Wednesday, September 17, 2003
AAA RESULTS @ THE CAIRNS HALF...

Some mighty impressive performances you would have to agree !
When considering times compared to last year -
* Swim times were on average 3 mins faster this year due to last years 400m run to transition.
* Bike times were roughly 3 mins slower this year - bit more wind.
* hard to gauge run times - course was slightly different but one would have thought easier - tougher bike leg likely to have contributed to slower run times...
Otherwise an awesome day - the feedback on this years event has been sensational - Just enough to sucker us in for another event !!!!

Check these AAA'ers out:
1. Jason Marino - 4:44:57 (29:37, 2:42:34,1:32:46)
1st ever Half ironman
2. Dan Hollingsworth - 4:47:44 (32:13, 2:34:43, 1:40:48)
1st ever Half Ironman
3. Don Everest - 4:47:54 (31:55, 2:34:53, 1:41:06)
38 mins better than '02..
4. Ivan Whittle - 4:59:06 (29:14, 2:49:10, 1:40:42)
1st ever Half Ironman
5. Mitch Howard - 5:06:04 (29:27, 2:44:54, 1:51:43)
1hr 17 mins better than '02...
6. Mick Foreman - 5:13:17 (25:53, 2:34:48, 2:12:36)
1st ever Half Ironman - fastest swim of day !
7. Colleen Penny- 5:17:55 (31:11, 2:56:19, 1:50:25)
3 weeks run training - 2nd age group.
8. Chris Bray - 5:18:14 (31:19, 2:55:43, 1:51:12)
Had better days - he'll be back !
9. Gretchen - 5:20:27 (31:57, 2:57:32, 1:50:58)
1st ever Half Ironman - 6 months in sport.
10. Maria Ross - 5:25:04 (36:57, 2:57:26, 1:50:41)
30 mins better than '02. 3rd age group.
11. Bill Woolf - 5:31:50 (38:24, 2:49:55, 2:03:31)
1st ever Half. Tough day for Blu !
12. Tim Carr - 5:35:24 (27:01, 3:04:40, 2:03:43)
1st ever Half. 4th fastest swim.
13. Yasmin Gee - 5:42:15 (34:31, 3:00:24, 2:07:20)
1 hr better than '02. !!!!!
14. Susan Seay - 5:47:36 (44:13, 3:09:25, 1:53:58)
1st ever Half ironman.
15. Michelle Hampson- 5:48:49 (36:22, 3:03:26, 2:09:01)
Limited preparation. Good result !
16. Karen Short - 5:49:42 (40:13, 3:15:04, 1:54:25)
14 mins better than '02. In hard training for Kona.
17. Roz Freeman - 5:51:04 (32:07, 3:15:43, 2:03:14)
13 mins better than '02. Limited prep with injury.
18. Michelle Newstead- 6:03:34 (34:23, 3:21:10, 2:08:01)
1st ever Half Ironman.
19. Kathy Jenkin - 6:14:53 (41:51, 3:32:33, 2:00:29)
Another great half !
20. Jay Seay - 6:26:37 (36:16, 3:32:53, 2:18:28)
1st ever Half Ironman - 54 years old !
21. Amy Hollingsworth-6:44:33 (46:31, 3:37:24, 2:20:38)
1st ever Half Ironman..

Pretty impressive scores...
Congratulations to EVERYONE - You are all winners !
Hope to catch up with you all at some stage over the next few weeks and hopefully plan your future goals...
Thanks for your support of AAA FITNESS.
AARDVARK.