TCR (Triathlon, Cycling, Running) Show

Last Saturday I popped over to Sandown Park Racecourse for the TCR Show which is on every year. It has a real selection of kit aimed mainly at Triathletes but caters for runners as well as you would expect (Triathletes after all do run!!). It's a good job I am not a triathlete as you could spend a fortune, I saw bikes at £6500!!!!! One of my reasons for visiting was to go to the Brooks stand as I wear Brooks Adrenaline 10th edition and they now have the 11th edition out and wanted to see if they were an improvement on the 10's as sometimes updates are not neccessarily upgrades as was the case from Adreanline 8 to 9. The shoes themselves felt a little different if the forefoot but felt really good when I had a quick jog, this I think is the new DNA cushioning compound in the heel and forefoot which is non-newtonian  (A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose viscosity is variable based on applied stress), my only issue is they seem to come up a little bigger than the 10's in width.

While I was on the Brooks stand I noticed a large queue and then saw Chrissie Wellington (3 x Ironman World Champion and World Record Holder) was signing autographs. She is taller than I had imagined and you could really see the muscle definition on her arms and shoulders (I have a long way to go to get into that sort of shape). She is sponsored by Brooks and is a phenomenal athlete, her marathon time at the end of a 2.4mile swim and 112mile ride is 2hrs48mins!!!! Had it not been for illness I think she would have won a 4th successive Ironman World Title late last year, great to see a British athlete who is the best in the world at what they do.
Sunday, I took my son to see Yogi Bear 3D, it was a good excuse for us boys to buy popcorn and sweets. While we were doing this the girls went to a 3rd birthday party, lots of princess dresses and sparkly stuff.