Deva Standard – Race Report

Just thought I would share this blog from a fellow BD Coaching athlete as his results this year have been outstanding!

Angus Smith - Triathlete

I took on my first ever standard distance triathlon (1500m swim, 40km bike, 10km run) last weekend at the Deva Triathlon up in Chester. I’d thought about doing one for a while and decided upon this event, as the course looked good, reviews of it from the last few years were great and the date of it was ideal for my season. Oh, and it was also the World Champs Qualifier, which is in Edmonton, Canada later this year. Nothing like throwing myself in at the deep end eh!

There were around 850 competitors due to race on Sunday, and following a 2.5hr journey from home on Saturday afternoon with the mother, I registered, which was one of the fastest and most well organised registrations I’ve ever had at a race, kudos to Chester Tri for this. We then drove round the bike course for me to get a feel…

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