Bernie and I rolled up to the AGM for the Nelson Triathlon Club, hoping to meet a few people before getting involved in triathlons. We ended up as comittee members and have now enjoyed getting involved in setting up and participating in 3 duathlons - triathlons to start in November (when the sea warms!).
Our most recent even was on Sunday and we were chuffed to have World Champion and Olympic silver (2004) and bronze (2008) medalist Bevan Docherty with us for the weekend.
Bevan gave a pre-race talk, started off the race but didn't compete sadly (nerves I'm sure!) although he did spend a lot of time chatting to us and having pictures taken and signing anything thrust in front of him - literally!
I managed to get a fair few students from my school to get involved in the race and they loved meeting him and posing with his medal (pics to follow). More importantly Bernie cam 3rd in the womens race and got a mention in the Nelson mail... again!
Linyard, Wood strongest
duathlonBy PETER GIBBS - Nelson Monday, 27 October 2008
Under the watchful eye of double Olympic medallist Bevan Docherty, the stage was set for fireworks at Sunday's Triathlon
Blah, blah blah...
In the women's race, Wood held on to a three-minutes advantage from Wilcox, followed by Paterson and newcomer Bernie Whitaker.
Blah blah blah.
Results at www.nelsontriclub.co.nz.
Not only that, but Bevan pulled our names out of the hat for spot prizes! What a weekend!
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