Left Bank Triathlon: Race 1 FTC Championship Races
The popularity of the sport of triathlon was on display again this morning at the Left Bank Tri in East Fremantle. Always well attended, this event saw another significant increase in entries. The FTC tent was on site with President Lenane doing the breakfast honours. Thirty six Freo members took part this morning and many of them turned up at the tent after the race to enjoy the spot prizes and bacon and eggs.

We had numerous podium finishes including Di Oliver, Sally Scaffidi, Kat Geyer (welcome back, Kat), Neil Armstrong. Once results are published we will highlight all FTC members results.

Neil Armstrong has written his account of the race. Click here.

Bunberri CLassic November 8 2009

Conditions were perfect for the Bunbury Classic race which was superbly hosted on Sunday November 8th by Bunbury Triathlon Club.

The registration was buzzing at 6.30am and I was very impressed with the level of turnout for the race. With the Anaconda Adventure Race being held on the same day and the two World Champ events only having recently being staged in Queensland and Perth it would have been safe to assume that overall numbers could be impacted. It might also be too early in the season for some to race? Well, you know what they say about assumptions!

The field not only included a very healthy bunch of age groupers but also an extremely solid number of athletes in the Open category providing the opportunity for an excellent days racing for all!

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Long Distance World Championships Race Report: courtesy of Richard Burnell.

Well - after finally working my way through getting DNF against my name at Busso because of a timing chip "costume malfunction", and having braved the lousy winter weather to train for this truly iconic event, including running up and down the English canal towpath for two weeks while my wife sipped champagne with the rest of my family, race day finally loomed. We all checked the long range weather forecasts each night and as the end of October drew near, it was clear that it was going to be a challenging day. But as I heard one father say to a nervous competitor at transition, "it is what it is - so get over it and get out there!"

For those tragic triathletes amongst us who keep training diaries, I started the training a week after the BHIM, and come race day had swum 150km, ridden 3,500km and run 800km. So I knew that I had done the work.

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