Castle Combe Duathlon
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!), [...]
Mass Attack Duathlon
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 [...]
Littledown Triathlon and the TK Series Roundup
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 [...]
Littledown Triathlon
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 [...]
Vale Tridents Junior Triathlon
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. [...]
Felt Malmesbury Triathlon
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 [...]
Ironman UK 2009
Team Kennet were represented last weekend at Ironman UK Bolton by Andy Laycock, John Marriott and Nick Weston. Andy and Nick both made the 200 mile trip as first timers and John was going for his fourth finish at the full ironman distance. The new course venue and weather conspired against organisers and competitors alike so [...]
Triathlon Season – Bournemouth and Milton Keynes
Races five and six of the club series have passed us by in July, firstly Bournemouth International where Iain Adams was the only TK competitor and finished in 51st place overall. And yesterday saw an early start for six of us who travelled up to Milton Keynes for the Olympic-distance race, an exceptionally quick [...]
3rd Dorney Lake Sprint Triathlon
Wednesday saw Aston complete the 3rd and final evening Triathlon at Dorney. A blustery day mean’t for a tougher swim, 750m completed in 10m 2s. Riding a new bike (Birthday presents cancelled for 10 years), for the first time, the 20k distance, made up 5 laps, was great to see as each lap split was faster, finishing with a time [...]
Steelman Triathlon
Warming temperatures had resulted in a wetsuit ban for the Steelman Triathlon (to Sonja’s excitement). Sonja again was first to start at 10:45 on a very windy but hot Sunday. Leading the women out of the choppy waters, she was overtaken by only one competitor, coming into T2 in 2nd position after a tough cycle [...]
Friday's weather is forecast to be heavy showers.
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