TRIATHLON: Excellent first race of year for Botteley
Published Date:
09 May 2008
Bourne-based cyclist Mark Botteley raced in his first triathlon of the year last weekend – the Southwell sprint race.
Competing against 500 other competitors, including several national championship medalists, Botteley placed an excellent ninth overall and won his age category.
After a solid swim (his weakest discipline), in which he recorded a time of 6.38mins for the 400 metres, he set off into the bike leg in 88th place.
A trademark fast ride, recording the fifth fastest split of all in 26.06 for the 11.5 miles, meant he entered the final phase – a three-mile run – in tenth place.
Botteley managed to overtake one more adversary on his way to a 16.51 run time and, added together to transition times, his overall time was 51.38.
The full article contains 138 words and appears in The Local newspaper.
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Last Updated:
08 May 2008 4:25 PM
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Source:
The Local
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Location:
Bourne
