Is there a better way to open the New Year than by taking an invigorating dip in the Commonwealth Pool and then whizzing three or four times round Arthur’s Seat, with the sun abetted by masses of bemused spectators to encourage you and a northerly breeze to keep you cool? At least seven Carnethies were amongst the 400-odd who thought not and cheerfully lined up for the New Year’s Day Triathlon.
Mike Lynch was the fastest Carnethy, in a respectable 25th place, followed by three first-timers separated by little more than a minute and a half: Chris Henty (66th), Mary Lye (79th) and Matthew Jones (81st). Mary was second in a very tight F40 category, the first five in it finishing within a couple of minutes of one another. The Nimmos started trailing in twenty minutes later, led by Anne (second F60), just managing to hold off Ailish (who took ten minutes off her PB) and with Ian fighting his customary rear-guard action (second M70 of two).
For once the seniors didn’t take the main prizes: the race was won by an M40, Stephen Clark, and the first woman (27th overall) was a junior, Lauren Dickson.
Results here. Bob Marshall’s photos: here.
Ian Nimmo