At Tri Training Harder we had a great weekend of racing on
the 12th-13th April with race team athletes racing in
several events both on home soil (of Portugal and in the UK) and abroad, and
Tri Training Harder staff and training holiday guests taking part in a local
event in Quarteira.
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| Elysia sprinting down the finishing chute |
Race Team athlete Elysia Ridley kicked the weekend off with
her first elite triathlon race just down the road from our training holiday
base in Vilamoura. The ETU Olympic distance race was hosted in Quarteira where
athletes swam in the sea, rode technical laps within the town and ran along the
beach front lined with lots of spectators. Although the race didn’t quite go to
plan for Elysia due to a couple of unfortunate occurrences, she put in a very
strong performance on the bike and had the 10th fastest run split
(not bad for a first race!) watch this space, there is much more to come from
this one!
It was then the turn of Danny (race team athlete) to race in the
men’s race in the afternoon. His entry into the race had been by last minute
invitation from the British Triathlon after his storming result of 4th
place at the Elite Duathlon back in the UK 2 weeks prior to the ETU race so
preparation was rather last minute but an opportunity not to be missed.
Unfortunately Danny did not have the chance to finish the race on Saturday and
show the other athletes his fantastically fast (and freshly shaven) legs on the
run but it won’t be long before he is racing again.
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| Race Team Athlete Danny |
Sunday brought a new day of racing with race team athletes
Jason and Ross competing in the ETU long course duathlon championships and
London Marathon respectively and Tri Training Harder staff and training holiday
athletes taking on the race at Quarteira.
Jason had a fantastic race coming in
as 1st British Male overall and 5th in his age category
which is a
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| Jason Racing at ETU Champs |
great start to what looks to be a very promising season. Ross flew
around London in a time of 02:41:00 only 27 minutes (that probably means 10k) behind Mo Farah! And Fiona,
Max and Alan raced alongside training holiday guests; James Briscoe and Leman
Harris in the local sprint race with Fiona winning her age category.
Well done to all those who raced this weekend for us and
well done to Vicky Frosdick from our sponsored club Premier Tri who completed
the London Marathon in 03:57 raising money for Bob Champion Cancer Trust.
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| Left to right: Fiona, Max, Alan, James and Leman enjoying themselves at Quarteira triathlon |