Emma S and Steve W were on GO VEGGIE triathlon duty last Sunday (4th May) at Epworth, in the ever-so-slightly-arcane Isle of Axholme.
Distances were S400m / B20K / R5K over a course that was quite tricky and needed careful attention in order to pick quick (and safe) lines. The bike section in particular featured some very narrow lanes that had roller-coaster type undulations where the carriageway had sunk under the weight of the frequent (and huge) agricultural traffic. Even the run got in on the act with much of it being on grassy / hard-packed-mud type farm tracks which were subject to the same never-quite-able-to-find-a-flat-bit kind of sensation.
Emma did ever so well. She put good time into almost all the female field on the bike and backed this up with a good strong run to finish on the podium in her age group (3/14) and a very creditable 6/43 in the female race overall.
Steve meanwhile did a sub one hour time which saw him secure an age group win and finish 5/145 overall.
