Apart from the high profile races at Rennes and Funchal at the weekend we also had a contingent (I almost said a "large" contingent...) out at the Volcano Triathlon on Lanzarote. Apart from the well publicised DQ of a prominent GB athlete for swapping his bike after a wheel broke (a very harsh application of the rules) we had a serious result for Richard Jones who came 2nd in 1:59:40 behind Christoph Mauch (SUI) who won in 1:59:11 and beating the legendary Thomas Hellriegel (GER) who did 2:00:10. Also in the top ten were Richard Hobson, 8th in 2:06:12, Sara Anning, 5th lady in 2:23:10 with Paula Craig 9th in 2:31:05 and Lisa Rowbottom 10th in 2:34:28.