I year ago, David Smith entered Blenheim Triathlon and enthusiastically persuaded his new tri club buddies to do the same. Kate, Jon, Nicola, Helen, Adel, Deon, Fleur all signed up to follow in Dave’s footsteps… but what actually happened on the day?

David did not turn up, doing nothing to dispel the rumour that he is no more than a  computer generated entity who manages aspects of our web site from a virtual world; Helen ditched Blenheim in favour of next week’s 70.3; Fleur was otherwise occupied with work and children; the remaining 5 competed in the triathlon, but managed to do so in 4 separate waves over 2 days!

So how did everyone do? Adel had a rather stressful start, as he turned up to transition with only 1 running trainer, but eventually had a strong race in all disciplines.Ex Iron Man Jon entered the supersprint to take on a new challenge, managing an excellent 11th in his AG despite being asked by kayak support if he was ok as he stopped to tread water for a bit during his swim. Well done to Nicola who tackled the washing machine terror of her first Open Water Swim Tri – great transitions and strong bike from her too. Kate was delighted to take 3 minutes off her swim time after drafting coaching from Mark, for the first time ever having the confidence to not just sit at the back of the pack. Great racing Viceroys.