Triathlon Season Kick off Burleigh & Outlaw 10, 16 & 17 May26

22 May 2026 - By Anita Grainger

The triathlon season has kicked off over the last 2 weeks for 3 WRC members.

 

Heydon Mizon headed up to Burleigh to compete in the Standard Duathlon ( 10km run, 40km bike, 5km run) which was also the British Championships.

Heydon said the competition was fierce and finished 9^th in his age group.

 

Total time 02hrs 12mins 41secs finishing 9^th in age group, splits below

Run 1  00:36:57

T1       00:01:44

Bike    01:12:22

T2       00:01:35

Run 2 00:20:02

 

The following weekend Anita Grainger and Andy Notley headed off to Nottingham to compete in the Outlaw season opener weekend.

 

Anita took on the sprint distance on Saturday, also a worlds qualifier event ( 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run). The swim (a cold 14 degrees) was a bundle and Anita got a mouth full of water near the start and kicked in the face dislodging her goggles with about 200m to go. Despite this and a slower swim she exited the water 4^th in her age group. The bike was a nice flat fast 4 laps of the rowing lake and the run a single lap with a bit of cross country up a grass back and gravel to start and a small grass hill diversion towards the end.

 

Total time 01hr 27mins 46 secs finishing 6^th in age group, splits below

Swim 00:15:57

T1     00:02:25

Bike  00:41:01

T2     00:01:55

Run  00:26:27

 

Andy competed in the 70.3 , otherwise known as half ironman on the Sunday ( 1.5km swim, 90km bike, 21.2km run) 70.3 comes from the distance in miles. 1.2mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run.

The swim was cut from 1.9km to 1.5km as the water was considered too cold and unsafe to do the full distance. Andy has a cracking race , speedy on all 3 disciplines getting an overall 20min PB , superb!

 

Total time 04 hrs 37mins 59 secs finishing 8^th in age group, splits below

Swim 00:22:33

T1     00:03:50

Bike  02:24:48

T2    00:04:48

Run 01:41:58