Todays results are below, well done to all who took part and big thanks to the marshalls who gave up their Sunday morning to help out. The finish video will be posted here on Tuesday along with the final category lists; with two races to go it should come down to the wire in every division.
With dry road conditions, a gentle 9 knot Southerly breeze and a temperature of 5 degrees conditions were ideal (if slightly cold) for Round 2. In the overall competition Neil Walton stormed home with what will probably be a benchmark time for this course, and has set himself up for a head to head leadership contest with Niall Melvin over the last two races. Race of the day took place in the ladies section with Cecilia McGuinness and Saoirse O’Donoghue racing every inch of the course, in the end a sprint by Cecilia on the final climb to the finish was enough to take first (by just 9 seconds!).
Surprise dark horse Rory O’Connor, a newcomer to triathlon, took a very comfortable second place behind Neil and is now also joint second overall in the series –safe to say club racing will see more of Rory as the year progresses. Third place overall today was another hotly contested race between Vincent Nally and Ronan Brennan, with Vincent just edging ahead of Ronan on the final stretch. Following these were Alan French and Paul Burns, who recorded the second fastest bike of the day.
The VOYA combatitive prize went to Jacqueline O' Connor for her performance on the second run leg, with Chiara Conway taking the VOYA endurance prize honours, as voted by the marshalls.
Note: There will be a change to Round 3 (lough Key leg) as advertised –it will now be a 2.5k/23k/2.5k event. So with a flat short run circuit and a 23k bike route around Lough Key it will be a gift to the bikers in the club (before the runners take their revenge in Round 4!). Category details and the film from today’s event will be posted here next Tuesday…
