OTS Open Water crew clocked more than 100km

This sunny weekend saw our open water swimmers splashing out big distances.  With Erika, Lizzie and Mark smashing London Tri at both Olympic and Sprint Distance respectively.  Neoprene cladded Martin, Rhys, Rick, Paul, Jonathan and Alastair completed the Henley Bridge to Bridge 14Km swim along the Thames. In the meantime, those who are too hardcore for wetsuits were going even bigger distance - Geraldine swam the entire 26.5km length of lake Zurich in under 10hours, coming 4th in the Sri Chinmoy marathon swim with Emily as her kayak support.  

A truly epic weekend all round! 

Results:

AJ Bell London Triathlon

Erika Kulikova Olympic Distance 3:01
Mark Livingstone Olympic Distance 2:34
Lizzie Bellinger Sprint Distance 1:24(3rd Age Group)

Henley Bridge to Bridge 14km

Martin Bradford. - 7th Male wetsuit - 2:50
Rhys W - 26th Male - 3:07
Rick Snow - 28th Male wetsuit 3:07
Paul Seyde - 29th Male wetsuit 3:08
Jonathan Cowie - 40th male wetsuit - 3:16
Alastair Bell - 143th Malewetsuit - 3:48

Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swim 26.5km Lake Zurich

Geraldine Treacher 9:50 (4th non wetsuit)

Out to Swim and London Frontrunners joined forces to win triathlon

On Sunday 10 July, athletes from Out to Swim and London Frontrunners came together to race at the Shock Absorber Women’s Triathlon at Eton Dorney Lake. 

Congratulations to Amy Lovegrove (soon-to-be Frontrunners ;) who raced her first triathlon; Sarah Ov (Frontrunners) a trail running specialist branching out to finish a very respectable 22nd in a large field of over 100.

From Out to Swim, Erika Kulikova braved the Olympic distance of 1500m swim, 42km ride and 10km run, snatching a cool 4th in her age group.

The inter club relay team Guns of Roses consists of feisty water polo player Oti Tőzsér (Out to Swim), veteran triathlete Emily Chong (Out to Swim / Frontrunners) and pocket rocket Nadia Wilkinson (Frontrunners).  They led the Challenge distance field from the swim start all the way to the finishing line. Miraculously, none of them miscounted laps and finished first, 4 minutes clear of the next finisher.    

Despite a windy, grey and drizzly start of the day, everyone enjoyed themselves and cheered each other on at this particularly spectator friendly course. The sun popped out as the races finish and we all celebrated with free pints of alcohol free beer courtesy to event sponsor - Erdinger. 

Results

Erika: 36:37 (1500) 1:32 (42.4km) 49:27 (10k) 4th age group, 10th overall. Olympic Distance

Sarah: 22:25 (750m) 46:26 (21.2k) 27:43 (5k) 22nd age group. Sprint Distance

Team Guns of Roses: 11:49 (800m) 58:18 (31.8km) 33:51 (7.5km ) 1st overall. Challenge Distance Relay.