Vitamin D overdose

As you can see I forgot to put suntan oil on.

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Ironman Pete 2

Peter Fenwick the winner of our May mini completed his first Ironman in Nice France in 10 hours 59 minutes and 49 seconds, which is I'm sure you'll agree is an amazing achievement for a man in full time employment.

I will try and get him to write a wee ditty on this site on his return.

Well done Peter from Wick Triathlon Club if you get much better we might even let you join.

Our First Standard Open Water Triathlon

What an event I don't think it could of gone much better largely down to our illustrious leader Kate(Mrs Farmer) and the glorious weather.

Our previous worries about water temp was all for nothing as the 14 degrees was positively bath like compared to our training swims.

17 individuals and 6 teams took to the water watched by spectators all round the harbour creating a fabulous atmosphere.

First out of the water was Gemma Scott in an impressive time of 0.14.21, the swim fell quite a bit short of the 1500m but an impressive swim non the less.

The bike leg started with a rather cruel slog up long shore road then straight out to old hall and back. There was a stiff breeze on the way back which didn't help the running legs any.

Fastest bike leg went to Angus Peden 1.04.26.

Then on to what turned out to be a tough run the steps going up the hill shortly after run start were murder on the hamstrings and they had to be traversed twice.

This didn't seem to bother Angus though as he a

lso recorded the fastest run time 0.40.42 which was even quicker than the team runners.

First senior male :           Angus Peden           2.05.00

First senior Female :      Gemma Scott           2.25.56

First Veteran male :       Terry Gallacher       2.16.02

First Veteran Female :   Yvonne Pollard         3.05.44

First Team :                      Scott Mackenzie    2.12.02

Thanks to all marshals, Kate and all the wick tri club members who got up early to set up the scaffold and Marquee and to Plum and Brian for putting out bike race signs.

This turned out to be an enjoyable and succesful day that I for one am looking forward to repeating.

A special mention has to go to our oldest competeter 67 year old Jane Askey who not only completed the event in 3.29.32 but also stayed for curry and beer, helped dismantle the marquee before cycling off in the sunset to pitch her tent for the night. 

 

Ironman Pete

Thurso's Pete Fenwick is competing in Nice Ironman track his progress by clicking on link and typing his surname in search box. At time of writing this he was through 105 km checkpoint on bike in 4.36 with a 1.01 swim time.

Update 5.40.09 for bike split bib no.509.

Good Luck Pete

Swimmer's Nipple

The curse of the open water......you peel off the wet suit to find that your nipples have been switched off and the blood has been transferred to some other part of your anatomy which is more in need of the supply.

Here, as you can clearly see, Robert is suffering.

Will "Body Glide" do the trick and prevent further discolouration....tune in on Wednesday....

David Does Us Proud in Stirling

Just got the results from the Stirling Sprint Triathlon online...

David Sutherland (Super Vet) finished in 33 place in a field of over 250...his splits were as follows

Swim 12.24 (first in category)
T1 1.02
Cycle 35.46
T2 0.53
Run 22.48

Overall 1.12.56

Well done David, a nice marker for Ayr this weekend.

New skill...

Wooo im getting good at this now... done a link and now a photo!! haha

ps.. check that sun and no wind!!

Pete wins Inverurie Sprint

A quick well done to Thurso's Pete Fenwick for winning Aberdeenshires's Inverurie sprint triathlon on Sunday. He bet a formidable field( including a professional triathlete) to win the course in 1hr 21.52.
Also well done to Wick tri's Elaine Rutherford who was 6th female, with the fastest run split for the women.

Edinburgh Marathon

Arrived in Falkirk Travelodge switched on telly yo have the nice weather lady promise 18 degrees and and a cool sea breeze.

She lied it was hotter than that when we woke up at 0600.

We had a plan to run the first half in 1.45 - 1.50 giving us a bit of leeway for second half, all looked like it was going to plan when we went through 13 miles in around 1. 50.

At 15 miles the temperature rose and the average speed fell, at 19 miles we really started to struggle but hung on to finish in 4. 21 but at least we ran the whole way, and in temperatures that reached in excess of 20 degrees we were happy with our lot.

Helen smashed her last years time by 40 minuets so well done to her.

Roll on Brora 10k 20 miles less :)