Senior Constable Anita Pearson pauses from her IRONMAN bike patrols for a quick photo at the bike transition.
Whether it was manning a control room, directing traffic at an intersection or running the course, police were certainly out in force on the weekend at the Cairns IRONMAN event.
From all reports, motorists and other member of the community were patient and accommodating with the changed traffic conditions. Police would like to extend a thank you to those that patiently experienced delays or altered their travel plans to help allow the competitors a safe passage throughout the course.
There is no doubt about it though, are cops are bred tough in the Far North! Many local officers swapped their blue shirts for lycra for a day to take part in the 70.3 or full IRONMAN events.
Always smiling! Senior Constable Sharon Dean in her first IRONMAN event.
Experienced 70.3 competitor Senior Constable Sharon Dean decided to push her training to the limit this year to take part in her first ever IRONMAN event. Sharon crossed the finish line in an impressive 12 hours and 3 minutes placing 13th in her division.
There is no rest for Sharon as she is straight back into training preparing for the IRONMAN 70.3 championship in Chattanooga Tennessee in September.
Good luck Sharon!
Sergeant Scott Ezard shaved 16 minutes off his 2016 IRONMAN time.
Forensic Crash Investigator Sergeant Scott Ezard completed his third IRONMAN event coming home in 12 hours and 9 minutes, 16 minutes faster than his time last year. Scott
This man can train anywhere!
has only been competing in triathlons for 4 years after he decided on a life change and couldn’t afford a sports car. The next natural choice of course being triathlons.
One of the most inspirational ‘Iron Cop’ stories on the day was without a doubt that of Senior Constable Al Taylor’s. Having only ever competed in one other triathlon many years ago, Al decided to hedge his bets and register for the full IRONMAN event.
Of most interest is Al’s unique training regime. Regular policing deployments to Aurukun meant that his training consisted of running laps around the Aurukun airport and cycling on the 50 year old spin bike at the Aurukun Police Station. As gruelling as the IRONMAN event is somehow Al managed to have a smile on his face the entire time!
Prior to the race Al organised black armbands which were worn by our ‘Iron Cops’ in honour of fallen police officer Brett Forte.
Well done to all of our ‘Iron Cops’ who will no doubt be back on course next year with other officers that they can convince to take up the challenge.
