Bassettlaw TC's Adrian Hopkinson completes first event at Wormersley

Entering your first distance triathlon can be a daunting step for anyone but for Adrian Hopkinson, a member of the local Bassetlaw Triathlon Club, it proved to be a successful day out.
By Community Sports Reporter
Published 28th Aug 2021, 10:19 BST
Adrian Hopkinson.Adrian Hopkinson.
Adrian Hopkinson.

Adrian opted for the Evolve triathlon based from Wormersly in mid-Yorkshire for his first longer distance event.

Starting with a 1km swim in the Blue Lagoon, which is well known amongst open water swimmers for its clear limestone filtered water then 45 km cycle route around the flat and

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fast lanes back to finish with a 10km loop around the swim lagoon.

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In a sell out event, that British Triathlon, the sports governing body has described as ‘excellent’, Adrian turned in an excellent finishing time of 2 hours and 38 minutes.

That gave him a well-deserved 12th place in the entire field.

On finishing the event Adrian commented “It was a tough day because the there was strong head winds on the cycling part for a lot of the route.

"A few traffic lights that slowed us down on the cycle leg. I enjoyed the run part even though again it was tough because there were a few killer hills.”