History was made last weekend by Lucy Gossage at the Spring Ballbuster, winning the event outright in a time of 2:49:28, followed by men's winner Will Newbery around a minute later.
Newbery led the first 12km run section, entering T1 in 46:04mins with Gossage around two minutes behind. Gossage then gradually closed the gap, eventually taking the lead on one of the final climbs and completing the final 12km run less than a minute slower than the first 12km run.
Top ten results:
Position
Participant
Category
Club/Company/Sponsor
Finish time
1
(F) 35-39
Cambridge Triathlon Club
2:49:28
2
(M) 35-39
Primera- TrainingBible
2:50:35
3
(M) 30-34
2:50:38
46:21
4
(M) 35-39
2:53:01
47:45
5
(M) 35-39
Worcester Triathlon Club
2:55:07
6
(M) 25-29
Relocation Travel Race Team
2:55:52
7
(M) 40-44
Army Triathlon Association
2:56:08
8
(M) 30-34
Human Performance Unit
2:56:17
9
(M) 35-39
2:56:33
50:50
10
(M) 30-34
Larkfield AC
2:58:30
ArrayCongratulations Lucy! Age-grouper and Ironman Wales veteran Sophie Radcliffe also wrote a Spring BallBuster race report for us, describing it as "the race that broke me".