Weekend Triathlon & Duathlon Round up

Weekends Triathlon round up.

Fellow club members in action this weekend were Pip Moore, Lesley Linden & Mandy Bunn at the Nottingham Triathlon which saw a big field of 826 tackle the sprint distance triathlon of 750m open water swim, 20k bike & 5k run. The whole event took place at the national water sports center Nottingham. Pip came a commendable 57th overall and a impressive 5th in his age group of 83 in an overall time of 1:01:12.  Mandy's overall time saw her stop the clock at 1:17:31 and Lesley in 1:34:05

In the Beccles Sprint Triathlon, Sharon Perry took to spot in her age group and 2nd lady in overall, adding to her impressive form last season which saw her gain GB age group representation.

Further afield at the Garmin Eton Super Sprint Triathlon at Eton Dorney, venue for the Olympic rowing. Another of our age groupers Alice Maguire took top spot in the Junior 17-18 ag finishing the 400m swim, 21.2k bike & 5k run in 1:14:23.

Last but certainly not least Angela Joiner Handy made the trip to Pontevedra in north west Spain for the World Duathlon Championships, despite suffering a mechanical on the bike Angela finished 6th, looking at the times of 6th, 5th,4th,& 3rd it was close for the bronze.