Daventry Sprint Triathlon
30th August
2015

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Official Results

  Swim 400m Bike 20k Run 5k Total
Ian Sturdgess 11.53 53.21 28.22 1.37.53

My fourth sprint triathlon of the year. This time Daventry in a time of 01:37:57. Organised by Rugby Triathlon Club the event was based at the Daventry Leisure Centre which also hosts the Daventry 10. The swim was 400m (16 lengths) of the Leisure Centre Pool (00:11:53) after which it was a long run into Transition (T1 - 00:03:02). Due to the exit onto Eastern Way the cycle route started with a left turn around an island and then back past the Leisure Centre to climb northwards out of Daventry towards Kilsby (A361) and after 5.5km we took a left turn towards Barby and then along country lanes to Willoughby. From here the route headed back to Daventry on the A45 up and up Braunston Hill into Braunston and finally back to Daventry in what was a very hilly 00:53:21. A quick(ish) turnaround in T2 (00:01:18) saw us head out onto the picturesque 5km run which was a loop around Daventry Country Park mostly on footpaths and gravel track before heading uphill past the Leisure Centre to turn at the top finally heading downhill (00:28:22) to the finish - 01:37:57 to good applause, a medal and some fruit. Although the bike course is hilly and challenging it was a great event. It was well organised, the marshals took their time to cheer you on by name (all seemed to have a list of entrants (250+) and the run in particular was lovely. Not only did we get a T-shirt but a medal as well - bonus. I would certainly do it again but need to practice more on hills!
 
Ian