The Regina Beach Triathlon set a record over the weekend with the largest number of competitors in a triathlon in Saskatchewan. There were 266 triathletes in the competition with three different distances being contested: olympic distance, sprint distance and try distance.
Lyle Bittman of the Melfort Triathlon Club was a competitor in the sprint distance finishing 9th overall out of 61 competitors. Lyle was 5th out of water after the 750 m swim with a time of 13:18, 7th fastest 20 km bike with a time of 43:56 and 28th in the hilly 5 km run with a time of 32:27. His total time, including transition times, was 1 hour 29 minutes 41 seconds.
Lyle's comment after the race was that the toughest part on his body was not having to run up 650 m hill right after the swim, but rather running down the 650 meter hill after the 20 km bike portion.
Harvey Weber
