June 2018 Roundup

June RoundupJuneCELTMAN - Mark KleinLast weekend I completed the CELTMAN! Extreme Scottish Triathlon. In brief, it consisted of a 3.4km swim in freezing, deep, jellyfish invested Atlantic waters, a 202km bike leg with nearly 7,000ft of climbing on incredibly scenic Highlands roads where it rained for 6 hours and a marathon over two Munros (big, *** mountains!). A nice little sprint tri ticked off!For those wanting a graphic, full length version, a race report from the day which can be found here Cardiff Tri (National champs) - Hollie, Alice, ReefHollie came 8th (20-24) and was delighted she didn’t end up in A&E this year!Reef came 16thAlice came 8th (U20s)The Bridge Triathlon – held in the shadow of the Dartford crossingWe had Optima tri-stars racing at Bridge Triathlon this weekend - Harry Klein (9^th), Zachary Elliot (14th) and Cameron Elliot who came 10^th in T2Harry looks ready to race…Leeds Castle Tri - Chris (European qualifiers)Chris Owens writes "Leeds Castle is in KENT, and runs many events, including triathlons, as it is INCREDIBLY scenic. This was a qualifier for ETU 2019 Lausanne. The swim is a soupy two laps of the moat and through that arch in the middle, and is followed by a good bike trip along and back on the rolling dual carriageway A20. The 10k run was on nice grass in the grounds, but included two steep hills per 5k lap - a challenging run. Luckily it was harder for everyone else in my AG, and I won in 2:33. The 4.30am start for setup did not help - camping next time!...." Blenheim Super Series -📣 Youths - Freya (2nd), Izzy (5th), Jess (7th), Fenella (22nd), Jacob (27th)🏆 Freya & Izzy both qualified for the Youth Olympics qualifier in Banyoles!🍎 Juniors - Alice (5th), Jenny (tbc) & Reef (13th)⛵ Hollie came 13th in the Senior WomenOptima going global -Josie traveled to Slovakia to do Challenge The Championship 70.3🏊swam 200m extra by accident due to questionable sighting techniqueThe run was HOT🍺 enjoyed a post-race pint in true Aussie style!⌚ total time 5:47:50ELITEGill raced the WTS relay in Nottingham with the South African team (Richard Murray, Henri Schoeman & Anel Radford). We enjoyed the spectacular running dives on the TV!

Gill unfortunately DNF at WTS Leeds due to a bike crash :(

However she had an awesome swim and was in the main chase pack on the bike - nice!Chris took 1st place in the 65-69 AG at WTS Leeds:"... Sunday in Leeds dawned with quite a thick mist due to the warm weather the day before. Although there was no mist IN the water, the organisers decided that they might lose a few swimmers, and so made the swim 750m, not 1500m. So sadly my faster-than-Varga time 13:02is due to the distance swum. However I took nearly 2mins off my bike time and approx. 1:30 off my run time over the same distances as last year - and won my AG (=British Champion(old geezers)) by 5mins. A good day at the office..."🐼 Rowan got 18th place in the 25-29 AG at WTS Leeds. He loved that the swim distance was halved on the day!Also in action on Leeds:🏊 Juniors - Super-sprint - Alice (15th) and Reef (22nd)☀ Youths - ditto - Jess (6th), Fenella (17th), Jacob (37th)

Cameron raced for his school and got bronze in the IAPS National Triathlon Championships

💎Lucy did the South Hams Sprint and came 2nd overall female - the Devon hills were tough! She also roped boyfriend Oli into participating...Well done all! - including the supportersdriversmumsdads and significant others who played supporting roles behind the racing scenes shown - we'd be lost without you!