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42 Tri Club News
The Iron man returns…
The Alternative Kinsey Report
Whatever the rest of the Tri- the top waiting for ‘Froomie’ puncture and crash (faceplant
Club is up to in the summer at Arêtte Pierre Saint Martin) ouch!... lucky it was grassy or
Nick Kinsey never ceases to a short 7hr hike from Lescun I would have required new
amaze or inspire by road, cross that morning! teeth!!!) dropped me down
country, over the Peaks or the Next up on the multisport to 84th in 3hrs 44mins. Next
Pryenees, in such glamorous racing front, was a summer time disc brakes and tubeless
locations as North Yorkshire, of cyclo cross skills training tyres!! Respect to John
The Isle of Thanet or Herne at the London League Dowell who completed his
Hill Velodrome. Why jet Summer Cyclo-cross Series 25th 3 peaks cyclo X race just
around the world when the (like X-country running but 80yrs young!
fleshpots of Blighty await! with a bike). Popular local Last but not least I’ve just had
Even with the lure of the sun venues produced keen racing my first win of 2016... A Race
bed threatening to dampen with over 70 vets entering winner! Yippee! My first race
the competitive edge of most the 4 round series, which I in 2016.
mad ultra runners, bikers and managed to win with some Phil and Paul, the organisers
swimmers, Nick did not lose consistent top 5 places and of Thanets Toughest race,
his winning touch. a win in the last race at the the off road Mountainbike
You may remember that after Herne Hill Velodrome circuit. Duathlon, kindly gave me
a tough race in Lanzarote I This successful foray lead to bib number 1 (because of
finished the last report with a moment of madness and a my past form in the event),
the ‘sun bed beckons’... well hastily posted entry for the 3 seemingly oblivious to the
it did... pretty much, with a Peaks Cyclocross Challenge, fact it was almost 10 years
well earned holiday in June, a ‘Monumental’ event on the ago. Thankfully I didn’t let
followed by a walking / Cyclocross calendar. During them down... or get cold
hiking trip to watch the Tour the 61km of off road action, feet!! It started with a 2.5mile
De France in the Pyrenees in cyclists climb the peaks road run, followed by a very
July (see photo with fellow of Ingleborough (723mts); muddy 9 mile MTB, and a
‘Heathen’ John McConville at Whernside (736mts) and Pen- 4.5 mile off road run. I won
Y-Ghent (694mts). Here is my outright and even just pipped
blog from the day... the first relay team.
3 Peaks X... Oh such a GR8
day! The weather... The event Nick Kinsey
is just stuff of legends! So
tough and technical. I was
up into 65th place before a
