A LANCASTER triathlete went from helping the British Olympics team to competing in Cockerham.
Steven Worthington spent nearly three weeks training with the GB triathlon team for Beijing in their base on Jeju off South Korea.
And on his return to Lancaster, he decided to compete in the CancerCare Cockerham Triathlon on Monday and won the in
dividual first.
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.
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