A Great Day had by MTR-Racing

4 of the MTR-Racing Athletes Teamed up for a duathlon at Lysterfield Park covering a 3.5k run, 20k off road MTB ride and then a 6k run.

Both teams were eagerly anticipating the outcome due to Benny & Rod confident of pushing the more fancied team of Jason & Xavier.

The day had chilly start to the morning, although by race time the weather was perfect for such a race. With over 100 starters and 12 teams entered, it was a quality field.



The first run over the 3.5k's including a steep hill climb, however this did not affect seasoned runners like Luke Whitmore (Another Team Degani Athlete) who covered the first run in 11.45mins to take the lead into T1. Ben was entered T1 in 13.20min closely followed by Xavier in 13.32mins.

























So onto the bike, both Rod & Jason heading out of transition in close proximity, the race was going to be close.













Unfortunately for Rod, he had a minor fall which cost him some considerable time and was never able to bridge the gap to Jason or the other team riders heading back to transition.


Jason, took control of the MTB leg and closed the gap on the teams in front to head back into transition in 3rd overall and 1st team. His time was 53.07min (4th overall). He handed over a 30sec lead to Xavier for the final 6k run.

Rod, after recovering from his fall, managed a 59.14min ride and handed the reigns over to Ben.

So, onto the final 6km run, 5km which was flat and included a 1km climb. With Xavier being in 3rd position outright and only just in front of the 2nd placed team, the pressure was on to see if the run training was going to pay dividends.

By posting the 9th fastest run time of the day in 22.55min, Xavier held off all rivals to cross the line in 3rd outright and 1st Team.

Ben posted a very solid time on 23.25mins and only just finished off the podium by less than 25seconds.

Results can be found here: http://www.trixseries.com/ Under the results section















It was an outstanding effort by all involved and the team environment was very pleasing to see. Ben & Rod have already challenged Jason & Xavier to a re-match at the next race.

Well done to both Teams.

Stay tuned for more updates as a few of the Athletes are running the Williamstown 1/2 Marathon this weekend. We look forward to more good results.
















Jason & Xavier collect the winners cheque.

A Quick update!!

Well, with the Triathlon season well and truly done for the year, most of the MTR-Racing team are training for the upcoming season commencing in August.

Firstly, MTR-Racing would like to welcome 2 new athletes on board, Ben Robinson and Justin Schweikert. Both have completed Ironman Triathlons in very respectable times and MTR-Racing look forward to working with the 2 new athletes and seeing rapid improvements along the way.

In the previous update, it was noted the Jason Quigley, MTR's resident Mountain Biker competed in the Australian Mountain Bike Championships. Well now Jason has completed his race report and you can see that here www.jasonquigley.blogspot.com

Jason finished an incredible top 50th overall in a race that included 3000metres of climbing. Great Work Jason. You can follow his progress by looking at the above link.

Jason is also racing the World 24hour MTB Championships later in the year.

Other News for the Year is that 5 MTR Athletes will be competing in the Western Australian Ironman. Carla Lawson will be backing up from her race at Hawaii, both Ben Robinson and Xavier Coppock will be starting for the 3rd consecutive year and will both be looking for improvements from great races last year.

Archie Ball and Travis Atkins will both be making their Ironman debuts at the race and by the form showed in early season racing, should be there for a great showing.

Also, Rod Stormonth, who is making the transition in the a Mountain Bike Racer is going to race the 24 hour MTB race later in the year also.

A long winter ahead for all 7 athletes.

In short term news, 4 athletes will be competing in a Mountain Bike Duathlon at the weekend with Ben & Rod teaming up along with Jason & Xavier. Both teams will provide a good showing for the sponsor TEAM DEGANI and MTR-Racing are looking forward to some positive results.

Stay tuned for the race report.