Congratulations to Alex who completed the Alpe d'Huez Triathlon (result) last week. Following a dip in a pretty chilly alpine lake the Alpe d'Huez Triathlon includes cycling the legendary 21 hair pin bends (with a maximum gradient of 13%) and then a run around the ski resort at the top...... Box Hill at the end of this month should be no problem, and we promise we won't make him get off at the top and complete a run - he's obviously pretty serious about retaining the Hilly 12 Trophy!
This also came just days after he (and Simon T.) were two members of a relay team of five that ran in the 24 hour Thunder Run - each member of the team ran 50km over the 24 hours......... preparing for another 24 hour event (in due course) I wonder?!
438 Alex KEW Kingfisher Triathletes 2:47:16.27 Swim - 26:36.15 T1 - 4:03.02 Bike - 1:38:49.23 T2 - 1:41.79 Run - 36:06.08 Climb of Alpe d'Huez (bike) - 1:10:42.82 1 Tom RICHARD Poissy Triathlon 1:54:41.26 (Winner) Swim - 15:23.11 T1 - 1:24.93 Bike - 1:12:06.09 T2 - 39.57 Run - 25:07.56 Climb of Alpe d'Huez (bike) - 47:35.31---
Cheers Lisa. It was a fantastic event to do. Not sure it's enough for me to hang onto the Pete Mitchell Trophy this year though. Simon will be tackling the Embrunman Triathlon next week which has the Col d' Izoard as it's main climb, then a marathon afterwards, so that will be a good workout for him. :-)
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