Les Croupiers Running club

I'm not sure if you can actually 'splash' in smoke, but I did think that Malin and Sasha's efforts deserved an attention grabbing tabloid headline. In their first outing at the Olympic distance Malin and Sasha recorded 2.57 and 3.10 respectively - fantastic performances at a distance that places demands on the body akin to those of a marathon (without the mashed up muscles). I have been assured by our London triathletes that a full report will be winging it's way to the 'Race Reports' pages soon.

Well done both!!!! What's next?.......

The Triathlon season will soon be drawing to a close, but it's never to early to consider next year. If you're interested in following Malin and Sasha's example, then please get in touch via the website.

 The original London Triathlon course. Beware galleons.

I believe that this weekend Sasha and Malin will be headed to the big smoke for the London Triathlon. It will be their first attempt at the Olympic distance so please join me in wishing them the best of luck. We will of course, be anticipating a full report!

After the swim, the Daleks were the last to leave transition.

Many thanks to all those who competed at Llandow over the course of the 3 race series. We hope you enjoyed racing as we certainly enjoyed being back. There will be more of the same next year! (and no world cup distractions....)

Results as follows;

Race Results        
Name Race No            Category     Run                 Bike        Run      Total Time   Pos/Club
        
Rhys Jones 502           Male Senior 00.10.19    00:21:10 00:10:35 00.42.05     1 Rhondda Tri Club
James Heaton 506       Male Senior 00.10.23   00:22:15 00:10:58 00.43.37     2 Tredegar Tri
Michael Bool 512          Male Senior 00.10.16   00:22:47 00:10:52 00.43.55     3 Cardiff Triathletes
Richard Wilder 513       Male Senior 00.11.49   00:20:41 00:11:37 00.44.08     4 Les Croupiers Triathletes
Patrick Lees 510          Male Senior 00.11.32    00:21:53 00:11:24 00.44.50    5 Cardiff Tri
James Elgar 516          Male Senior 00.11.06    00:23:22 00:11:41 00.46.10     6 N.E.W.T
Peter Kellam 508         Male Vet 40 00.11.47    00:25:07 00:11:43 00.48.38    7 Les Croupiers Triathletes
Darren Lloyd 521         Male Relay 00.12.45      00:23:03 00:13:09 00.48.58   8 Team Muddybums
Neil Davies 503            Male Senior 00.12.23    00:24:03 00:12:52 00.49.20    9 Rhondda Tri Club
Ollie Beaman 519         Male Relay 00.11.27      00:26:19 00:11:35 00.49.22   10 Glasfory
Debbie Cooke 505        Female V40 00.12.06    00:25:14 00:12:24 00.49.44   11 Pencoed Tri
Adrian Rees 507           Male Vet 40 00.12.05    00:27:18 00:12:52 00.52.16   12 
Richard Belcher 517      Male Senior 00.13.17    00:25:45 00:13:37 00.52.40   13 
Janice Coyle 511           Female V40 00.13.52    00:26:41 00:13:18 00.53.52   14 Cardiff Tri
Rachel Banfield 515       Female        00.12.50    00:28:07 00:13:07 00.54.05  15 
Cormac Callaghan 523  Male Senior 00.13.00    00:30:00 00:12:22 00.55.23  16 
Danielle Carpenter 504 Female        00.13.14    00:30:33 00:12:20 00.56.08  17 
Andrew Deans 501        Male Vet 40 00.13.48   00:28:17 00:14:28 00.56.34   18 Cardiff Triathletes
Steve Young 514           Male Senior 00.14.11   00:27:30 00:15:35 00.57.17    19 Cardiff Tri
Jane Standerwick 518    Female V40 00.14.52   00:28:30 00:17:18 01.00.40   20 

Sorry about the wibbly wobbly linining up. For a pucker set of results, download them HERE.

Many thanks to all of those that made it over to sunny (yes, honestly) Llandow last night. A wonderful night for racing and a fantastically fast field. On a personal note, thanks to Stuart Crees who partnered me for the evening and ran two blindingly good run legs, both in comfortably under 10 minutes. It was also great to see Llandow newbies; Sasha Macken (of Castles MC fame), Malin Falck and Kell Portelli).

1. Rhys Jones - 41.50 (1st Male)
2. Morgan Davies - 42.43 (2nd Male - but actually a junior! Well done Morgan)
3. Stuart Crees/Simon Nurse - 42.45 (1st team)
4. Jeames Heaton - 43.21 (3rd Male)
5. Josh Harris - 43.42
6. Gareth Battle - 44.39
7. Matthew davies - 44.50
8. James Nunn - 45.27
9. Gareth Hall - 45.34
10. Daniel Miles - 45.41
11. Alun Wood - 45.49 (1st M40)
12. James Manson - 46.05
13. Rhys Williams - 46.48
14. Oliver Jenkins - 47.02
15. Steve Rosewell - 47.13
16. Paul Hughes - 47.27
17. Daniel Wood - 48.02
18. Alastair Scott - 48.11
19. Wouter Poortinga - 48.12
20. Julia Warner - 48.23 (1st lady).
21. Huw Pullen - 49.24
22. Katie Beecher - 49.39 (2ndlady).
23. Dominic Ryland - 49.50
24. Neil Davies - 49.55
25. Oliver Beaman - 50.44 (1st Youth).
26. Debbie Cooke - 51.03 (3rd lady).
27. Graeme Donnan - 51.19 (1st M50).
28. Kel Portelli - 52.25
29. Adrian Rees - 52.59
30. Ian Merrick - 53.15
31. Janice Coyle - 54.10 (1st F40).
32. Malin Falck - 56.38
33. Mark Broughton - 56.47
34. Kevin Price - 57.32
35. Sasha Macken - 58.14
36. Lloyd Morris - 58.52
37. Beverley Lewis - 59.30
38. Andy Whitman - 61.53

A huge vote of thanks to the Marshals for giving up a beautiful evening for the benefit of everyone else. Thanks Andrew, Glenda, Jenny, Mel, John, Matt  and Jeff. Special thanks to Mick for helping me sort out the results after an IT glitch. The full splits will appear eventually, but may take some time due to checking details and forthcoming holidays etc.

Spectators at Llandow took full advantage of the Mediterranean conditions.

If you're looking to build those triathlon dates into your diary; look no further. Here is an exhaustive list of Welsh Triathlon events according to the WTA calendar:

Brecon Triathlon (Sprint) - 05th June 2010
Croups Llandow Duathlon - 16th June 2010
Cerist Sprint Duathlon - 20th June 2010
Parc Bryn Bach Aquathlon Race 3 - 24th June 2010
Mumbles Triathlon (Sprint) - 26th June 2010
TriExercise Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon (Olympic) - 3rd July 2010
Activity Wales Gower Triathlon (Sprint)- 24th July 2010
Tuska Triathlon (Sprint) - 25th July 2010
Parc Bryn Bach Aquathlon Race 3 - 29th July 2010
UKMtb Tri Afan Forest Mountain Bike Triathlon - 1st August 2010
Cymer Afan Off Road Triathlon - 7th August 2010
Llanwrdst Sprint Triathlon - 5th September 2010
Bala Standard distance - 12th September 2010
Neath Valley triathlon (novice) - 12th September 2010
Tenby Long Course Weekend - 24th September 2010
Fancy Dress Triathlon Champs, Tenby - 2nd October 2010

As you can see, plenty going on without the need to travel desperately far. For full details of these events, access the Welsh Triathlon Association website here.

Some triathlons are more appealing than others.