Richard Gardner of the Syracuse, N.Y., branch of the Wanderers excelled at this year’s Tupper Lake Tinman competition on June 29th.

Richard finished in 310th place out of 705 competitors completing the half-Ironman course in 5:26:13.

Richard splashed across the 1.2 mile opening swim leg in 30 minutes and one second. Then pedaling at a speed of 19.5 miles an hour, he completed the 56-mile bicycle portion of the competition in 2 hours and 52 minutes. Finally, he ran the half marathon final segment of the race in 1:54:29 cruising at a pace of 8:45 a mile.

For more information on the Tupper Lake Tinman, which is held in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, contact the race web page at www.tupperlakeinfo.com.