Another endurance race took over Peach City on Sunday morning.
With no wind, smoke or waves, and with lake temperatures at 21.6 C, participants of the 38th Peach Classic triathlon had perfect conditions on Sunday.
Hundreds came out to cheer on the athletes bright and early for Penticton’s longest running triathlon.
At 7 a.m. sharp, triathletes in the regular division dove in to Okanagan Lake by the Peach to take on their 1.5 km swim to the SS Sicamous and back, followed by the sprint division who swam 750 metres.
In total, 265 participated in the Peach Classic, 181 in the standard race and 84 in the sprint division. Of those, 13 had never participated in the Penticton triathlon including Penticton doctor Rebecca Psutka.
Psutka was participating in her first ever triathlon and ended up winning the sprint division (female).
Her win surprised many seasoned competitors, said Psutka who was thrilled with her results and the Peach Classic course that takes competitors through Naramata and Penticton.
There were 23 Pentictonites and 40 individuals from Kelowna who participated along with many other British Columbians, Albertans and some coming from Ontario. One triathlete came all the way from Colorado to compete.
Athletes were cheered on by a big crowd as they came out of the water, changed out of their wet suits and hopped on their bikes for the 20 or 40 km ride up and down Lakeshore Drive and onto Naramata and back.
The finish line at Rotary Park and Lakeshore Drive welcomed in the runners when they completed their 10 km or 5 km run.
The results once they come in can be found at peachclassic.ca/results/.
Got to Penticton Western News Instagram account for full videos.
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