Race Reports

Mid Sussex Triathlon Club

It has been a busy weekend for members participating in Swimming, Sprint and Ironman Triathlons and cycling Sportives.

Ironmans at Bolton & Bavaria

Doug Mac Taggart was at Pennington Flash lake on Sunday 3rd July for the Bolton Ironman (3.8km swim, 112km bike & 42.2km run. Doug finished 27th out of 60 in 14.32.08 in the M55-59 category.

Meanwhile Stewart Conway had travelled to Bavaria in Germany for the world's biggest long distance triathlon event at Roth bei Nurnberg. Stewart finished 45th out of 594 in the M50 category in 10.43.38.

JLL Property Triathlon event at Dorney Lake Friday 1st July

Tom Wade did brilliantly placing first in his M 35-39 age group in the 2.2km swim in Dorney lake. Meanwhile Florence Wolfe and David Howard Jones completed the Triathlon (750m swim, 21.2km bike & 5km run) in 1.26.30 and 1.33.23 respectively.

Hever Festival of Endurance 10km Swim

It was Adam Bryant's first time in the 10km swim and was happy with his time of 4hrs 11 mins considering the weeds a twisty course and a nice medal.

Wolfe Sportive Bike Ride, Westerham

Simon & Joanne Barton and Sam Crofts enjoyed the popular 72 mile ride through the lovely Kent countryside.

Eastbourne Triathlon 12th June

Paul Newsome had a brilliant result, placing first in the M35-39 category and 7th overall in the Eastbourne Standard Triathlon (1500m swim, 36.6km bike & 10km run) in 2.09.53. Richard Brazier also participated in the M55-59 age group, finishing in 2.46.28.

Open Water Swimming at Ardingly Reservoir

The Club's Open Water swimming has now commenced at 8.15am on Saturday mornings and 6pm on Tuesday evenings. Usually between 20 and 40 swimmers participate.

This is one of the club's most popular activities and the club is the only organisation which has an agreement for swimming in Ardingly Reservoir with the Activity Centre.

Ironman World Championships, St George, Utah, USA

Having qualified last year, Stewart Conway went all the way to Utah for the World Championships. However he suffered a stress fracture in training so could not push himself. Despite this setback, decided to go to enjoy the experience, finishing in 12hrs 37mins 30secs. Reporting after finishing he said it had been an awesome experience and he had loved every minute of it. This was despite the 33 degrees of dry heat, very strong winds and more elevation on both the bike and the run than pretty much any other Ironman.  However he said his inability to pedal to full power or run had possibly played to his advantage as he could have been knocked over by the the strong winds, as happened to so many other athletes.

Ironman 70.3, Alcudia, Mallorca 7th May

Three members went to Alcudia to compete in the Ironman 70.3 (1.9km swim, 90km bike & 21.1km run) in warm and sunny conditions.

Andy McGregor finished in 5.49.40 followed closely by Katie McGregor in 5.53.11. Kate Bradford was delighted to finish in 6.44.42, although commenting that 90km on the bike felt a long ride.

Three Forts Challenge, Sussex Downs, 1st May

Helen Graham & Douglas MacTaggart took on this tough marathon, which is mainly on the Downs between Devil's Dyke and Cissbury Ring. It has 3450ft of climb and for this reason is known as The Tough One. Helen said she ran faster with Doug than she would have without his company.

The Mid Sussex Triathlon, Sunday 12th June

Members are looking forward to hosting the popular Mid Sussex Triathlon at The Triangle, Burgess Hill on Sunday 12th June.