Tre-X Triathlon November 30th 2008

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Well done to all our members for a great turn out again - another bunch of medals to add to the collection!

Tre-X Off-Road Triathlon November 30th 2008

We came…they saw…we conquered...again!!

Another great effort by all team members in Race 2 of the Tre-X Offroad Triathlon series, returning with an impressive haul of medals.The Mount Cotton course was not a real problem for many of our experienced competitors, with plenty of technical elements (drop offs, rocks, sticks, steps and creeks).

Short course competitors swam a muddy 350m swim around the dam course and then onto 10km of hilly and very technical mountain biking, the final leg as always was an up and down 4km run course. The long course was a 600 metre swim, 15km bike and 6km run.

The medal presentations were fantastic again, special mentions must also be made as follows:

Simon – tackling the long course for the first time with the big boys

Georgie – tackling 10km of hard mountain biking in the heat

Brett – using every tactic to win, inlcuding a 5 minute accidental head start

Liz – winning her age group and putting herself in the lead for the overall series title

Dmitri - Taking the biggest fall down a set of steps and still beating Simon, in his first race

Will – maintaining first place all the way around until twisting his ankle in the last 1 km

Neil – drinking dam water like beer

Heidi – braving the alligators and sharks in the dam and producing a fine run

Michael – getting faster all the time, king of the down hill running

Justin – for taking out the over 15 years title and owning a BMW X5 at the same time

Everyone is looking forward to the next race in the Tre-X series on the Feb 1st 2009. Unfortunately I think Dmitri can't make the next one, shame. By Simon Richardson.

Make sure you get your entries in for the next race on Feb 1st at Petrie - register online HERE

We will run a bus again, with a trailer for bikes, fuel costs covered by the club, as well as your complimentary race goo fuel sachet! More race goo (only in orange flavour) available from Simon

Check your split times and see what you need to practice in the coming weeks!

Brett loving the top row of the podium

The things you see through your goggles are scary

Brett finishes a record breakng swim

Dmitri exits the lake

Simon beats Mr slap head out of the water

Brett flies down the steps, great body position!

Heidi heads into the finish

Brett makes sure he gets between the posts and not in the creek

Dmitri wondering where Simon has gone

Will going well on the bike, in first place

First place for Liz again!

Georgie finishes the muddy MTB leg

Justin finishes his first and last teaser race

Will pusihing for the line

Simon runs out of space to catch Dmitri!

The now traditional High Fives from ATP

Other reasons to go adventure racing

Liz finds the mud tasty and nutritious

Mike tackles the bridge

Heidi is finishing clean as a whistle!

Time for more ATP high fives

Mike really looks forward to the 4k run at the end

Someone really glad to be standing next to our famous Liz!

Dmitri found the run hard but managed to crawl to the finish

Team Peregian always make time to pose for paparazzi photos

Those kids didn't stand a chance

Justin shows us his over 15 years medal

Neil smashes another demanding course

Justin scared off all of the little fellas

Neil takes second place!

Will makes friends in the first aid tent

Name	Overall Time	Catagory Position
Dmitri Simons	01:35:50	6
Simon Richardson	01:36:54	8
William Carey-Foster	01:13:56	DNF
Brett Leckie	01:25:35	4
Liz Schumacher	01:33:31	2
Neil Cole	01:19:57	2
Mike Woodruff	01:32:17	33
Susan Young	01:26:57	1
Heidi Woodruff & Georgie Richardson - Team Event	01:31:31	2

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