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Why
should a Triathlete join a cycling club?
The obvious reason is that it will improve your cycling. The long
steady clubrun on a Sunday morning of anything up to 70 miles,
especially through the winter, provides ideal base level fitness
and will improve bike handling and confidence in riding in close
company with other cyclists. Also riding in a group is more sociable
and makes the time in the
saddle go quicker.
In the summer we have a mixture of time trials, of which the weekly
10 mile event is perfect for the effort required in sprint Triathlons
and also bunch racing to force you to pedal at speeds you would
never normally reach
when out on your own.
Currently we have around 6 members training and competing in Triathlons
from relative beginners to National Army age group team level.
So whatever level you are at, come along and see what
we can offer, at the Cricket Club Gorse Lane Grantham around 7.00
on a Tuesday during the summer months. Better still bring your
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On Sunday
11th June 2006 the first ever Grantham Triathlon took place at
the Meres Leisure Centre.
Particiating were Witham Wheelers very own Matt Penifold, Peter
Pain and Simon Cocker.
This is a Sprint event and consists of a 400m (16 lengths) swim,
12 mile bike ride (1st lap down Casthorpe Hill and back through
Harlaxton and second lap back to Barrowby and direct to Harlaxton
then finishing with a 3 mile 2 lap run of the Meres.)
First wave of swimmers go around 9.15.
A large field is expected but to give you an idea of how popular
Triathlon currently is, nearly 500 people of all ages, shapes
and sizes (some even bigger than Phil) took part in a recent Sprint
Tri event at Southwell. Simon Cocker came 262nd in 1.08.31 compared
to the winner in 48.06, its definitely a sport where you always
have plenty of room for improvement.
There is talk of a Grantham Tri club setting up after the event
if it is a sucess.
The Witham Wheelers welcome Triathletes to train with them on
our club runs and compete in our club events
Full Results - click here
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Above; Simon Cocker, Mat Penifold and
Pete Pain
left, Peter Cocker, winner of the Splash Pedal Dash Junior
Triathlon for the Witham Wheelers.
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