Wombourne Sprint Triathlon
At the same time as some of the club were running in Wales, Ian Atkinson and Mark Deighton took part in the Wombourne Sprint Triathlon where the athletes had to swim 400m in a pool before cycling 20km on an undulating course before finishing with a 5km run along a disused railway track.
The 160 or so competitors were set off at one minute intervals and Mark was an early starter as he is a slower swimmer and so it proved as he exited the water in 10m 39s. He did better on the bike, overtaking several other earlier starters, returning to transition in 36m 58s. The run was initially taken at a steady pace, but seemed to get a little quicker towards the finsh and he crossed the line in 23m 27s to make a total of 1hr 11m 04s. This was good enough to give him 61st position overall and 4th in the super-vets category.
Ian did even better, starting off with a brilliant swim of 7m 08s, setting him up for a bike ride of 38m 20s before having a good run of 21m 58s to give a final time of 1hr 6m 19s for the event. This secured 39th position and 10th in the vets category.
The 160 or so competitors were set off at one minute intervals and Mark was an early starter as he is a slower swimmer and so it proved as he exited the water in 10m 39s. He did better on the bike, overtaking several other earlier starters, returning to transition in 36m 58s. The run was initially taken at a steady pace, but seemed to get a little quicker towards the finsh and he crossed the line in 23m 27s to make a total of 1hr 11m 04s. This was good enough to give him 61st position overall and 4th in the super-vets category.
Ian did even better, starting off with a brilliant swim of 7m 08s, setting him up for a bike ride of 38m 20s before having a good run of 21m 58s to give a final time of 1hr 6m 19s for the event. This secured 39th position and 10th in the vets category.
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