On Sunday the Cardiff Tri club (my club) held a new triathlon. It was the Emily Prosser Sprint Triathlon, held on the Try-a-Tri course (but essentially not a novice event). Pete Beaumont set a new course record of 50 minutes and 2 seconds as a result of opening the course to all competitors. It was a charity event, and as I understand it over £2000 was raised to help fund alternative care for Emily Prosser, a little girl with cerebral palsy. It is hoped that this will become an annual event.
As usual, I was out taking photos for the website but I haven’t had a chance to pick a favourite yet. Normally my favourite appears here, but I’ve only briefly scanned through them because of my many other commitments (e.g. we have begun teaching again this week). The images look OK, but nothing has jumped off the screen at me. The course is a little urban in the areas that I could access, so eliminating the effects of the background from the competitor is difficult. A shorter depth of field would really help here, but I’ll need to spend more money on lenses to meet my criteria for sports photography.
Some of the images are in the Cardiff Tri Gallery, and the rest will appear later this week when I make time to work through them. By the way, this club website is doing really well, with many, many views and much interactivity. My intention is to transfer the site to a more modern content management system, but I’m struggling with time constraints. We’ll get there.
