Viceroys Lisa Yeoman, Alexa Docker, Pam Winstanley-Fisher, Theo Petronokolis, Mick Tumilty, Paul Mayer, Andrew Hedges and Kyle Young all headed for Thorpe Park Triathlon at the weekend, to get in their first practice run before Viceroys Triathlon Club Championships in September.

Lisa reports: ‘I was excited to take part in my first triathlon in about 4 years. Apparently I looked amazingly calm prior to the swim. I think I resolved to the fact that I wasn’t going to win it so just to get round in one piece and have fun was my aim. I was really pleased with my over performance. I came 8th out of the female age group. Have to say I think I’ve got the bug again and looking forward to my next one which is the Shock Absorber Women Only in July. On a closing note all I can say is ” Mark Yeoman” move over … Ha ha.’

Andrew Hedges reported: ‘It was a beautiful morning at Thorpe Park and the water looked really inviting. For the first time ever, I had a controlled and calm swim (unlike at Dorney two weeks prior where the time between arriving on site and the start gun going was 10 minutes) – a new PB for a 750m OW swim of 14 minutes. ‘

Mick Tumilty meanwhile was enjoying his first open water triathlon ever close behind Andrew: ‘ It was eventful and a lot of fun. At the beginning of the swim I couldn’t help myself from shouting “charge!!!” A second before the hooter went. While those around me were laughing, I put my head into the water and started racing.. My cheeky tactic had worked. No one swam over the top of me! 😉 and 14.38 later I was out of the water’kyle

Kyle meanwhile was still trying to get over the brutal tritahlon categorization which put him in the veterans wave at 39 and amzingly only having learnt to swim in January got through this tough discipline to quick transitions and a ‘fun’ bike and run: ‘I came in at 1 39 in my third triathlon this season’ – great achievement Kyle.