Taylormade Triathlon Club
Based in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs. We are a triathlon club that caters for everyone from the seasoned triathlete to those yet to enter a race.

Race 4, XOSIZE Tri Series 10/11

SANDRINGHAM - XOSIZE RACE 4 (Victorian Sprint Championships) - 27th February 2011

The weather was far from perfect and only the brave ventured out.

The water was unusually calm, but as the wind picked up it became quite choppy for the later waves in the Sprint (where nearly all the Taylormade members were).  This made seeing the first buoy very difficult, and I think some of us swam a lot further than 750m.

It pretty much rained for the entire race, which at times made the bike leg interesting with glasses that were completely fogged up.  And as the race went on, the wind continued to pick up.  It was definitely more noticeable on the second lap of the bike.

Running in the rain is usually quite pleasant.  But not quite so good is running on paths that are strewn with large puddles, the last kilometer of the run had simply turned into mud (I collected a lot of it in my runners).

Tough conditions, but I still think everybody enjoyed the race.

Congratulations to:
  Martin Durkin 3rd M5054

SPRINT (750m Swim / 20km Bike / 5.1km Run)

OP   CP  Time     Name                Cat     Swim   T1    Bike     T2    Run
74    5  1:10:41  Peter RAINEY        M45-49  13:31  1:30  33:09  1:31  20:57
94    7  1:12:09  Courtney MCSPADDEN  M40-44  14:54  1:35  32:31  1:20  21:48
133  10  1:14:53  Rob MCNAMARA        M40-44  18:07  1:33  32:39  1:20  21:12
154   3  1:16:03  Martin DURKIN       M55-59  17:46  1:45  33:59  1:25  21:06
229   5  1:21:16  Bill BARDSLEY       M55-59  18:53  1:43  36:17  1:26  22:55
269  21  1:24:11  Darren TAYLOR       M40-44  18:14  1:46  39:00  1:34  23:35
279  22  1:24:53  Brady MORRISSEY     M40-44  19:21  1:51  36:27  1:34  25:37
332   9  1:29:37  Alistair BORLEY     M50-54  18:03  2:37  41:58  1:54  25:04
336   5  1:30:10  Karen GORMAN        F40-44  20:02  2:05  39:54  1:44  26:23

MINI (250m Swim / 10km Bike / 2km Run)

OP   CP  Time      Name            Cat      Swim  T1    Bike   T2    Run
107  20  43:39.20  James EDMISTON  M30-39   7:25  1:30  20:34  2:01  12:07
124   3  44:53.30  Heidi EDMISTON  F30-39   8:26  1:38  20:43  1:23  12:42
173  16  46:49.50  Caitlin TAYLOR  F12-13   8:39  2:18  21:36  1:41  12:34
251   7  50:45.00  Sally HAM       F40+     9:50  2:00  22:17  1:21  15:15
333  40  58:41.50  Bruce BURSTON   M40+    13:15  3:07  24:13  2:02  16:03

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