Clennon Valley in Paignton welcomes rapid times in the Torbay Triathlon

The Torbay Triathlon, hosted by Sportiva Events, is held at Clennon Valley and the perfect way for anyone to start in the sport of triathlon, with a pool-based swim, followed by a Velopark ride on smooth, flat tarmac and a flat parkland run. The sprint distance consists of a 400m swim / 20k bike / 5k run. 

Torbay Tri club members were out in force, with V40 Gary Burman back first in 59mins 37secs (13th) plus 3rd V40. It was a very impressive day also for V40 Shaun Ripley, finishing in 1hr 01mins 41secs (18th), then SM Ben Flower 1hr 02mins 38secs (23rd) and V45 Chris Martin 1hr 08mins 19secs (43rd). 

Performance of the day went to V50 Jo Atkins, flying around in a swift time of 1hr 11mins 00secs (48th) and 1st V50, with V40 Debbie Burman not far behind in 1hr 12mins 30secs (56th) and 3rd V40, then SL Catlin Moss 1hr 22mins 43secs (99th) out of 166.

The super sprint event is over 300m swim/11k bike/2.5k run. Ben Flower was back in action, finishing 6th overall in 34mins 55secs, another strong performance by V65 Naoko McKinnon finishing in 52mins 30secs (24th), also 1st V65 out of 37.

The Fast Friday 10k in Exeter is a flat, fast, and officially measured two-lap road race taking place on Good Friday. Held along the River Exe and Exeter Canal, it is a traffic-free event at Exwick Playing Fields (EX4 1EG).

Three club members were looking for quick times and that's what they did. First back was V40 Steve Donnelly, going sub-45 in 44mins 32secs (164th), followed by V60 Cathy Parkinson in 47mins 39secs (205th) plus 3rd V60, and just behind was V65 Peter Hayward in 49mins 51secs (226th) and 3rd V65 out of 350.