Club champion Ball takes another victory

The 6th Riyadh Triathletes event of the season was Duathlon No. 2, which entailed a 5km run followed by an 18km cycle then a 2.5km run.
Hot conditions at the maze humps saw a challenging venue with hills and heat as the temperature begins to rise day on day. Once again a great turnout of participants saw 67 individuals taking part including club members who raced in a duathlon for the first time on a challenging course in hot conditions.
Martin Ball continued to show he is on the way to his best with a victory over long time rival Kris Ahlin in second place. Third place went to Dan Bennellick. A fantastic performance for his first podium finish as well as first winning bike split time – Strava, a regimental diet and some very hard training seems to be the winning formula. Other age group winners were: Rosie Wild, Cameron Ball, Eduardo Lando, Sarah Townhill (who thrashed her husband for the first time), and Paul McParland.
Once again a great crowd of spectators gave vocal encouragement to all participants. A number of newcomers entered this discipline of duathlon (run, bike, run). Next weekend is the second full triathlon event of the season (swim 600m — bike 120km – Run 4.5km), where participants will be tested on all three triathlon disciplines, or any combination of each one if they prefer.
Riyadh Triathletes would like to thank the main sponsors Airbus Defense and Space, 2XU and Carrefour @5 Le Mall for their ongoing support this season.
Results:
Martin Ball Male Veteran 1:06:18, Kris Ahlin Male Veteran 1:06:44, Dan Bennellick Male Open 1:09:24, Alberto Martinez Male Open 1:10:35, Brett Girven Male Open 1:11:49, Rosie Wild Female Open 1:13:01, Sylivian Girerdeau Male Open 1:13:48, Cameron Ball Junior 1:16:07, Andre Geara Male Veteran 1:16:35, Eduardo Lando Male Master 1:17:46, Alex Gibbs Male Veteran 1:17:59, Scott Waight Male Veteran 1:18:53, Sarah Townhill Female Veteran 1:18:54, Stu Elliot Male Open 1:19:45, Paul McParland Male Senior 1:22:18, David Townhill Male Veteran 1:23:00, Simon Chorlton Male Veteran 1:23:11, Abdul Majeed Almuayqil Male Open 1:23:16, Russ McArthur Male Veteran 1:23:36, Franck Guerin Male Master 1:25:02, Chris Carmichael Male Open 1:25:25, Omar Almarri Male Open 1:25:27, Katerina Holeckova Female Open 1:28:24, Katy Taylor Female Open 1:29:43, Teddy Eleosida Male Veteran 1:31:28, Chantal Boyrque Female Open 1:33:17, Daniel Royle Male Veteran 1:34:11, Oliver Plunkett Male Veteran 1:35:22, Abdulrahman Alufa Male Veteran 1:36:14, Dragan Petkovski Male Master 1:37:10, Feras Alhamoud Male Open 1:39:46, Emma Gillespie Female Veteran 1:40:04, Annie Wild Female Master 1:44:59, Amr Moemen Male Veteran 1:45:24, Tina Olssen Female Open 1:47:02, Guy Sauve Male Master 1:48:26, Musad AlTuraif Male Open 1:48:51, Rami Beylouri Male Veteran 1:48:53, Bennedict Ella Male eteran1:54:43, Alan Garcia Male Veteran 1:54:47, Bike Only, Steve Jenkins Male Master, Mark Doherty Male Master, Norman Bain Male Master, Mario Turco Male Senior, Raul Romani Male Veteran, Ahmed El Ahmed Male Open, Mohammed El Ahmed Junior, Other Finishers; Abdulaziz Almuaquil Male Open, David Martinez Garcia Male Veteran, Faisal Sangorah Male Open, Claus Spong Male Senior, Danni Zhen Female Open, Tariq Sanqorah Male Open, Asem Eltrabouisi Male Open, Bodour Alturaif Female Open, Anne Morrisey, Female Master, Anton Marcovic Male Master, Gerrit Scharke Male Veteran, Ibrahim Bakkari Male Open, Abdullah Almarri Junior, Eman Almarri Junior, Taleb Almarri, Sebastian Romani, Mohammed Almarri Male Open, Dave Gore Male Open, Jamie Wild Male Open, Santiago Romani Junior.