Thursday, September 13, 2012

LRFC Tri-Team Results...

Last Sunday a team of 6 under the banner of the LRFC Tri-Team competed in the Sandford Park Lido Cheltenham Triathlon

The team comprised 
  • the Manager of the U12's Cheetahs, Mark
  • the U13's Cougars Manager, Marcus 
  • Britta, the mum of one of the Cougars who with an injury to Lee was drafted in with 3 days notice!
  • Adrian a father of one of the Cougars
  • The final two spots went to Mark (a veteran of many triathlons including an Ironman 70.3) and Nigel who was probably the most qualified of everyone having competed in multiple triathlons including UK Ironman full distance (2.5 mile swim / 112 miles bike / 26.2 miles run).

(Left to right: Nigel, Britta, Marcus, Mark P, Adrian)

With a start time of 7:30 and in lane 1 which was the widest but not wide enough for Adrian we set off at 10 second intervals to complete the swim. Out of the water there was then a short run to the car park and T1 to get onto the bike. The bike course took competitors out towards Bishops Cleeve and back into town over the race-course hill. This was then followed by a short 1.8mile run.

The team completed the course in a combined 6:00:34, with avg time of an hour which is an excellent performance by everyone. Mark (U12's Cheetahs) bettered his time by some 8 minutes from the previous year.  

The final results were as follows:
Marcus - 51:29 (23rd male)
Nigel - 53:27 (48th male)
Mark P - 55:16 (77th male - wearing bib no. 7!)
Britta - 01:01:31 (36th woman)
Mark L - 01:06:06 (272nd male)
Adrian - 01:12:45 (335th male)

We will definitely be entering a team for next year so if you are inspired by the team and want to get involved then get in touch! Maybe next year we can have two teams?



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