Triathlon hard-man Brett Mudgway showed his build-up was on track for the World Ironman championships in Kona, Hawaii, at the third Friendly Dental VLK Duathlon of the winter season.
Racing in the Revolution Bikes Duathlon (4.5km run, 22km bike, 4.5km run), Mudgway won the Vet 2 section and finished third overall just over two months out from his second tilt at Kona. He was less than a minute behind the winner, junior athlete Lucas DuRoss (1h 12m 11s), who led throughout the race.
Vet 1 athlete Matt Webber split the two.
Fresh from third place in the elite division of the New Zealand Cyclocross championships, Bridget Lodge (1h 17m 01s) was in a class of her own in the women's division. An indication of her form as she heads towards the world age-group triathlon championships in October was that she finished more than five minutes ahead of quality Vet 2 athlete Linda Exeter-Grant (1h 22m 36s), in her first club outing of the season.
In the Horleys Duathlon (4.5km run, 22km bike, 2km run) Vet 1 Mark Lane (1h 10m 30s) took line honours, while strong cyclist Lisa Atkins (1h 12m 50s) continued her multi-discipline improvement to take out the women's division.