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Paul and Barbara report back from France:

A showery Saturday evening in Charente-Maritime didn’t put off nearly 500 runners who almost got a whole race without rain, only the later finishers got wet while running the rest of us got wet eating cake and sugar cubes. We had to wait for the prize giving as Philip upset Triathlon La Rochelle’s dominance of the children’s groups.

5km

Well done to Philip on bringing back a big trophy for first place in the minime category!

10km

Despite having his chain fall off at the beginning of the cycle Philip recovered to get a respectable 5th with a 2.4km run of 9:40.

TriStar 3 Boys - 300m/ 6km/ 2.4km

Full results

Paul and Bee report:

A couple of actual Dashers swapped the rats of the Thames for the jellyfish of Beaulieu. The location and routes on a warm summer Sunday morning were superb, we would highly recommend this venue. The organisers timed the start so that we would have to do the return leg of the swim into the current/tide. The results were split into men and women so the overall places are gender based only.

750m/ 25km/ 6km

Full results

Updated to add the actual Dashers!!

Sprint Distance:

Olympic Distance:

Full results

The Masons report back from an international venture:

This was an interesting experience for all of us, especially for Philip as he can’t speak a word of French, making the briefing fairly redundant. A 750m pool swim, not normally attempted here, but done with ease by the people of Lille.

More about this in the newsletter. But as a warning to others do check how the swim is going to be conducted before entering.

Decouverte (250m, 10km, 2.5km)

Sprint (750m, 20km, 5km)

Full results

Full results (excel) here

This series carries on throughout the summer and is a good introduction to multi-discipline events if anyone fancies giving it a go. It makes a change to have a blast round for 25 minutes and be home well before mid-day rather than trudging around the Great Park.

Last Sunday all the action took place in the good weather before the storm. Philip won the Tristar 3 boys, Paul and Barbara were just happy to finish.