Two Todmorden Harriers travelled to the volcanic island of Lanzarote at the weekend, but there was no time for relaxing in the sun as a 3800m swim, followed by a 122km mountainous cycle ride and then a full marathon run lay ahead for 1300 competitors in the Lanzarote Ironman Triathlon.
Simon Anderton completed the sea swim in 1:14:32 with Emma Osenton 5 minutes behind, before a strong cycle section of 6:28:27 put Emma 50 minutes ahead of her teammate and with a 4:39 marathon run Emma completed the course in 12:52:32 to finish 9th in her age category. Simon’s 4:09 in the marathon closed the gap and he crossed the line in 13:05:13.
Travelling a little less far, but still enjoying warm sunshine were the Harriers that took part in the 11 mile Helvellyn Fell Race. Starting from Bram Crag farm the race climbs extremely steeply up before a long undulating ridge run to the summit and back, finishing with a breath taking descent that tests runners’ nerves and endurance.
First Todmorden Harrier to finish was John Preston in 2:20:43, followed by Dan Taylor 6 minutes later and Chris Preston, taking 3rd ladies V40, a further 4 minutes later. Peter Ehrhardt completed the distance in 2:42:04.
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