Robyn's E News 7 May 2012

Hi All,

You have to love long weekends!

It was a fun (but fast and furious) morning at Lake Alexander today.  The team themes were brilliant (if somewhat restrictive in the swim for some) and the spirit one of fun.  The results are listed but please take them with a grain of salt, given the amount of horse play and sabotage happening J

Thanks to Race Director John Thyne for all his efforts this morning, also to all the wonderful volunteers who also gave up their time to ensure this event was such a success.  The committee, competitors (and spectators) appreciate your contribution.

Our next event is our NT Olympic Distance Triathlon in a fortnight.  Entry is online and we would appreciate your assistance with early entry.  Not up for the full OD, this is a great event to get together and form a team of two or three.  Transition will be at the carpark adjacent the toilet block and the run will be three laps from stone gate to black gate.  

RESULTS:

1.  Teams Event, Lake Alexander 250m swim, 6km ride, 1.5km run x 3

1. Team Ray White 1.06.22; 2. Team A Class 1.08.03; 3 Team The Commandos 1.08.35; 4 Team Daddy Day Care 1.08.35; 5 Team Come Fly With Me 1.09.43; 6 Team The 3 Wiggles 1.10.51; 7 Team The Trigyptians 1.11.22; 8 Team Super Funky 1.13.12; 9 Team The Bees 1.13.53; 10 Team The Longgrassers 1.15.35; 11 Team Blue’s Farewell 1.15.49; 12 Team Santa in May 1.18.59; 13 Team The Geriathletes 1.21.00; 14 Team Magic 80s 1.21.46; 15 Team The Desperate Housewives 1.22.42; 16 Team The WOF 1.24.57

2.  Ironman Australia, 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run

Male:  Paul Ambrose 8.17.38  Female:  Michelle Mitchell 9.34.57

Marcus Lisle 24^th M30-34 9.54.43

Kylie Gaffel 14th F30-34 11.18.33

Glen Scholz  134^th M30-34 11.50.27

3. Ironman 70.3 Busselton, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run

Male:  James Hodge 3.55.08  Female:  Felicity Sheedy-Ryan 4.21.27

Jim Eadie 19^th M45-49 4.56.35

Steve Goat 55^th M30-34 5.07.49

Simon Casey 59^th M30-34 5.10.41

Haydn Whitty 38^th M25-29  5.12.53

Helen Mar 23^rd F30-34 5.34.07

Sinon Cooney 78^th M25-29 5.45.15

Damien Staunton 101th M35-39 5.56.32

4.  Ironman St George, 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run

Male:  Ben Hoffman 9.07.04  Female:  Meredith Kessler 10.12.59

Jac Crofton F35-39 dnf

5.  Ironman 70.3 St Croix, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run

Male:  Andy Potts 4.03.31  Female:  Angela Naeth 4.28.12

NEXT EVENT:

NT Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships

Sunday 20 May 2012

Lake Alexander

7am

1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run

Online entry & more information here

Individual Entry $25; Team of 2 $40; Team of 3 $50

First 75 entries (individual or team members) receive goodies bag courtesy of CycleZone ~ don’t miss out ~ get your entry in now

Entry closes: Midday Friday 18 May 2012 (no late entry accepted)

Roster:

Race Director:  Brian Gallagher

Registration:  Hans Bormann / Emma Muntz

Timekeeping:  Rose Stephens / Peter Stephens

Fruit /Ice:  Corinne Fabian

CHANGE OF DATE FOR DUATHLON:

1.  Please note change of date for our first Duathlon at Lee Point.

2.  We have moved forward a week to 27 May 2012 to avoid clash with City 2 Surf.

FOR SALE / WANTED ETC:

1.  LOST & FOUND:  Taken in error from Nightcliff Swim Squad last Tuesday – fins (clearly marked Robyn).  I have pair that were left (larger size).  Contact Robyn 0448 206 121

2.  WANTED:  A Kayak suitable for the Katherine Ultra Challenge.  Contact Ben 0427 155 400

3.  FOR SALE:  Forza 100mm carbon tubular wheelset $1200 ono.  Contact Ben  0427 155 400

4.  FOR SALE:  1 X L Ladies DTC Bra Top. $40 Contact here

5.  Items for next E News by 8pm tomorrow please

OTHER NEWS:

1.  Congratulations to Michelle Mitchell on her win at Ironman Australia.  Michelle was a late withdrawal from Ironman Melbourne following injury & surgery to insert pins in her hand.  A great comeback !

2.  Lance Armstrong has a bit more work to do on his run.  Dropped to 3^rd at IM 70.3 St Croix

3.  Blue Watt was tackled and “wedged” at the teams event this morning as a farewell gesture from his mates.  Blue and Christine head to the UK next week.  We wish them all the best.

4.  Congratulations to Jessy Young ~ married at the weekend.

5.  Appears nature beat a lot of the competitors at Ironman St George at the weekend including Jac Crofton.  The conditions in the swim were so bad it meant that Jac and over 60 other women and many of the guys didn’t make the swim cut off.  The horror day didn’t stop there as the wind, gusts at times of 70km an hour, saw even more abandon their race or not meet the bike cut off.  Understandably Jac is feeling grateful to be alive at this stage.  Hats off to Jac who was coming back from breaking her collarbone so worst possible scenario for her.  She now has the horror ironman story of all time to tell at dinner parties.

6.  Many of our members were involved in the Lake Argyle swim.  Hear that Ron Griep and Moira Wigley set a new record in the 20km teams event and Adrienne Willing was 2^nd in the individual but haven’t located official results in time for this E News.  

7.  Kylie Gaffel is celebrating her 5^th Ironman Australia finish as well as a new IM PB.

8.  Rumours abound at Port Mac today with some changes to events in the pipeline. Also new events coming up in WA including this one at Albany.

9.  For avid M Dot race followers some good news; the athlete tracker is actually not broken. What is happening is that under some browsers it doesn’t refresh, even when you reload the page. By manually clearing the cache it will be OK.  Of course not everyone knows to do that, so they are looking to rectify that area of the program, hopefully in time for Cairns.

10.  Speaking of Cairns, we have a large number of athletes heading over and that is evidenced by the number of athletes out there training the house down.

11.  Congratulations to Justin Tranter, Monica Stewart, Ali Croser, Matt King & Helen Bretten plus Dave Croser at Reserve 1 named in the Sprint Team for Auckland. Also to Kate Robertson and Sue Parora who have made the Olympic Distance Team.  Dave will be hoping someone opts out now it is pay up & finalise nomination time.

12.  It was good to see many of the interstaters who raced our selection points events also made the TA Age Group teams for Auckland.

13.  We will be launching our new look club website soon.  

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRIATHLETE WHEN …

… you have your ear to the ground for new IM and 70.3 events

… you enter our NT OD event online today

… your body clock has an inbuilt Gu alarm

Safe training,

Cheers,

Robyn

Robyn Stanley

Darwin Triathlon Club

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