Aloha Hawaii! It took over nine hours, but Lunn booked his place in a 2026 World Championship triathlon event
Man-of-the-moment Paul Lunn has booked his place in another triathlon World Championship event.
One week after winning the 70.3 Half-Ironman Age Group World Championships in Marbella, Spain, Lunn jetted off to Arizona seeking to qualify for the World (Full) Ironman Championships in Hawaii next year.
Lunn started well with a solid swim and took the lead on the bike in his age group, in a quality field where nearly 1,700 athletes finished a gruelling race.
Lunn started the run nearly seven minutes up on his nearest rival with others not too far behind. However, unable to get any more food inside him from the eighth mile meant Paul was hanging on, eventually finishing fourth which was good enough for one of the coveted qualifying places to Hawaii.
Lunn finished the 2.4 mile swim in 1:04:28 before delivering an outstanding time of 4:38:22 for the 112-mile bike section. Lunn’s marathon time of 3:54:08 gave him a final time of 9:36:58.
Two PACTRAC Juniors attended the East Midlands Region, Junior Series Awards in Loughborough.
Phoebe Goodale (Youth) together with her sister Ophelia Goodale (TriStar2) both picked up the overall trophy in their respective age groups. An athlete’s best four events from seven in the series counted and with Phoebe winning four events and Ophelia winning five, both sisters were in unassailable positions.