Race Report: Bicester Triathlon
Created On: 25 April 2012
A field of 260 turned out at the inaugural Bicester Triathlon on
a fine sunny morning. The event began with a 400m pool swim,
followed by a 20km ride around the Oxfordshire country roads and
back to Bicester for a spectator friendly 5 lap 5km run. The event
was supported by TriRunning and Baines Racing who provided any last
minute race items, and live music from The Groove Company
In the men's race Mark Yeoman from Sigma Sport was one of the
quickest to leave the pool, with Sam Blanshard from Hillingdon AC
and Matthew Hammersley from Abingdon and Vale not far behind. An
equally quick bike section allowed Yeoman to maintain this lead but
blistering runs from Blanshard and Hammersley meant that Yeoman was
unable to hold onto this lead and finished third in 1:05:05 with
Blanshard taking first in 1:03:48 and Hammersley second in
1:04:12
In the women's race Claire Lait from Tri2O was first out the
pool and a quick bike saw her hold onto this lead. A fast run from
Emma Clydon was not enough to snatch the top position from Lait who
won in 1:12:59 with Claydon in second place with 1:14:21 and
Georgina Sculthorp holding onto third place with 1:19:28
Our next event is the Stowe open water sprint and olympic
distance triathlon on May 13th (sold out) followed by
the Buckingham pool sprint triathlon on 17th June
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