Famous Five Travel to Zurich......

Five Carneddau Tri’ members travelled to Lake Zurich, Switzerland to compete in the Ironman 70.3, hoping that months of hard training would come to fruition. The format, known previously as Half Ironman, saw over 3000 competitors compete over a 1.9km swim, 90km bike and 21.1km run and was won by Ronnie Schildknecht in 3:54:30 and the first woman was Sarah Schütz in 4:28:26. The Carneddau times were; Paul O’Sullivan 5:28:53, Christina McKay 5:48:50, Geraint Rowlands 5:51:29, Al Read 6:09:47 and Rachel James-Owen 7:25:35.

Blenheim Triathlon

Rhian Roxburgh missed out on a podium spot in the womens Elite race at the Blenheim Sprint Triathlon, finishing 4th. her best Elite placing to date. Exiting the 750m lake swim in 5th place , she lost ground with a poor transition, going out onto the bike back in 17th. Coming in off the 15km circuit at the head of the chase pack, 30seconds behind eventual winner, GB athlete Jodie Stimpson and 2nd placed Non Stanford, Rhian was overtaken on the 5km run by Sophie Coleman before opening a gap to secure 4th.

Northants Ultra Marathon - a winner!

New club member and Endurance triathlete Sara Nason won the women’s race at the Northants Ultra Marathon on Sunday, as part of her preparations for the Ultraman Triathlon Championships to be held in Canada at the start of August. She completed the 34mile race in a time of 6:34:51. By competing in Canada, racing over a 10km swim, 418.3km bike and 84.3km run, Sarah, sponsored by Bangor University, will be raising money for Dolen Cymru, a charity that fosters links between Wales and Lesotho. Anyone wishing to sponsor can do so by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/sarahultra4lesotho

Coniston Triathlon

James Atherton and Tim Harding competed in the very hilly and tough Olympic Distance Coniston Triathlon on Sunday. The winner, Roger Wilkins of Tri Clan completed the 1500m swim, 40km cycle and 10km run in 2:17:49. James finished in 13th position in 2:34:43 and Tim in 29th place in a time of 2:45:39

Northwich Sprint Triathlon

Ian Ganderton competed in the Northwich Sprint Triathlon, covering a 400m swim, 18km bike and 5km run in 1:04:17, achieving a top twenty placing, despie a set of temporary traffic lights on the course causing havoc! The race, organised by the hosts of the Llandudno Triathlon, Xtra Mile Events, was won by Martin Cain in 52:30.

Cheshire Sprint Triathlon

Graham Jones, Peter Selley, Ruth Evans and Cerys Alonso competed in the Cheshire Sprint Triathlon which attracted nearly one thousand competitors. Their times for the 500m open water swim, 20km bike and 5.4km run were 1:13:19, 1:17:38, 1:34:36 and 1:40:35 respectively. A good time for Graham particularly as his bike shoes went missing in transition (was it a ferret?)! Read more with Graham's race report on the forum.......

Narrow Loss To Olympic Gold Medallist!

Gerwyn Jones, travelled to Keswick in the Lake District to compete in the Mountain Triathlon, achieving a top twenty five finish, and only three minutes behind Olympic Gold Medallist, James Cracknell. Held as part of the Keswick Mountain Festival the race attracts nearly three hundred competitors and was won by Marc Laithwaite of The Endurance Coach.com in a time of 2:02:42. Gerwyn completed the 750m swim, 35km bike and 10km run in 2:17:30, finishing 23rd overall and 11th in his age group.