Wetherby Triathlon Sunday 21st May

Report by Jason Pickford

This should have been an open-water Standard distance tri, but last weeks rain meant that the swim in the River Wharfe was cancelled for 2 reasons; 1. the river was too high and current too strong and 2. it was only 10 degrees. So instead, the event became a full duathlon with a 10k run, 40k bike, 5k run. Not much else the organisers could have done, even the ducks agreed with them (although Jo reckoned the swim should have gone ahead because she would have won the event outright, all the weedy males would have froze to death - I agree, we would have).

So not what we had turned up for, but what the hell, no point going home, time to put in some serious effort instead and Man Tri put in some excellent performances:

Men's results

Position	Name	Club	Time
1/150	Tony Dixon	Hartlepool Tri	2:00.54
2	Jason Pickford	Manchester Tri	2:01.56
3	Rob Johnson	U/A	2:03.47
15	Tim Johns	Manchester Tri	2:08.18
28	Mark Bradbury	Manchester Tri	2:12.15
66	Tony Jolly	Manchester Tri	2:21.21

Women's results

Position	Name	Club	Time
1/32	Melanie Hayward	Barra Tri	2:06.46
2	Helen Macvicker	Leeds/Brad	2:22.27
3	Louise Hanley	Leeds/Brad	2:22.27
11	Jo Weedon	Manchester Tri	2:44.06
13	Lorraine Carrington	Manchester Tri	2:46.46

Please note: Jo's pink helmet co-ordinated superbly with her De-Soto tri outfit.

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