Cycling: Cat Jessop hero of the weekend for East Lancs

Cat Jessop 1st lady in the Milltown to Moors Sprint Triathlon in Saddleowrth

Cat Jessop was the hero of the weekend for the East Lancs last week when she competed in the Milltown to Moors Sprint Triathlon in Saddleworth.

She came second last year and was determined to go one better in 2017, which she did as she won the ladies competition convincingly by over four minutes from the second placed woman in the competition.

Cat started her effort towards the back of the field at 11:10am recognising she was one of the fastest competitors and she recorded 7:28.7 mins for her 400 metre swim; 41:02.6 mins for her 20 Km cycle ride and finally 21:35.7 mins for her 5Km run making a total time of 1hr 14:20.7 mins including her transition times.

Her all round ability was also illustrated by the fact she was the fastest competitor in each of the three events of swimming, cycling and running, a fantastic achievement and well done all round and came 17th overall, including the men.