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Triathlon good speed hit out for Ironman

By Jared Smith
Whanganui Chronicle·
12 Jan, 2014 05:42 PM3 mins to read

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IRONMAN: Craig Jackson during the cycling stage of the Whanganui Multisport Club's triathlon yesterday.PHOTO/BEVAN CONLEY 120114WCBRCTRIA02

IRONMAN: Craig Jackson during the cycling stage of the Whanganui Multisport Club's triathlon yesterday.PHOTO/BEVAN CONLEY 120114WCBRCTRIA02

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The ironman and the Collegiate student were the pick of the bunch at the Whanganui Multisport Club's triathlon in-and-around the Whanganui River yesterday morning.

Under overcast and slightly windy conditions, another smaller field of around 33 competitors took part as either individuals or two-person teams, following up from the 30 who entered the club's 5one5 Triathlon in November.

However, the holiday season meant several people were away from Wanganui, while standout athlete James Wright was off in Penrith competing in the Australian Junior Series.

There were 14 mixed entries for the long-course race, starting at 9am with a 700m swim from the Aramoho rail bridge back to the clubrooms in Anzac Parade, followed by cycling two 10km laps heading up State Highway 4 towards Upokongaro.

The final leg was running two 2.5km laps from the clubrooms down to Kowhai Park and back, which was where regular ironman competitor Craig Jackson used his turn of speed to be the first home ahead of veteran competitor Shaun Tucker.

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Both men had trailed Woody Martin coming out of the water but they overtook him on the biking section, with Jackson setting off after Tucker after trading their helmets for running shoes.

Entering the triathlon as a "speed hit out" ahead of the Taupo Ironman in seven weeks, Jackson was confident he could run down Tucker and had taken the lead when they made it back to the clubrooms for the second lap.

"I just didn't want to give him more than a minute," Jackson said afterwards.

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He need not have worried as he extended his advantage to finish at 10.17am, just under two minutes ahead of his rival, completing the event in one hour, 5.43 minutes.

"The heart rate's up quite a bit. It was a good hit out," Jackson said.

He added the wind was, thankfully, not as big a factor as it could have been, only "getting up" at the end of the running leg.

After Tucker came home in 1:07.41, Martin finished third overall and second in the men's section in 1:10.40.

Another with little to worry about was Collegiate student Christian Conder, who dominated the short-course version of the race with each section being roughly half the length of the full event.

The lanky 15-year-old cut a solitary figure as he rode back to the running leg transition at 9.35am, and dashed off to Kowhai Park to be back in no time flat for a 33.28-minute finish.

The "Conder Team" were the next competitors home, more than three minutes behind.

Like Jackson, Conder said the wind caused little concern and he agreed given the comfortable nature of his victory it would be best to "move up" to long-course events.

"I haven't done one for a while but I'm going to be doing a few this year."

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