HEADLINES
The STARS ride for JDRF from Melbourne
to Adelaide took place in December 2009. 956klm in 4 days, over $8,000 raised to help find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Thanks to all our supporters and riders. Keep up with Team Type 1 and their 2010 season, follow the link form our links page.
We have been remiss in our updates, time to change that. Here is a smattering of what we have
been up to, and that doesn't include the details of the sub-10 hour finishers at Ironman WA last year or the very fast
Phuket results:
Ian Tate has become KONA STAR as he's qualified for Kona at Ironman China on March
14th by coming 2nd in the 55-59 men. THE performance of the year, given Ian also had some GI issues on the bike. Ian was 3rd
coming into the run leg, having swum and biked both steady and strong (in spite of his nutrition not agreeing with him) ,
and kept his steely eyes on the prize in front of him to overtake and claim 2nd. Mahalo Ian!!
Ned Phillips has been racing barefoot in the recent TriBob duathlon in Singapore on March
14th, finishing 5th individual. His soles fell off, so we hope that when he buys himself new shoes he'll finish on the
podium!
Jack Grant has been laying it down for the
YoungSTARS by finishing 2nd in the 8-9yrs duathlon, challenging Ned we hear... He was 4th overall in the youngsters race.
Superb!!!
Chris Day raced the world renowned Murray Man,
on the Murray River in South Australia, on the 14th as well. Distances were 2/60/15. He was 1st out of the water in the 40-44's,
5th swimmer overall, and finished 4th in the 40-44's. He then drove the 90klm home and swore he was going to take a few
days off having completed Ironman NZ the weekend before!
Tim
Wilkins has been giving the STARS lessons in bike handling skills as well, setting new records around the LCK loop
in Singapore as well as stirring up the field in the recent OCBC 50klm bike race in Singapore, only dropping out of a place
contention on the last lap with a flat tire. He changed wheels and still finished well.
Adam Graham finished the same race and came in 21st, rumored to
have not even built up a sweat! We're starting to get worried about just how fast Adam will go in his next Ironman..
Adam Horler has been given a slot to Ride the Rockies
in June... 851klm in 7 days with 8,173m of climbing! That, plus the Tour of Friendship and some time around the Tour de France
should see Big Adam return as Very Fast Adam (he'll have to fight for that one with Little Adam G!)...
Ironman New Zealand saw a big STARS turnout on March
6th:
Richard Hall , from the Hong Kong STARS, qualified
for Kona in the men's 35-39 age group in a blistering 9:42, 9th in the age group and 50th overall. 54 minute swim, 5:10
bike and a 3:31 run.... He didn't notice Chris Day waving (luckily!) as Chris overtook him in the swim!!! A stunning performance
from a dedicated triathlete. Congratulations on another Kona slot to Hong Kong Kona Star!
Richard Parkinson smoked the course in Taupo to record
a 10:14. He swam just under an hour, showing he is developing fins, and put in a very solid run to come home strongly. Top
STAR had a brilliant day.
Ed Blair finished another Ironman and finished Taupo
in 10:22. Ed swam 58 minutes (Ed is growing gills), kept the bike steady at 5:30 then ran a strong 3:43, in spite of feeling
the effects of GI issues on the run that he could have done without. Chapeau Ed..
Kelly
Ingham went to battle in Taupo and emerged a winner with a finish of 11:50. She recorded her best swim and absolutely
nailed the run after a bike leg that had a few issues, and aerobar problems in an Ironman make it a very tough day. Very impressive
and an immensely positive day which bodes well for her next race.
Chris 'Mako'
Day banished the DNF from IM NZ in 2009 (which was where he had to pull out of the race in the swim leg) to start
the day with a 53:53 minute swim, 54th out of the water (he was not happy about this, wanted to be top 50!!) and 4th in the
age group, biked a 5:32 that had a few issues (nutrition seemed to be the theme of the day!), but held it together to run
a steady 4:13 to finish in 10:54. No more bad memories of Taupo and the ghost from
the past seems to have been finally exorcised... Chris has been talking about his inner chimp, which has hopefully been left
at the bottom of Lake Taupo, and that he's probably now found his inner shark!
Au
revoir for now.... CC
