A GROUP of teenage Triathletes from Burnham-on-Sea have joined together to form a new team called Skyriders.
The group train 5five times a week, with bike, swim and run sessions and regularly participate in the Saturday morning Apex parkrun.
They are coached by Mike Gardner, a local multi sports coach, who has many years’ experience in the triathlon field.
Mike said: "I am trying to give the teenagers an all round training base in preparation for when they compete as adults."
Members of the Skyriders group have already competed in several multi-discipline events already this year as they warm up for the main triathlon season.
Among the triathlons they will be competing in is an open water triathlon in July covering 750 metre swim, 22 kilometre bike and five kilometre run.
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