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Martin sets new record at Fenor Duathlon

Last weekend we held the 2^nd race of our Duathlon series, this time in Fenor.  Opinions vary on which course is tougher, Butlerstown or Fenor, with both courses being totally different and each to suit either the stronger runner or cyclist.  We had our largest entry to date for Fenor, this being our 3^rd year to hold it there, with 140 athletes, with 50 of these taking part in both races of our series.

The 1^st 5k run takes in the views of Ballyscanlon lake and has a tough hill in it which needs to be paced wisely, with the 20k cycle being a bit technical in parts but also had a strong wind which always seemed to be against you.  The 2^nd 3k run is an out and back course, with the advantage (or disadvantage) that people can see who is behind them.

After the 1^st run, Kenny Curran (Carrick Tri) and John Meade were 1^st into Transition closely followed by Martin Kirwan (Waterford Tri), Paddy Quinn (Ennis Tri) and Chris Mintern (Waterford Tri).  Martin had a powerful cycle to return back in 1^st place with the fastest bike split of the day, over 2mins ahead of his nearest competitor, Eddy O’Donoghue (Carrick Tri) who had moved up to 2^nd place with Paddy Quinn just seconds behind.  Martin actually pulled away from his pursuers on the 2^nd run to win easily in 58.28mins and set a new course record in the process, his 2^nd duathlon win this season.  Paddy Quinn outran Eddy to finish in 2^nd place in 60.56 with Eddy finishing 3^rd in 61.13. 

In the ladies race, Deirdre Keane had a good lead on her competitors after the 1^st run with Chelly Brennan, Siobhán Dunphy and Clare Fowler coming in close together. Deirdre and Siobhán both posted the fastest bike splits with Deirdre maintaining her lead and Siobhán moving to 2^nd with Jacinta Power’s strong bike brining her into 3^rd place. They each maintained their positions on the 2^nd run with Deirdre 1^st home in 72.13, Siobhán (Waterford Tri Club) 2^nd in 73.58 and Jacinta (Waterford AC) 3^rd in 76.52.

The Men’s Vets race was between 3 men who know each other well and each having a different strength on the day.  Darryl Hale (Waterford Tri Club) lead the group after the 1^st run but Tom Casey (Waterford Tri Club) posted the fastest bike of the three to lead heading out onto the 2^nd run but Rolf Power (Carrick Tri Club) was hot on his heels and after posting the strongest 2^nd run time of the three, won 1^st prize to finish in 64.56 with Tom just behind in 65.24 and Darryl 3^rd in 66.53.

Jenny Kervick of Waterford Tri Club claimed 1^st Female Vet prize to finish in 81.23 with Clare Fowler 2^nd home in 83.10 and Edwina Butler 3^rd in 84.51.

Chris Mintern of Waterford Tri Club was the clear winner of the Junior race to finish an amazing 8^th overall in 63.29.  Damon Crowley also had a great race to finish 2^nd Junior male in 74.09 with Aoife Trihy of Sportif Waterford Cycling Club the winner of the Female Junior race in 1hr 37mins. 

Full results plus photos can be found on our homepage.  Waterford Triathlon club would like to thank all the club members who marshalled on the day and also thank the residents of Fenor, the Gardai, Fenor GAA and Mother McHugh’s pub for all their help with making the race possible and such a great success.

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