Mooloolaba Multisport Festival

What an action packed weekend of racing Mooloolaba has yet again given us!  With DAT athletes represented in almost every event over the weekend including the 5km fun run on the Friday evening, the Saturday morning superkidz triathlon and ocean swim and the main events; the Mooloolaba individual and teams triathlon and the ITU Continental Cup.  The only event where we didn't field any competitors were both the male and female ITU World Cup with the unfortunate late withdrawl of Ryan Fisher from the men's field so he can recover from a hip strain in time to be on the start line for the ITU World Series race in Sydney.  But with...

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Australian Youth Championships

It is safe to say that the Australian triathlon community is buzzing with action this weekend with two of the biggest races of the year taking place on the same weekend, being the Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival and the Melbourne Ironman.  The Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival has particular significance for many of the DAT Racing athletes as they continue to chase points to go towards World Championship selection. However, for many of our junior athletes the weekend of racing commenced on the Thursday morning just around the corner from Mooloolaba at Twin Waters for the Australian Youth Championships.  For many of them the race came at perfect...

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Friday Stingers

After the downpour of rain we were subjected to on our Wednesday morning rain I finally decided it was time to give the Malvern Star a much needed wash and clean is so dearly needed.  While I was doing this I also managed to re-mount my Bryton Rider 50T which has for some time been relegated to the back pocket after earlier model mounts kept failing but I can already say the new mounts are a significant improvement and there is no chance of the computer dislodging itself any time soon!  And with the aid of a few helpful youtube videos, I also created a nifty mount for a video camera in between my aerobars and with all this...

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Devonport Triathlon

Devonport; the word that has been on everyone’s lips from the beginning of the season and with so much riding on this race for everyone including age-group world championship points, junior elite world championship positions, Olympic positions, world series spots and even New Zealand national championships it was always going to be a big weekend of racing and it certainly didn’t disappoint.  It was the first time this season that the entire DAT Racing high performance group got the opportunity to travel together and we were also joined by age-group stars Robbie and Courtney and all kept in line by none other than Dan ‘the headmaster’ Atkins,...

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