Six Bromley Vets competed, Mike Abousselem, Mike Turner, Linda Gray, Les Humphrey, Helen James and myself [please let me know if I have left anyone out]. It was a very cold, sometimes wet, sometimes sunny May morning. If you glanced quickly to the side on the country roads as you whizzed past on your bike there were bluebells and primroses filling the woods. Though serious triathletes; of course kept their heads down.
The three triathlon disciplines were: 400m swim; 25 k bike and 5 k run. The swim in the Tonbridge School pool was over very quickly apart from a massive kick in the head for yours truly. Then out into the freezing cold and away on our bikes. The cycle course was tough, plenty of hills and most scary of all, two steep down hills. Not only was it cold but it rained hard at one point and the down hill was very frightening. Wet road, bends, flickering shadows and the sun reflecting off the road. Please god don’t let me hit a pothole! One competitor did fall off and presumably was then out of the race – I don’t know if he/she was injured.
The run was straight forward – two laps round Tonbridge school playing fields on nice flat grass. It felt like a long 5k, longer than the local Park run in Norman Park, but times were similar so it must have been exhaustion befuddling my brain.
Good results for everyone although I was disappointed with my time – slower than last year. Some of Mike A’s results are missing as well. One splendid and interesting result is that four Bromley Veterans were Age group winners.
Linda Gray: 1st F 60-64
Maureen Farish: 1st F 65-69
Les Humphrey:1st M 70-74
Helen James 1st F 75-79
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Swim
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Cycle
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Run
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Finish
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Linda Gray
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8.51
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1.01.58
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24.39
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1.38.48
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Les Humphrey
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10.52
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1.10.47
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30.43
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1.57.00
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Mike Turner
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8.51
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53.32
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20.23
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1.26.21
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Mike Abousselam
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7.55
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58.58
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Maureen Farish
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10.48
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1.28.53
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33.59
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2.19.02
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Helen James
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12.47
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1.26.47
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36.44
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2.20.33
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