Clumber Park 6th March 2010
A great day for Team athlete matters at Clumber Park:
The team of Matt Moorhouse, Dave Anderson, Christian Preece and Dave Cookson all performed brilliantly in a field of 400 men.
Weather conditions were not ideal with wind and rain, strong wind making racing difficult. First up was the 10k run where Dave really showed his running pedigree by finishing in 2nd position in 31min, Matt Moorhouse was a few seconds behind him but was in eyesight of Dave as he entered transition.
Chris who is 17 clocked a very impressive 35 min 10k and followed that with a quick transition to bike. Dave Cookson was next in with a 36min 10k.Matt showed his strength on the bike and managed to get himself into 2nd place coming into transition with 1.00 for 40k.Dave was next in with a 1.03 for his 40k which was very impressive as this was Dave first ever duathlon and only his second multisport event!
Arguably the most amazing performance of the team was from Chris who managed to clock 1.02 for 40k.Chris's bike time was only 5 mins off the fastest bike of the day and for somebody of his age this is remarkable. Dave was next in with a very respectable 1.09.
On the final run Matt and Dave really went for it and achieved the 2nd and 3rd fastest 2nd run stage of the day. Chris again impressed with a fast 2nd run finishing 1st in his age group and 23rd overall in the senior race! Dave was next in with a strong final run. With 3 of the team qualifying for the World Championships later in the year Team Athlete Matters have really made their mark.
Next up for the team is the Lymm Triathlon in May
