- Two total novices to triathlon. Junior Watts happened to be in the neighbourhood for last week’s event, asked what all the fuss was about, and decided to find out for himself this week. Sarah Farr arrived with her swim coach in tow (surely a first), survived what she found a nerve-wracking swim, and finished the overall event strongly.
- Several people who achieved personal bests. I don’t know all of them, but I did notice that Marie Taylor set a new PB; Judith Howe Tucker (who was finishing in over 40 minutes early in the season) finished in just over 37 minutes; and Litanya Smith broke the 40 minute mark–comfortably–for the first time, despite a pronounced limp. Well done to them and others who set improved times.
- Lucrecia Ming, who proudly told me that she’d now learned to swim–and proved it by finishing the swim leg without putting her feet down for the first time.
- David Hope. Dave, I thought I’d hear all the possible excuses for taking a nap during a race, but well done for finding a new one. (He stopped to pick up Byron’s bike computer during the cycle leg. He tells me that that probably added 4-5 minutes to his time.)
- And last but not least, congratulations to Gerhard and Lara Boonstra, who eloped to New York to get married recently. (There are worse reasons to have missed some of the Super Sprints.)
200m swim/3laps bike/2 laps run
Time Name
1 25:10 Derek Atkins
2 25:51 Byron Rencken
3 26:11 Otis Ingham
4 26:32 Romar Douglas
5 28:43 Gerhard Boonstra
6 28:57 Charles Leonard
7 29:07 Natalie Luthi
8 29:17 Richard Hammond
9 30:28 Laura Hope
10 31:11 Elizabeth Stewart
11 31:18 Rudi Hammond
12 31:50 Lara Boonstra
13 32:14 Eddie Fisher
14 32:27 Marie Taylor
15 32:57 Sarah Farr
16 34:27 Dave Hope
17 36:33 Louis Hammond
18 36:50 Kirstie Jones
19 36:58 Junior Watts
20 37:04 Judith Howe Tucker
21 39:35 Litanya Smith
100m swim/2 laps bike/1 lap run
1 29:00 Sharon Dublin
2 29:54 Kaylin Davy
3 36:49 Lucas Lightbourne
4 36:49 Jennie Lightbourne
Other distances
21:31 Cyprian Zimecki Extra long swim/no bile/2 laps run
Robyn Hayes Run only (self timed)
Lucrecia Ming Swim only
Angie Alvares 200m swim…5 times