the athletes would have preferred a day that was a bit cooler temperature wise. Great for Sandra and I though!

You wouldn’t have thunk it but being a spectator at a triathlon is quite a bit of hard work. The swim is not easy to see (all the swimcaps look the same in the water) and the viewing area is not exactly big though I did manage to take advantage of my 12x zoom to grab a snap through the rails.

After the swim we then had to motor over to the bike area to try and catch Jules coming out of transition. As the cycle involves a few laps we were a bit uncertain which lap we would catch him on. Sandra, however, was quite knowledgeable about Jules time so in the end it wasn’t a problem. However it did take some concentration looking out for him. These guys are traveling at some decent speed after all! The sound from the cyclists with filled in back wheels was down right scary.

From the bike we then ran back to the track for the 10km run. We had planned it well and managed to catch Jules three times on the run!

Finally we raced to the finish to see Jules complete the Triathlon in under 2.5 hours. Under his target I think.