Podium Position for Royal

 Steve McCulley of the Royal Marines had a resounding success at the annual ‘Grim Duathlon’ on 17 October 2009, placing 3rd out of 388 racers!  The off-road duathlon took place on the military training area around Aldershot and comprised of a 5km cross-country run, a 20km mountain bike and another 5km cross-country run.

The race certainly lived up to its grim name as well, with 4 foot deep water ditches to contend with on the bike and 25 foot cargo nets to scramble under during the runs. 

Steve managed to complete the 5/20/5 race in an impressive 1 hour, 32 minutes and 6 seconds – 5 seconds ahead of 4th place.  Afterwards Steve said “it was a tough, but really enjoyable race and my best result of the year”.  He added that he was even more pleased with the result as the winner has previously represented Great Britain as an Elite and Age Group triathlete.  The duathlon was Steve’s last race of 2009 and he is now concentrating on the start of the 2010 mountain bike season.