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Team Milton Keynes Triathlon

TeamMK triathletes compete in a variety of competitions ranging from local "Big Cow" events to international and Ironman competitions.

2006 Achievements

2006 saw action in various arenas.

Long Distance

Seven went out to Austria Ironman with Darren Smith, Jon Dennis, Duncan McLaren, David Abraham, Keith Allen-Shirtcliffe, Toni Heap and Robert Collis achieving the ultimate in triathlon performance, with Darren, JD and Dunc all breaking 11 hours. We also had Jamie Hawthorne and Paul Joyce completing Ironman Switzerland. Tracey Haseldine led the MK women in the Cowman.

Finally we had Dave Brown who, as well as winning the Cowman half-ironman and coming 11th at IMUK managed a superb 179th at Ironman Hawaii in a time of 9.36.

Xterra

We had regular competitors in xterra events last year. The crew included Mark Booth, Mark Church, Adam Teal and Jean Limpitlaw, with Mark Booth winning his age category at xterra Spain.

Olympic

Michelle Lee managed to win the age group national championships on her first attempt, while also coming in 2nd at MK Tri. Also during the year Abi Gooch qualified and competed in the World Champs in Lausanne, while Jon Dennis, Robin Dowswell and Amanda Schofield qualified, but were not able to compete for various reasons. Adam Teal and Kieron Lewis were the top two from the club at MK triathlon and Mark Booth managed to win the vets prize at Ironbridge Triathlon.

Other

Darren Haseldine won the MK sprint triathlon and led the way in the club open water championships, while Corinne Price beat Michelle Lee in the same event as well as being our first woman at Roade Triathlon.

TeamMK target events - 2007

The BTA national ranking events are shown in blue. You need to compete in three to qualify for BTA prizes. You will need to enter these events in good time as they will fill up quickly due to their inclusion in the BTA series and being World Championships qualification events.

There should be a club points series with prizes of £200, £100 and £50 as we had in 2006.

Long Distance

The club has about 35 athletes entered for Ironman Austria (which is now closed to further entries). Some will be planning to strut their "long" distance credentials at the Cowman.

Training

Please use the training link from the navigation bar at the top of the page to find the contacts who can confirm that the training sessions listed below are on at the moment.

Swimming:

Currently triathletes meet on Thursdays at 19:30 for a 1 hour coached swim at Stantonbury pool. Kids also get a lane.

Cycling:

Triathletes join in with the cyclists on their club runs from Stony Stratford (Saturday 09:30) or the Black Horse (Sunday 09:00). Some prefer an offroad session using mountain bikes. This is normally starts from Body Limits clinic on Sunday mornings during the winter.

Running:

On Tuesdays some triathletes run from the Body Limits clinic/gym at 19:00 while others run with the MK athletics club from Stantonbury at roughly the same time.

Who's Who in Team MK

Mark Booth.

The club coach runs the Body Limits clinic in Newport Pagnell. He has a long and successful multisport CV including winning the Veteran national titles for Duathlon and Triathlon in the same year.

Mark Kleanthous.

The club Triathlon rep is famed for his exploits over the Ironman distance and has been completed about 28 Ironman Triathlons since the early 80's. Possibly a world record ?

Abi Gooch.

The ladies rep is a prolific competitor and was our only competitor in the World Champs this year.

Dave Brown.

A demon over distance this man qualified for Hawaii ironman coming in 179th last year while winning the Cowman 1/2 Ironman earlier on in the year.

Robin Dowswell.

The webmaster generally races sparingly over Olympic distance events and is competitive within the veteran ranks, qualifying for the World Champs last year.

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