A successful Big Day Out

Posted on December 22, 2007

Dick Brunton led the charge of Complete Performance athletes on Saturday when he ran out the winner of the Teva Big Day Out in Methven.  He ran a controlled race coming off the run as the second placed individual and powering on the bike and the paddle to win by four minutes, showing his preparation for the longest day is right on track.  Leighton and Rebekah Greer teamed up in the mixed team section as their first outing together.  Leighton had a solid run sending Rebekah on the cycle where she dug deep to ride with some seasoned open men competitors.  Leighton then paddled the team home in second place.  Grant Page had a very tough day out and learnt a number of tough lessons that saw him pull out after the run. I am sure that he will be better for it when he lines up for the Coast to Coast.  Running as a tandem team Andreas Kacofegitis and Deven Burchett had an enjoyable day out coming in second place in their section. This was a good lead up to the rest of their summer where they will complete the coast to coast individually and the Goldrush as a tandem team.  Maybe if they went a bit harder they could have finished first…