Seven Harriers headed northwards early Sunday morning for the 7.00am registration for the annual Stirling Sprint Triathlon. This is the biggest event on the Scottish calendar & consists of a 750m pool Swim, 20km Bike & 5km Run.
The race goes off in 14 heats in order of predicted swim time - Heat 1 featured both Andy Buchanan & Martin Duthie in his return to Triathlon after coming a cropper & wrecking his shoulder in this very race last whilst trying to brush his hair on the bike leg.
In the following heats were Colin, Genevieve & then Ben in his first Triathlon appearance. Don Kennedy made his first appearance also in the shorter distance Novice race plus, new to the Harriers, Grant.
Andy B had an excellent race all round, finishing in 1.05.24 & 6th overall in this highly contested race. Martin finished in 1.09.00 in 18th position & 4th Vet.
Colin was next up in 27th position in 1.12.21 & over 6 minutes quicker than last year.
Genevieve completed in 1.22.24 & was 4th Female Senior, also 6 mins quicker than last year.
Ben came over the line in 1.19.17 and actually placed 2nd Junior - quite a performance in this high ranking event & Bens first ever go at it.
Big Don cruised through the shorter Novice race finding time to smile & wave to the crowds as he completed the race in 1.01.43. Grant finished in 1.02.38 (I think - let us know if that is wrong!).
This is a really slickly organised event held in & around the grounds of Stirling University & highly recommended whether you have completed triathlons before or are looking for a good novice event to try.
Well done everyone.
Colin
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.... and nearly all of them tanked around Chatelherault on Monday night! Well done to all indeed.
Alan
Well done all, especially Colin & Genevieve for huge improvements. Moving on from the doggie paddle has made all the difference.
Think our positions are even better if you take out all the relay teams. If relay teams can count in races then we should enter the WHW race as a team.
I was checking out the corner where I came a cropper last year. If I'd kept going straight, I'd just have gone through a few small hedges into a grass field. Rather than a broken collar bone I'd probably just have improved my hairstyle.
Martin
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