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!
Read
more.
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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more.....