{"id":204,"date":"2014-04-08T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogurttop.co.uk\/astonknowles\/news-and-views\/?p=204"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:06:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T10:06:51","slug":"local-fitness-club-owner-takes-first-place-at-halesowen-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astonknowles.com\/news-and-views\/property-news\/2014\/04\/08\/local-fitness-club-owner-takes-first-place-at-halesowen-triathlon\/","title":{"rendered":"LOCAL FITNESS CLUB OWNER TAKES FIRST PLACE AT HALESOWEN TRIATHLON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aldridge Fit Club owner, Ian Dempsey, hopes that the victory win on the morning of 6th April puts him in good stead for the start of the Triathlon season. After a&nbsp;winter training program clocking around 15 hours of tri specific&nbsp;training including over 100 miles on the bike, 30 miles of running and 6-7 miles in the pool each and every week, Dempsey feels race fit as this season kicks off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Halesowen Triathlon was held in the town centre with a 400m pool swim, followed by a punishing 14-mile hilly bike into a 5km run. Dempsy who finished in first place took home a generous \u00a3100 prize presented by ITU Triathlon world champion, Non Stamford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the coming months Dempsey will participate in Deesford Sprint Tri (13th April) BRAT Sprint triathlon (27th April) Majorca 70.3 Ironman (10th May) World triathlon qualifier; Shropshire Olympic distance triathlon (25th May) Pruhealth World Olympic distance Triathlon London (31st May) and World triathlon qualifier; Olympic distance Deeva Triathlon, Chester (8th June).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dempsey\u2019s Sponsor, Aston Knowles Chartered Surveyors &amp; Estate agents in Sutton Coldfield said, \u201cWe are really proud to be supporting Ian. His hard work, dedication to training and commitment to the sport is inspirational. We were delighted to hear about his first place position at Halesowen on Sunday. As the season kicks off we are excited to follow Ian\u2019s race calendar and will be fully supportive as his sponsor as we head towards the World triathlon qualifier events\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise of triathlon has been well documented with 2012 British Olympic champions Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, who won gold and bronze medals respectively, raising triathlon\u2019s profile in main stream media, British Triathlon says it\u2019s the fastest-growing sport in the UK.<\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-follow\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/astonknowles\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/astonknowles.com\/news-and-views\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/aston-knowles\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Find us on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/astonknowles.com\/news-and-views\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-youtube nolightbox\" data-provider=\"youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@astonknowles8419\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"youtube\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/astonknowles.com\/news-and-views\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-instagram nolightbox\" data-provider=\"instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aston_knowles\/\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"instagram\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/astonknowles.com\/news-and-views\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aldridge Fit Club owner, Ian Dempsey, hopes that the victory win on the morning of 6th April puts him in good stead for the start of the Triathlon season. 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