The event was the fifth of eight British Age-Group Championships in 2012 and saw Tim Don (30-34) cross the line first in the picturesque setting of Coniston Lake in the heart of the English Lake District National Park. 

 

Speaking after the race, Tim said: “I had great fun today here at the British Cross Tri Champs, the sun came out so that’s good. {It was] a really challenging course, cold water, a pretty honest bike course, from what everyone was saying there were lots of single track and then the run just went up and up and up. Thank goodness, we came down, as it was rather steep! It was a nice day and fair play to everyone who started and finished – well done!”

 

In second place overall and in his age-group was Graham Wadsworth (30-34), who added: “The race went well, second today, really I wanted to win. It would have been nice to have been national [British]champion, but to be second to a pretty fine competitor in Tim Don, I am not too disappointed.”

 

In the women’s race, it was Kerry MacPhee who crossed the line first defending her British title from 2011. Kerry commented after the race: “I am delighted. I won it last year, so it was just that mini-pressure that you put on yourself, so I was just so pleased.”

 

The swim started from Coniston boating centre with athletes completing a 1,600m loop of the lake before embarking on a 28km mountain bike. The bike followed the roads away from the lake for about 3km of climbing to Lags Wood where the course joined Grizedale forest and the North Face trail. It took in a full loop of this red graded trail, before taking the same route back to transition on the roads.

 

The 7.7km run course climbed the slopes of ‘The Old Man of Coniston’, stopping short of the top before transcending the contours of Walna Scar road. 

 

The event was organised by UKMTBTRI with more information available on www.ukmtbtri.co.uk. 

 

Men's Results

Women's Results