Team Kennet

James MacLaughlin took part in the Vale Tridents Aquathlon last Sunday finishing first in the T1 age-group, swimming 3:14 for the 150m and 6:02 for the 1500m run, finishing in 9:52.  James held onto the other main competitors in the swim not loosing too much time, before tracking them down and dominating the run. This [...]

Sunday 23rd May 2010
Swim 1.9km, Cycle 80km, Run 22km
Five Team Kennet triathletes gathered for a 6.15am start in the tidal Beaulieu River. With a later than usual start the rising tide meant the faster swimmers John Marriott and Graham Muse took a good early lead, whilst Mark Shepherd returning to triathlon after a break struggled [...]

The 2010 Team Kennet Triathlon series began yesterday in typical British
conditions at the Hart Triathlon in Fleet, three members of TK made the
trip to partake in very cold conditions and even an outburst of hail
mid-way through the cycle.
Steve Robinson on his debut for the club came home 20th overall and an
impressive 3rd in his category [...]

The BTF South East Aquathon series commenced with Carli Nicholls (Tristar 1 U11) completing the 160m swim in 3 minutes, followed by the 1.5k run in 9m 7s, this meant a 4th place finish, with 3 events remaining to get the final ranking .

The wind and the rain added to the challenge on Sunday as 4 members of Team Kennet turned out to complete the 2mile run, 10 mile bike and 2 mile run event.
Of the 520 entrants, Mark Shepherd came home first with a good cycle time of 25m 55s (wind had eased a lot by then!), [...]

Team Kennet were represented by Tom Milburn and Nick Weston at the Mass Attack Duathlon at Thruxton Race Circuit on October 18th.
Weather conditions were good, if a little cold as 137 athletes lined up for the mass start of the 5km run/30km bike/5km run on the closed circuit.
Tom set off at a good pace on [...]

Only three TK triathletes took to the road for the last triathlon of our
series in Littledown.
Aston Nichols lead the Team Kennet triathletes from start to finish,
posting our fastest swim, bike and runs of the day to finish in 13th
overall. Aston also took the prize for the fastest under 20 at the event
and with his 16th [...]

Sunday saw the last race in the TK Triathlon series, taking place near Bournemouth. Team Kennet were represented by 3 entrants, all competing in different age categories. Rob Findlay (Vet 50), swam well completing the 400m in 7m 26s, Rog and Aston (Vet 40 and Youth) went in the same wave completing the swim in [...]

James McLaughlin did his first triathlon on September 5th at the Vale Tridents Junior Triathlon, at Farringdon. He was completing in his first event for Team Kennet in the Tri-Star Start Category, 50m swim, 1km cycle and 500m run. Weather conditions were good although all the competitors had to battle with strong winds. [...]

Following the unfortunate (and very annoying) late cancellation of Concorde Triathlon, Five TK members raced at the Malmesbury Triathlon this weekend. On a testing, rolling course with extra wind, times were never going to be that fast. It did however lead to one of the closest finishes of the season with John Marriott finishing 15th [...]