UK 70.3

[Emma E]

Hi all,

just heading home having watched Bella win IMUK 70.3. I'll leave her to give you the details - it was a cracking race and she was unbelievably impressive. Tamsyn had a great bike and was 2nd.

Stephen was a solid 6th - the mend race was also close. A very good day in the English sunshine!

[Jocelyn Wong - "Wongstar"]

awesome!!!  thanks for the report Emma & AWESOME JOB Bella, Tamsin & Stephen!!

[nicola]

Wow, awesome Bella!! your unbelieveable Great job to Tamsin and Stephen, too, well done!

[Donna]

Great job Bella! Looks like you'll be ready for Austria in a couple wks!
Congrats Tamsin on a great result in your first pro race!
And way to go Stephen on a strong finish in a tough men's field.

[rebekahkeat]

Great job girls...Bella always gutsing it out awesome got job done! Tam first pro race and a podium not too shabby !! ...Well done to Tez too in her 'training race' think she was second...
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[Keegan Williams - "kiwiman"]

Good effort girls
 

[BellaBayliss]

Hi everybody!

Thankyou Emma for updating the world on our results.  It is a beautiful part of the world at Wimbleball, but very difficult to update the world when you are in a "black hole"!  There is absolutely no internet of mobile phone reception there!

I was very very happy to win this race!  I dont feel I am at my full strength and I have had sore legs recently, but with coachs help, we have managed it to a reasonable level.  Last week I was'nt to be racing 70.3 UK, but with a couple of days to go, we decided to go for it, ..and it turned out good!!

It is not easy to win races.  You can see that when you have some problems, so this felt EXTRA special.

Will do a blog when we stop tonight (travelling right now)thanks for your support everybody!
Bella

[Tamsin Lewis - "sportiedoc"]

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the congrats, muchos appreciados.  Having never raced a half IronMan before this was all new for me... and boy are there a lot of lessons to be learnt!  I kept thinking on the bike... that i'd never run more than 10K off a bike before... how was 21K with 900m of climbing gonna feel? So I kept it steady.. and was enjoying every minute of it until my chain came off up a steep hill and somehow manage to tangle itself. I hope the TV footage, edit out my profuse swearing!
Wont bore you with more details now as i'll write up in my blog when I get  chance..   It was great to race with Bella and it just goes to show what a true professional she is... digging deep when the going gets tough.

[Erika Csomor - "Morcos"]

Congrats girls and boy 
It is always so sweet doing well in home land.
See you guys soon, Erika

[Matthieu O’Halloran - "M@"]

Hey Bella nice one!
World class effort.
See ya around the mountain