We also had a few other Driven to Tri athletes competing amongst the masses at the Eton Supersprints last weekend. Sharkie (Mark Jaggard), had a great result coming 2nd, and Kyle finishing in 9th. Both have been in the wars a bit of late, with Sharkie twisting his ankle badly at the Hart Triathlon a couple of weeks ago (but still won his age group!), and Kyle suffering from Back pain! Way to tough it out guys!
Now that the race season is in full swing, i will be posting our early season results soon. I know there are at least a few outstanding performances that need mentioning. Unfortunately for now, none are mine.... but i am hoping to rectify that soon.
Thursday 22 May 2008
I'm at altitude, not enough air to think of a funny title!!
Another good weekend, Kate was 9th at the Eton Super Sprint on the Sunday whilst Fiona managed 8th on the Saturday. We thought there was going to be a big Harry's athlete Pete athlete show down, but with the racing over 2 days it wasn't to be.
Whilst Kate and Fiona where representing Driven toTri in England Pete and I thought we would spread the word in France. We raced the first of the French Grand Prix races and finished 3rd and 5th respectivley with only 4 seconds between us over the line. We have now set up the Driven to Tri Font Romeo office at 1800m. We will be based out here for the next three weeks, so any errors omissions or spelling mistakes will be blamed on the altitude!
Whilst Kate and Fiona where representing Driven toTri in England Pete and I thought we would spread the word in France. We raced the first of the French Grand Prix races and finished 3rd and 5th respectivley with only 4 seconds between us over the line. We have now set up the Driven to Tri Font Romeo office at 1800m. We will be based out here for the next three weeks, so any errors omissions or spelling mistakes will be blamed on the altitude!
Sunday 11 May 2008
Wow, it's summer!!
Lots of driven to triathletes in action this weekend. Pete kicked off his season using the Exe Valley Tri as a warm up for next weekends French Grand Prix, he won by over 3 minutes. As I've (Harry) been concentrating on my running I opted for the Devon County Track and field champs where I won the senior Mens 5km, (I won't talk about the time).
On international duty Patrick and Fiona travelled to Lisbon to represent GB and Ireland respectively at the European Championships in Portugal. Patrick's slip and banged head at the swim start made for an eventful first few hundred meters but once out of the water he set about tracking down the faster swimmers on his brand spanking new Planet X! Recording the 2nd fastest run split in his age, he dragged himself up to finish 16th in his age group.
Fiona had a great swim, coming out of the water in just under 28 mins which was much faster than expected. A strong bike followed by a very respectable run considering previous injuries, saw her finish 11th in her age group and most importantly the first Irish female home across all age groups.
On the domestic front, Lorne was in action at Stratford (the largest pool based Tri in the country). He managed to bag a top 25 finish, running more than 3 minutes faster than last year.
We have also been finalising our Driven to Tri camp dates for next winter, so check back soon to see details on the website!!
On international duty Patrick and Fiona travelled to Lisbon to represent GB and Ireland respectively at the European Championships in Portugal. Patrick's slip and banged head at the swim start made for an eventful first few hundred meters but once out of the water he set about tracking down the faster swimmers on his brand spanking new Planet X! Recording the 2nd fastest run split in his age, he dragged himself up to finish 16th in his age group.
Fiona had a great swim, coming out of the water in just under 28 mins which was much faster than expected. A strong bike followed by a very respectable run considering previous injuries, saw her finish 11th in her age group and most importantly the first Irish female home across all age groups.
On the domestic front, Lorne was in action at Stratford (the largest pool based Tri in the country). He managed to bag a top 25 finish, running more than 3 minutes faster than last year.
We have also been finalising our Driven to Tri camp dates for next winter, so check back soon to see details on the website!!
Monday 5 May 2008
Zest
On Sunday morning Harry thought he had got the easy option in avoiding the Great West Half, but how wrong could he be.
The Zest squad put Harry through his paces with some through and off along with group riding practice, transition skills, cyclocross mounts and dismounts, the slowest bike race in the world a madison style duathlon and a last man standing run race.
Whilst rumor has it most of the zest athletes made it to Tavistock swimming club that evening Harry is still in bed!
Flying Doctor!
Barry went 1.21 at the Great West Half Marathon in Exeter Yesterday. A 5 minute improvement on last years time. Kevin was also in action and went 1.39. Kevin and Barry will be going head to head again at the U.K half in June.
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