Five Medway Velo members braved the cold to take part in the Leybourne Lakes Team Outrageous Boxing Day Triathlon.
The event involved a brief but freezing 60 metre dip in Leybourne Lakes, followed by a 7 mile bike and 1.4 mile run.
Claire Friday, Vicki Strila, Mark Strila, Matt Fearn and Sally Smith all completed the non-wetsuit event which kicked off at 9am.
The water was a ‘tropical’ four degrees and squeals and groans could be heard as the 19 triathletes stepped into the water. After acclimatising to the chilly temperature the race was on.
Second out the water was Claire Friday, who used her previous experience of swimming the Channel to best advantage. Onto the bike course and Matt took the lead closely followed by Sally. At the half way turnaround point Sally edged into the lead and the pair duelled it out on the run.
During the run Sally managed to take the lead to finish seventh overall and first lady, everyone finished with a few minutes of each other.
Full results below:
