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Tuesday 30th June - Open Water swim in Loch Craignish A really good turnout this evening - eight swimmers Sally, Ali, Diana, Carol, Eamon Hazel, Stephen and Lorna. Dan to wield the camera and Fergus to provide 'noises off'. It was a beautiful evening with sunshine and very little wind. The buoy was set exactly half way across the loch so anyone swimming out and back did 1100 metres which is roughly the same as the Corry. Impressive performances from Eamon, who cycled from home to swim and back again and Ali who swam the width of the Loch and back..Good job everyone. Achnamara 10k Hill/Trail race Sunday 28/09/09 What a fantastic race and a great turn out with 25 runners. Congratulations to Stella for putting on a great event fantastically marshalled and supported. The post race refreshments in the village hall were spot on. The course lived up to its billing as the odd hill, very warm and humid conditions tested every athlete. Results now on the run results page. ELEVATION PROFILE OF ROUTE POSTED ON THE FORUM Club members had a great race with Fiona Corner sweeping all before her to be first lady home in 50:25. Whizzer and Matt battled it out for second and third place, with Tom smith of Oban comfortably home in an impressive 39.08. (Photos now in the Gallery with more to follow shortly) This weekend event - Achnamara 10k Sunday 28/09/09 – 11.30am Looks like its going to a cracking day weather wise…so why not use the morning to have a lovely run through some of the forest in Achnamara. The dappled shade, birds singing, wildlife in abundance….should be excellent fun and there is only the odd hill on the route! Registration 10.00am – 11.00am, Race briefing 11.15 and start from Achnamara Hall Club-confined Time Trial!! Thursday 25th June 6:45pm Results on Cycle / Records and Results page - some good performances in light of the windy conditions with Andy Wylie putting in the fastest time with a sub 30 time. Thanks to Richard again for being time keeper. Stan using his super duper new camera caught some of the action at Dunadry; photos now in the Gallery (contact him if you want a copy) MacQueen Bros Mid Argyll Triathlon 26/09/09 - Update Three months to go and already 49 out of the 120 places now taken. So to avoid disappointment make sure you get your entry in early. Entry form can be downloaded from the events page, where there is also a list of current entries. Club-confined Time Trial!! Thursday 25th June 6:45pm Note early start time. 20km Cycling Time Trial around the triathlon course. The new way; that is clockwise. Meet at the Lochgilphead Swimming Pool car park for a prompt start at 6:45pm. ('Club-confined' means only club members can take part - for insurance reasons - are you a member?). Achnamara Open Water Swim 23/06/09 What’s turning out to be as regular as clockwork training session, saw club members take to the balmy waters of Loch Sween for a mile swim along the shore and back again. Fantastic weather, great scenery and thousands of Jelly Fish. Thanks to Hazel M for setting this up. Photos now on the gallery. West Highland Way Race 20 & 21/06/09 Target 35 hours to cover 153km (95 miles) including 4499m (14760ft) of ascent. Dinah Bosomworth has taken up this ultra running challenge and completed it in some style in 30:21:25. There just are not enough superlatives to describe this phenomenal achievement....congratulations Dinah, we look forward to getting your race report and pictures...inspirational to everyone in Mid Argyll Ayr Triathlon 21/06/09 Matt and Kirsty results now on the Triathlon page. Matt looks like he was flying smashing his race time compared to last year. Let us know your race stories? Islay Triathlon 20/06/09 Club members swept the Board at this years event with Sally, Michelle and Laura taking 1, 2 & 3 in the female race and Stephen and Peter taking 1st & 2nd in the male race. Laura also won the fastest female swim with a impressive 12.08 for the 800m. The two Hazels and Debbie came 2nd in the ladies team event, putting in a fantastic performance in their first outing together. Well done everyone. Results on the Triathlon page and photos now on the Gallery. Race stories required as there was some interesting pre race, in race and post race banter. Not to forget the initial discussion of a ladies team name! Triathlons this weekend 20th & 21st June Laura, Sally, Peter, Debbie, Hazel M, Hazel W, Michelle & Stephen are catching the ferry to Islay this Saturday to compete in the Islay Triathlon…Good luck everyone. Matt and Kirsty on Sunday are venturing to Ayr to compete in the open water sprint Triathlon looking to improve on last years PBs. Have a great race. Summer Solstice Ride – Tonight 19/06/09 The time for the annual summer solstice ride, this was one of the most popular club events last year, with a fair sized peleton zipping around the Kilberry road. So if you want to experience the effortless sensation of riding in a big group then come along this year, same route as last year (Kilberry loop heading down theTarbert road first) leaving from the bike shop at 7pm on 19th June. Everyone welcome, whatever your speed. Look forward to seeing the photos and hearing the ride story. Open Water Swimming 16/06/09 Lorna, Diana, Hazel, Hannah and Stephen ventured into the surprisingly balmy waters of Loch Aral this evening for an excellent open water swim. Photos now in the Gallery. Coniston Old Man Tri race report Tims epic 1/2 IM race report now in the news section and on the forum. Well done Tim oddles of mental tougness shown there, Afraid the cats out the bag with Mo re future challenges! West Highland Way Race 20/06/09 Essentially the object is simple, you start at Milngavie Railway Station (7miles north of Glasgow) at 1am on 20th June & run/jog/walk to Fort William Leisure Centre by noon on the 21st June, 35 hours to cover 153km (95 miles) including 4499m (14760ft) of ascent. Dinah Bosomworth has taken up this ultra running challenge....good luck Dinah look forward to getting your race story. More info http://www.westhighlandwayrace.org/ Bill Halliday Cycle John o Groats to Lands end Mid Argyll Pipe Band is off to Penzance to perform at the Golowan Festival - we are all flying down and back - apart from our bass drummer Bill Halliday - who going the hard way - he is cycling from John o Groats to Landsend - via Ireland and Wales - you can get more information from the Band website www.midargyllpipeband.org including Bills Blog on his progress to date as well as post your message of encouragement...how he can cycle with that Bass Drum on his back!....good luck Bill from everyone at the Club. Cyclosportive Cairngorm classic 100 mile Thought he might keep it quiet but Dave Taylor completed the above last weekend in a very repectable 7.33 minutes. Well done Dave, it really is a tough course, with that immense climb at the end. Another century completed to hang on the mantle piece. Results on cycle page. Summer Solstice Ride – Less than a week to go Don't forget next Friday it's the annual summer solstice ride, this was one of the most popular club events last year, with a fair sized peleton zipping around the Kilberry road. So if you want to experience the effortless sensation of riding in a big group then come along this year, same route as last year (Kilberry loop heading down theTarbert road first) leaving from the bike shop at 7pm on 19th June. Everyone welcome, whatever your speed. Bala Middle Distance Traithlon (1/2IM) 14/06/09 John Rea is back again this year to take on this event featuring as the British & Welsh Championship events in 2009. Comprising a Swim 2000m / Bike 80km / Run 20km . The toughness of this course is well recognised and I think john and tim will have some great hill stories to swap in due course.A good description of the event can be found on this link: http://www.wrecsamtri.org.uk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=1Good luck John go for that PB! Tuesday Night 10 TT 09/06/09 3 club members ventured out for this pure TT to beat the world record of 17.58! - results on the cycle page and comments in the forum with mile splits for the anoracks amongst us...Great cycle and thnaks to Julian for time keeping Coniston Old Man Tri and Stirling Tri Results Results now on the Triathlon pages. Well done to Kirsty, Matt and Tim. Tim must of experienced really tough weather conditions in his first half IM. when you have the energy Tim give us your race story. Masters 800m Swim Time Trail Results from Saturdays swim TT now on the swim results page. Open Water Swim Pictures from Tayviallich 02/06/09 Photos - now on the web site Who's doing what this weekend 6th & 7th June? Coniston Triathlon- I believe Tim is venturing down South to compete taking in a nice 2000m Swim, 70 km Bike and 20 km. Good luck Tim.Kirsty and Matt are taking part in the Stirling Tri- Matt determined to exorcise the demons from last year and improve on his 2008 position...rumour has it he has 10 spare inner tubes with him! Anyone else competing? |
