Elliot Smales, one of the nouriSH me now sponsored athletes, travelled to Nancy, France to compete in the Nancy Duathlon 2012 World Age Group Championship on the 23rd September. Incidentally this also coincided with his 18th Birthday.
Elliot qualified for the event by winning his age group (17 - 19 years old) back in the 10th March 2012 at the Dambuster duathlon at Rutland water which meant that he would represent Great Britain for the first time in his career.
The event consisted of a 4 x 2.5km lap run (10 km), 5 x 8 km lap bike (40 km) and a 2 x 2.5km lap run (5 km).
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| Elliot Smales shows off his Bronze medal. |
Elliot’s age group consisted of athletes who had travelled from as far away as New Zealand and South Africa to compete. The wave also consisted of the 25 – 29 year old qualifiers which meant a stiff test in the disciplines.
Elliot settled in on the run and worked hard in the second half of the 10 km run to post a time of 36:22 which meant he was in 3rd place in his age group.
A speedy transition meant Elliot was quick on to the wheel of the 2nd place athlete and his biking strength helped him move up in to 2nd position and cut the deficit to the age group leader from 2:50 to 14 seconds with a sterling bike split of 1:01:58 which proved to be by quickest time in his age group.
Elliot ran hard on the 5 km run but his efforts on the bike had taken a toll and he slipped back from 2nd to 3rd chasing hard to the line to record a total time of 2:00:01 less than 52 seconds behind the winner and 25 seconds behind second place.
Elliot’s recovery was soon aided with his NourishMenow drinks that had made the long trip with him and hit the spot straight away. Elliot was extremely pleased with his performance in the event and will be working hard on his running as well as honing his swimming and biking skills ready for next seasons triathlons.
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