Year two of the great triathlon hobby. You know, for years I’ve told Cath she needed a hobby, so what did she do? Instead of crochet, or string picture making, she had to choose the most time consuming and expensive hobby she could find. Here are all of the scores on the doors as and when she does the races. I’ll be putting Steve’s up here as well so you can keep track of his progress.

A note about the maps. I’ll be putting maps up of each of the locations as and when I can. The swimming will be in blue, cycling in red, and the run in yellow. Each map will have a link so that you can click on it to open a Google maps page.

Oh, and yes, most of the triathlon websites are rubbish.

Blenheim Triathlon

Location: Blenheim

Website: http://www.theblenheimtriathlon.com/
Date: 7th & 8th June
Positions are the overall positions and include all female athletes. Wave position is the position within the group that started together. The day was hot and sunny with a few clouds towards the end that cooled the athletes down a little.

Cath’s Timings & Positions:

Bib:   ....2139
Start: 13:20:00   Sat
Swim:  00:13:13   137
T1:    00:03:55   327
Bike:  00:41:19   946
T2:    00:01:39   538
Run:   00:28:25  1316
Total: 01:28:28   537

Wave Position:      6
Total in wave:    200
Total at event:  5000

Steve’s Timings & Positions:

Bib:   ....3315
Start: 11:00:00   Sun
Swim:  00:19:10  2467
T1:    00:04:52  1316
Bike:  00:41:37  1018
T2:    00:02:17  2078
Run:   00:29:41  1692
Total: 01:37:35  1506

Wave position:    207
Total in wave:    400
Total at event:  5000

Welsh Championship Triathlon

Location: Parc Bryn Bach

Website: http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/
Full Results: http://www.tri247.com/results_5260.html
Date: 22nd June
Very cold and wet on the Saturday meant that the grass was going to be treacherous. Sunday was cool and sunny with gale force winds whipping up white crests on the waves in the lake. All positions (except wave) are across the entire list of competitors – men and women.

Bib:   ......11
Start: 10:30:00   Sun
Swim:  00:22:51    21
T1:          -
Bike:  01:21:17    37
T2:          -
Run:   00:49:29    47
Total: 02:33:38    33

Wave position:      3 (18-39 age group)
Women overall       4
Total at event:    63 ran

Worthing Triathlon

Location: Worthing

The race became a duathlon – run, bike, run, because of the high winds and choppy seas. The transition area had to be cleared by 06:30. The race started by the roundabout on the promenade and the competitors ran on the prom, not on the road next to it shown on the map about 1/2km from the transition area. Men started 11 minutes 28 seconds behind the women so that the fastest men and women would arrive at a similar time, making it a “battle of the sexes”.

Website: http://www.rawenergypursuits.co.uk/
Date: 9th August

Bib:   .....192
Start: 07:30:00   Sun
Run:   00:22:00    -
T1:          -     -
Bike:  01:19:00    -
T2:        2:00    -
Run:   00:47:00    -
Total: 02:30:00    17

Wave position:      3
Women overall      17
Total at event:   300 ran

Staffs Triathlon

Location: Blithfield

Technically an aquathlon, or aquathon, the foggy condirtions meant that the cylce section of the race was abandoned, and the route of the swim was changed so that it took place close to the shore.

Website: http://www.punishingevents.com/
Date: 31st August

Cath’s Timings & Positions (Olympic):

Bib:   .....218
Start: 10:00:00   Sun
Swim:  00:20:17    29
Run:   00:44:59    94
Total: 01:05:16    62

Wave position:      3
Overall:           62
Total at event:   142 ran

Steve’s Timings & Positions (Sprint):

Bib:   .....343
Start: 09:00:00   Sun
Swim:  00:15:00    47
Run:   00:23:32    40
Total: 00:38:32    43

Wave position:      6
Overall:           43
Total at event:    64 ran

Total at event:

Northumberland Triathlon

Location: Druridge Bay

Website: http://www.makeitcount.org.uk/
Date: 13th September

Bib:       ........
Start:     00:00:00  -
Swim:      00:00:00  -
T1:        00:00:00  -
Bike:      00:00:00  -
T2:        00:00:00  -
Run:       00:00:00  -
Total:     00:00:00  -

Wave position:   -
Total in wave:   -
Overall:         -
Total at event:  -

Allerthorpe Triathlon

Location: Allerthorpe, Yorkshire

Website: http://www.freebirdevents.co.uk/index.html
Photos: Photos at Truprint, free account required
Date: 22nd June

Steve’s second triathlon in his adopted home of East Yorkshire. A fast and flat course that was perfect for the bike caused excitement in the water where it was difficult to keep sight of where you were going. A great result!

Bib:            -
Start:          -
Swim:     00:16:01 115
T1:             -
Bike:     00:37:59  65
T2:             -
Run:      00:25:56 112
Total:    01:19:56  94

Wave position:       -
Total in wave:       -
Total at event:    161