Representing Team GB - World Sprint Championships Montreal
A fantastic couple of days in Montreal representing Team GB at the World Sprint Triathlon Championships in Montreal. I raced two races over two days. Firstly I raced the individual race on the Saturday. We started with a river swim, a draft legal technical bike course twisting through the streets of Montreal and finishing with a run along the Lachine Canal. The support was great and the finish line feeling even better! Temps were 34 degrees so bit of a toasty one! I finished 14th (less than a minute to finishing in the top 10) so all in all really happy with this!
Next up it was the first ever Age Group Mixed Team Relay on the Sunday. The teams were made up of 2 men and 2 women and were only chosen a couple of weeks before the race based on our qualification times at our qualification race as an individual athlete. Not all athletes are chosen so it was great to get a bonus race in that weekend. We all had to do a swim, bike and run before tagging the next person. I was athlete number 4 so had to patiently wait but enjoyed cheering the first 3 as they did their legs of the race! The atmosphere was amazing with we had so much support from our fellow GB team mates and supporters . After a sprint finish with Canada at the end of my run leg we finished 10th which we were over the moon with. A really fantastic first experience with Team GB at the World Champs and I look forward to more this year.
I will be representing Team GB in three more championship races this year. Next is the European Sprint Championships in August, European Middle/70.3 Half Ironman distance hosted in Spain in September and the World Champs Olympic Distance hosted in Abu Dhabi in November.
How to qualify?
You have to race in a dedicated qualification race in the UK the year before. There are two or three qualification races per distance often spread all over the country. I won my Age Group at the Eastbourne Sprint Triathlon which qualified me for the GB Age Group Sprint team. I then qualified for the other three races at other specific qualification races.
Please get in touch if you’d like more info on how to qualify.