The weather weather that hit the CancerCare Cockerham Triathlon did not bother Adrian Dalgliesh who rode the bike leg for winning team Townley and Co.

Here is his report:

"After many years of talking about it, my brother-in-law, Andy Townley (swim), myself (bike), and Andy's cousin Chris Adams (run) finally got around to actually doing this local triathlon.

I've never competed at such an event but Andy had done a few events and Chris had done this event last year on his own.

Still, none of us had done a triathlon as a relay event and we had a few questions to get ironed out as to how the changeover worked.

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I figured that if Andy came out of the swim in a reasonable time, I would just go flat out for half an hour, (about the time I estimated for the 15km course off road) which is half of a cross race, and that should be enough for Chris to do a decent run and hopefully we wouldn't do too bad.

We set off in the in the fourth wave and Andy was second out of the lake with the seventh fastest swim time. Not bad after a 10-year break.
Once on my bike I could relax a little and get into a rhythm.

Not that there is much rhythm to be had whilst being battered by the winds on the coast there. I just rode as best I could and handed over to Chris our runner at the end of my leg.

Andy and I then rushed then to the finish at Cockerham Parish Hall in time to see Chris finish and wait for the results.

We were shocked to see we had won not only the relay, but set the fastest time all day.

A grand day out, despite the inclement conditions."


The first individual home was Lancaster triathlete Steven Worthington who had just returned from nearly three weeks training with the GB triathlon team for Beijing in their base on Jeju off South Korea.

Worthington, 23, was in Jeju as training partner for friend and GB triathlete Alistair Brownlee who came 12th in the Olympic race in Beijing.

He said: "The training was similar to what we do back home but It was about getting used to the heat and humidity."

A lot of the other countries sent their triathlon teams to Jeju and there was even a half-distance race arranged, which he took part in.

"It was a really good experience and a chance to see what the opportunities are and what is involved," added Worthington.

He flew home before the Beijing race – in time for his birthday – but the experience has fired him up for to go for London 2012.

"That has been the plan all along and it still the plan, although it is obviously a long way off yet."

Worthington, a former Lancaster Royal Grammar School pupil, is based in Leeds where he is doing a Masters course in physiology, with the hope of becoming a full-time triathlete next year.