Women’s Vets team excels at Run Herts Mid Week

10K Road Race in Bishops Stortford.

Bishops Stortford played host for the first round in the Mid Week Road Race League. With an impressive 6 points the Freedom ladies Vets team came in 1st ahead of seven other teams. This excellent result combined with the men’s team’s 4th place & women’s 2nd place puts Freedom Tri currently 3rd place overall in division 3 with 8 points.

Freedom Tri spread their wings at Big Cow Sprint Triathlon in Emberton Country Park.

An enthusiastic early season turnout saw 17 triathletes from Freedom take part in the Milton Keynes open water Sprint Triathlon (750m swim/20km bike/5km run). First home for Freedom was Steffan lestyn Ford in 11th place in 1:06:13 followed by Michael Day 34th in 1:13:01; Matthew Sayers 40th in 1:14:18; Chris Clark 45th in 1:15:22; Suzy Hawkins 46th in 1:15:22; Richard Springall 53rd in 1:16:26; Martin Hawke 54th in 1:16:37; Greg Cairns 61st in 1:17:44; Rob Sedgwick 65th in 1:18:01; Declan Mccabe 74th in 1:19:38; Mark Allen 78th in 1:19:57; Michelle Reeves 82nd in 1:20:33; Emma Kinsey 92nd in 1:22:27; James Knight 99th in 1:23:59; Helen Cairns 114th in 1:25:59; Christine Caine 153rd in 1:39:34 with Emma Croxon 162nd in 1:58:13. Suzy Hawkins’ impressive performance resulted in achieving 1st place in her (40-44) age group category.