The Brutal - extreme triathlons

Jude went up to North Wales to race the Brutal.

Race didn’t go to plan, shoulder packed in on first swim lap, quick discussion with the race director and a session with the physio and it was agreed that I should step down to the short race, a change in mindset from endurance to sprint was hard , but managed to put in the overall fastest bike lap in my new category 1hr 41 to cover 47km ( despite coming down the pass unable to see due to horrendous rain ) then a steady jog up snowdon and a fairly swift descent avoiding what seemed like hundreds of people completely oblivious to the fact there was a race going on . Field to summit and back just under 2 hours with absolutely horrendous weather.

Came in 11th which is ok but not overall what I was hoping for and would have won my age group if they had one.

Now looking at a lot of time with the physio to come back stronger or maybe a switch to duathlon for the future, have my eye on Roadford in November.