Stirling Triathlete Wins Sprint
The 2007 Aberfeldy Sprint Distance Triathlon part of the tritahlonscotland national ranking series, hosted by Perth and Kinross Leisure and based at Aberfeldy Recreation Centre on 5 August, provided an exciting day's racing.
The event began with a 750m swim followed by a gruelling 20km cycle and lastly a 5km run. The men’s evolved into a 3 way battle with Graeme Scobie, Stuart Fraser, and Gregor Grant of Ayrodynamics. Stuart Fraser proved to be the stronger runner and he eased himself into first place just in front of Scobie, a mere 53 seconds separated them, with Grant joining them on the podium a minute and a half later. |
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In the women’s race Lesley Patterson from Stirling tri literally ran away with it, after leading the swim, she had an impressive cycle stint followed by an equally impressive run with the second fastest run split of the day. Shona Forrest from Stirling Tri Club and Vicky Begg from Glasgow, who had a strong bike leg to bring her into contention, joined Lesley on the podium.
At the end of a superb days racing there were 120 finishers and the event proved to be a great success with athletes and spectators.
Special thanks go to Dewar’s World of Whisky and Highland Spring for their support of the Aberfeldy Race Series and the tremendous assistance given by the Aberfeldy community who provide Marshal and Stewarding.
Forthcoming Events include in the Highland Perthshire Race Series include:
Aberfeldy Middle Distance Triathlon, incorporating Triathlon Scotland Long Distance Championship, on Saturday 18 August; and the Pitlochry 10K on Sunday 7 October
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