You couldn’t have asked for better weather conditions for a triathlon.
That was the consensus of organizers and participants alike at the 39th annual Deep River Triathlon, which was held Sunday morning.
The heat wave which had been blanketing the town was alleviated by cloud cover which cooled down temperatures significantly, and winds were calm, allowing swimmers to avoid choppy waters on the Ottawa River.
“We have fantastic weather conditions,” Deep River’s recreation coordinator, Christine Armstrong said after participants took to the water for first leg of the two courses.
As in past years, the triathlon course consisted of a 750-metre swim, 27 km cycle and an 8 km run, with the shorter sprint course consisting of the same 750-metre swim, followed by an 18 km cycle and a 5 km run.
Armstrong said there were about 120 participants in this year’s triathlon, and that’s 40 more people who registered for last year’s event.
“The pandemic is over and people are wanting to get together,” Armstrong said, adding the fact this was a Summerfest year in town also helped draw in more participants.
When all was said and done at the finish line, Max Guerout of Deep River had repeated last year’s first-place finish of the full course, with a time of 1:27:58, just over two minutes over the mark he set in winning the 2023 triathlon…
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