2003 Triple Triathlon

The triple tri was on again, I wanted to do three bike legs in a team of three, this meant I had to find a runner and a swimmer. Alan volunteered to swim a while before the race which was good, he is a strong swimmer. Three weeks before the race we still did not have a runner, talking about it after an mtb ride at breakfast one friday morning someone at the next table over heard us and offered to run for us. We explained to him it was a bloody tough race, his face lit up with glee at the thought. We had ourselves a runner, Bruce, and damn did he run well.

On the day of the race it was raining and muddy as heck, this made the bike legs tough, but it kept the runners cool which probably helped a lot. In the end we finished in 11 hours 16 minutes, coming in 10th place in mens 3 person and 33rd over all. Team name was "Not So Soft" (yeah yeah an Ani song name). We all had a lot of fun the triple tri is a very good event.

1600x1200		 Garry Stevens Looking around while our runner Bruce limbers up and Alan (swimmer) looks on

1600x1200		 Bruce is keeping warm pre run, a good plan it was pretty cold when not moving.

1600x1200		 A photo of me just after crossing the transition line.

1600x1200		 Bruce dissapearing in the distance by himself.

1600x1200		 A photo of me taken by Jane from the car after finishing the final bike leg. The big grin has something to do with the pain being over for the day.

1600x1200		 Bruce finishing the final run leg.

1600x1200		 All downhill from here.

1600x1200		 Its over, the grin shows how pleased he is that it is.

1600x1200		 Our team, left to right, Steve (bike), Bruce (run), Alan (swim)

1600x1200		 Another team sort of, Pete (ride, swim, run) having just finished the final run, with Ben (swim, run, ride) and Aaron (ride, swim, run) looking on from the balcony.

1600x1200		 The winning womens team, from left to right, Heidi (bike), Kerrie (swim and 1 run), Anna Thomson (run)

1600x1200		 Sam Reinhardt finishing the final run.

1600x1200		 Sam relieved to be crossing the line, Julie smiling lots.

1600x1200		 Second place womens team, from left to right, Sam (bike, swim, run), Julie (run, bike, bike), Rachel (swim, swim, run)

Steven Hanley <sjh@svana.org>
Last modified: Mon Dec 22 15:29:44 EST 2003