Buttermere Triathlon - 9th May 2009

Following last year's success, Buttermere Triathlon is back for 2009 on a new course. There are changes to the swim, bike and run courses which take place in the picturesque Buttermere, Borrowdale and Newlands valleys of the Lake District.

Full details can be found here, and a map of the course can be found here.

The race is ideal preparation for longer events later in the season, and in its own right, should be a good challenge for people accustomed to pool lengths and boring, flat road miles!

Vitruvian Half-ironman

We are sending a team to the Vitruvian Half-Ironman distance tri. This has been voted Britain's best race a few times, and is held at Rutland Water in Leicestershire on 5th September 2009. For details or to enter, go to the race website.

Hinksy and Maurice. Looking good lads!

Martha going strong in South Africa

Martha Taylor gets 4th woman and 22nd overall in a time of 1 hour 10 in the Uge Events Trail Running Series - Race # 5 at Konka Kamp in South Africa. This was a 10.5km fell race - great run!

Whinfell to send the A-Team to Wimbleball

Entries for the UK Ironman 70.3 triathlon are now open. Whinfell Harriers will be sending a full team to compete over the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run course in the heart of hilly Exmoor. The race will be held on 14th June 2009 at Wimbleball lake.

So far we have the following confirmed entrants:

- Maurice (Al Poole)
- Champ (Ryan Evans)
- Jimbo (James Poole)
- Hinksy (Tom Hinks)
- Billie Jean (Jean Smullen)
- Crazy-Horse (Brett Welch)

Crazy-Horse gallops at the Ballbuster

Brett Welch, (Crazy-Horse) galloped his way to a 4hrs 28 at the Ballbuster Duathlon at Box Hill in Surrey on 8th November. This is the biggest endurance race he's done so far in terms of time and distance, and is great base training for next year's Ironman 70.3. Well done mate!

Ballbuster is one of Britain's hardest duathlons taking in an 8 mile loop five times which includes the very steep Box Hill, in the format RUN (8 miles)-BIKE (24 miles)-RUN (8 miles).

There is a re-run of this race on 21st March 2009 for anyone interested. Czech out this link.

King of the Mountains Ride

Please click here to see the map of the King of the Mountains ride that we will be holding. The date is still to be confirmed.

This will be a 165km ride with 4,466m of ascent. Brutal!