A nervous night for the organisers bringing the inaugural outing of the Legends Duathlon.. Happy to say that there were plenty of useful ideas from all to help the event run pretty well.
Despite some last minute changes to the plan to the ensure safety, the competitors, sorry, the training participants, coped well with the challenges that came. Peter Morrison had a ding dong battle with John Connaghan with Peter just about coming out on top by just 48 seconds.
The battle for third was no less intense with Olympians, Mark Gormley, John McCullough and Ronnie Smart all appearing in transition after the bike lap within 30 seconds of each other. Mark eventually came out on top to claim the final podium spot. (Unsubstantiated allegations of drafting were made!)
Ryan Campbell was comfortably in 6th spot a couple of minutes of the next bunch of closely matched competitors; 1 minute separated Emma Kerr, Peter McGuckin and Michelle McCoy with some remarkably consistent running from Emma and Michelle in particular. Desi also showed some consistent running pace as well, coming home just behind.
Congrats to Emma McWilliams who chose our first duathlon to make her first appearance! Challenges don’t much bigger than that.
Thanks to Aidan and Nicola for helping Gary keep it all ticking over.
Name. 1st Lap. 2nd Lap. Bike Lap. 3rd Lap. Total
Peter M. 6:38. 6:47. 21:05. 7:30. 42:00
John C. 6:44. 6:48. 22:01. 7:15. 42:48
Mark G. 6:48. 7:05. 24:26. 8:10. 46:29
John McC. 7:24. 7:30. 23:38. 8:12. 46:44
Ronnie S. 7:35. 7:40. 23:04. 8:42. 47:01
Ryan C. 7:28. 7:28. 25:13. 8:13. 48:21
Emma K. 8:14. 8:20. 24:58. 8:39. 50:11
Peter McG. 7:36. 7:54. 26:03. 9:18. 50:41
Michelle McC. 8:09. 8:13. 26:27. 8:33. 51:11
Desi McH. 9:05. 9:05. 24:15. 9:47. 52:12
Emma McW. 9:14. 9:28. 29:38. 10:36. 58:56
Two weeks summer break now. Hope the sun remembers to come out and play!
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