DUBBO fitness fanatic Robert Duffy has been inducted as an Ironman Australia Legend after completing his 10th Ironman Australia last Sunday at Port Macquarie.
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Duffy, 55, is not finished yet and is already set to register for the 30th Anniversary 2015 Ironman Australia next May.
Duffy completed the 3.8km swim in a personal best time of 68 minutes in the new one lap course of the Hastings River.
He followed this with a hard-fought 180km hilly and extremely windy bike ride in six hours, 37 minutes and a solid 42.2km marathon run in four hours, 52 minutes.
His overall time, including transitions, was 12 hours, 47 minutes.
"It was one of the toughest ironmans I've ever done with the blustery, strong winds on the bike and run" Duffy said after the race.
Duffy is only the second Dubbo triathlete to complete 10 Ironman Australia events and obtain legend status after former club president Doug Beal received his status last year.
Club stalwart and secretary Peter Christie is planning on reaching legend status next year after completing his ninth at Port Macquarie on Sunday.
Dan Pobje continued his very good form this season being the first Dubbo member home in a very respectable 12 hours, 15 minutes.
This followed a strong finish at Huskisson Long Course two months ago.
The naturally athletic Mark McKenna showed what could be done with very little training by meeting the finishing line in very good shape at 12 hours, 43 minutes - four minutes ahead of Duffy.
A little further back was the oldest Dubbo competitor Ian Crafter coming home in 13 hours, one minutes - just seven weeks after completing Ironman Asia Pacific Championships Melbourne.
Christie showed his experience by pacing himself to perfection to gain another finisher's medal in 13 hours, 33 minutes.
First timer Darryl Nelson experienced a baptism of fire in the difficult conditions stopping the clock in 14 hours, 12 minutes after only two Huskisson Long Course finishes as preparation.
Former Dubbo member Adam Watt, now of Adelaide, had a very good race, completing the day in 11 hours, 50 minutes with very strong bike and run legs suiting his small body shape.
Most times were at least an hour slower than each competitors' previous course times with almost 1500 competitors finishing.