26 members took part in the 3rd duathlon of the series from Colwell in breezy conditions.

The run took competitors along the coastline between Colwell and Totland with those doing the long course continuing to the steps beyond the old lifeboat station and then returning. A strong headwind on the way out and therefore some help on the way back.

The bike saw competitors venture out towards Alum Bay before returning (no reported incidents on the hairpin!) and coming through to Freshwater Bay. Short course took competitors to the Middle Road and then Wilmingham Lane whilst long course ventured out on the Military Road to Brook before returning via Brook Shute and Wilmingham lane. ‘A tad breezy but been in worse’ was the general consensus of this exposed area. With the wind direction Wilmingham lane was the fastest it had been for a while before the passage through Yarmouth and up Halletts Shute back to transition before embarking on the second run.

Members could mix long and short course options in the nominated time event. Fastest over the long course was Sean Williams in 01:23:05 who was also closest to his nominated time, only 5 seconds out. Over the short course returning athlete Laura Abrook, her twins were around to cheer her on, was quickest in 01:04:03. Second and third in nominated were Paul Martin (9 seconds) and Trevor McAlister (14 seconds out).

Many thanks to John Gardner for hosting and Kevin Winchcombe and marshals for timekeeping. Event mementos once again kindly supplied by Russ Mellor of Cut Laser Cut.

The next event for Wight Tri members will be the Chillerton Crucifier on 30.05.2021.

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