Ivan Snell’s Training Pays Off with a PB Time at Eton Super Sprint Triathlon, 19th May 2012, and Over £1,000 Raised for Sparks
May 22, 2012 by Ivan Snell · Leave a Comment
In only his second triathlon ever Snell Consultancy director, Ivan Snell, beat his previous triathlon `super sprint’ time by over ten minutes. The race took place on Saturday 19th May at the fantastic Dorney Lake, which will be one of the venues for the 2012 Olympics.
Speaking about the race and his first open water swim in a lake Ivan said: “despite the new experience of swimming in the cold, twelve degree, water of Dorney Lake compared to the twenty-eight degrees of Hampton pool for my first tri, with no visibility and having to navigate my way amongst eight-four other competitors in my wave, I was out of the water quicker than my first race”. Ivan continued: “there were times, though, at the start of the swim, that the thought of quitting did cross my mind. I am glad I didn’t though as I finished in a much quicker time overall than my last warm up race and I knew I could not let down everyone who has sponsored me so far’.
Race |
Finish |
Swim |
Cycle |
Run |
Overall Pos’ |
Cat’ Pos’ |
09-Apr-12 Thames Turbo Sprint Race #1 |
01:26:55 |
00:11:07 |
00:45:31 |
00:24:04 |
302 / 506 |
50 / 92 |
19-May-12 Eton Super Sprint |
01:16:27 |
00:08:49 |
00:40:14 |
00:22:15 |
338 / 766 |
67 / 168 |
Ivan Snell is raising money for the Sparks for children’s health charity by racing in the Virgin Active Olympic distance (1,500 swim/40k cycle/10k run) London triathlon on 23rd September 2012. He is racing in a number of shorter distance `super sprint’ triathlons this summer as training for the big event. For more information on Snell Consultancy charity fund raising please go here. For the opportunity to sponsor Ivan please visit his Sparks charity fund raising page here.