Participants taking part in the Final Bermuda Triathlon Association’s Tri-A-Tri Series race enjoyed just about perfect weather with, blue skies, no wind, calm seas and a relatively cool evening. It doesn't get much better.
The race was really interesting, Tim Fox led after the Swim and for most of the Bike. Four athletes came into second transition at virtually the same time-- Fox, Alex Pilgrim, Jonnie Betts and the winner for the past two weeks, Otis Ingham.
Race on! Or so it seemed. As it turned out, Pilgrim pulled away on the Run and in the end won by almost a minute clocking 24:23. Betts, who is getting race-ready for the Miami Ironman 70.3 in 3 weeks, finished a strong second in 25.21 ahead of Ingham who crossed the line in 25.41 and Fox who clocked 25.57.
In the Ladies' race, Lesley-Jane Smith led after the Swim and Bike, but couldn't sustain her position on the run. Sharon Hammond took first place, as she has several times during this year's series with a time of 27:38 finishing 7th oversall. Rachael Rothwell and Deanna Didyk (fresh from her appearance in London at the Age Group World Championships) came in ninth and tenth, respectively overall and second and third in the Division clocking times of 28.31 and 28.49.
Honorable mentions to for this event saw,
•Young Nick Pilgrim, who made a last minute decision to do the long race instead of the shorter distance, and finished 5th in a very strong time
•Tammy Ingham, who proved that's she's spent time learning how to turn corners since the last race
•Charles Leonard, both for his first appearance and for entertaining us while he danced around trying to remove his swim rashie. He made up for lost time on the bike, though!
•The Hope family, for competing with the biggest smiles.
200m swim/ 3 lap Bike/2 lap run
24:23 Alex Pilgrim
25:21 Jonnie Betts
25:41 Otis Ingham
25:57 Tim Fox
26:56 Nick Pilgrim
27:02 Tim Palmer
27:38 Sharon Hammond
28:07 Randolph Smith
28:31 Rachael Rothwell
28:49 Deanna Didyk
29:07 Rebecca Harrison
29:27 Laura Hope
29:29 Lesley-Jane Smith
31:31 Charles Leonard
32:01 Deborah Pharaoh-Williams
34:15 Dave Hope
Other Distances
200m swim/3 laps Bike/1 lap Run
27:52 Tammy Ingham
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