Bruce Winter Series Triathlon -- Race 1

21 February 1999
The first Bruce Winter Series triathlon of 1999 held at Lochgelly High School in Fife was staged with a major share of winter influencing events. A howling icy north westerly gale with occasional snow showers dominated this first short race of the 99 winter season.

The initial short 1.5 kilometre run around the perimeter road of the high school served as a useful sprint warm up for the 15 km cycle staged initially into the wind and then on emerging from Lochore Meadows Country Park's Pit Road raced home with wind and snow behind the riders. The 400 metre swim thawed several frozen limbs.

A dramatic overall result in the senior male category was achieved with a dead heat from the victors of each of the two heat event. Adrian Allen of the East Fife Triathlon Club avoided the navigational errors of the lead cycle group and came home in an overall time of 41:56 whilst Nick Scales of Edinburgh Triathlon Club setting off in the second wave came home in exactly the same time

Two encouraging features of the race was both the number of first time novice triathletes and the high number of females (over 25% of the total entry) competing.

The next race will be staged on 21 March at Lochgelly High School.

Male Senior
1= Adrian Allan East Fife Tri Club Cupar 41:56
1= Nick Scales Edinburgh Tri Club 41:56
3 Derek Johnston Edinburgh Tri Club 42:17
Male Junior
1 Gareth Ward Falkirk 47:48
Female Senior
1 Corina Cramer Perth 45:28
2 Cathy Johnston Edinburgh Tri Club 46:25
3 Nicola Ross Edinburgh 47:07
Female Junior
1 Sarah Murray Edinburgh University 48:05
Male Veteran
1 Frank McShane Lomond Tri Club 42:40
2 Alan Kerr Edinburgh Tri Club 44:55
Female Veteran
1 Janet Telfer Bruce Tri Club 49:15
Male Super Vet
1 Clive Waghorn Bruce Tri Club 48:30


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