Two Seconds to Second

While most people in East Grinstead were still enjoying a nice lie-in James Dear was blitzing through their streets on his way to a third consecutive MSTC BAR victory. Against a top quality field his time of 01:13:09 was good enough for 10th place overall, but more importantly it was a crucial two seconds faster than teammate Dave Jones. There have been a lot of two second gaps flying about in the last couple of weeks, unfortunately Dave was on the wrong side of this one. It looks like the extra two swim lengths he had to do have cost him dear!
Ghostbusters were put on alert until it transpired that the slime monster coming in in 3rd was actually Loz. He reminded everybody what a legendary athlete he is by clocking a very impressive 01:15:41. When he starts getting some more sleep he is going to be dangerous. Looking at the results these three would have clinched the team prize, if there was one (not sure if there is or not?)
Stu was well pleased with his days work, particularly the run, which helped him maintain the advantage gained from his bike leg.

Rob and Steve had their usual ding dong . This time Rob's all round skills gave him the upper hand as he came in 5th. I don't think Steve was that fussed, he was still buzzing after the previous days visit to Wembley to watch Pompey win the FA Cup. Rob has vowed to be in top form for the Sussex Tri!

Dave Lashbrook and Jon Webster continue to improve and were only seconds apart at the end, looks like those two are going to have a few more interesting battles this season as well. They were a couple of minutes ahead of Andy Heath, who is still on the comeback trail. It will be interesting to see how he improves over the next couple of months.

Tamsin was top lady of the day, smashing 4 minutes off her previous best time to record an impressive 01:34:31. On this sort of form she is going to be a real contender for the BAR. Current leader Lucy Williams bagged another 9 points though, just ahead of the ever improving Claire Cresswell who was sporting some rather fetching new tri bars. Sandwiched in between was Howard, who didn't have the best of days, but will be looking to bounce back in the Sussex Tri.

The next event is the BAR and Sprint Championship event the Sussex Triathlon in two weeks time, which promises to be another cracker!

Members results:

10th James Dear (s) 00:09:55 (b) 00:43:34 (r) 00:19:40 (oa) 01:13:09 9.31%
11th David Jones (s) 00:08:53 (b) 00:45:50 (r) 00:18:29 (oa) 01:13:11 9.37%
21st Lawrence Wintergold (s) 00:08:43 (b) 00:46:09 (r) 00:20:49 (oa) 01:15:41 13.1%
24th Stuart Nisbett (s) 00:08:09 (b) 00:46:30 (r) 00:22:42 (oa) 01:17:20 15.6%
40th Robert Hoodless (s) 00:08:36 (b) 00:50:08 (r) 00:21:05 01:19:49 19.3%
54th Steve Alden (s) 00:08:29 (b) 00:51:25 (r) 00:21:39 01:21:33 21.9%
71st David Lashbrook (s) 00:08:38 (b) 00:50:47 (r) 00:22:52 (oa) 01:22:16 22.9%
76th Jon Webster (s) 00:09:44 (b) 00:51:29 (r) 00:21:18 (oa) 01:22:31 23.3%
96th Andrew Heath (s) 00:08:06 (b) 00:53:27 (r) 00:23:14 (oa) 01:24:47 26.7%
195th Tamsin Douglas-Smith (s) 00:09:33 (b) 01:00:48 (r) 00:24:10 (oa) 01:34:31 41.2%
250th Lucy Williams (s) 00:12:22 (b) 01:04:24 (r) 00:25:16 (oa) 01:42:01 52.4%
263rd Howard Pickett (s) 00:09:44 (b) 01:03:59 (r) 00:31:09 (oa) 01:44:52 56.7%
281st Claire Cresswell (s) 00:09:55 (b) 01:07:25 (r) 00:32:30 (oa) 01:49:50 64.1%

Full results available here

Well done to Jess McMorris who completed the Try-a-Tri, which was her first triathlon. She finished 21st overall with a time 50:42.

21st Jessica McMorris (s) 00:06:08 (b) 00:32:21 (r) 00:12:13 (oa) 00:50:42 22.8%

Try-a-Tri results available here

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