Nick North and Max Martinez fly in line honours in Bathurst Wallabies' Australia Day triathlon

Together they blitzed the Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Club's annual Australia Day event and while being part of a team meant they weren't included in the Central West Inter-Club points tally, that certainly did not take away from their enjoyment.

It took them just 44 minutes, 17 seconds to cover the 2.5 kilometre run, 200 metres swim, 16km cycle, 200m swim, 2.5km run grand prix style course.

In comparison when North, a three-time winner of the men's Australia Day event, crossed the line first in 2017 his time was 50:08.

North completed the swim and cycle legs on Wednesday while Martinez - who he has often competed against at Bathurst parkrun - ran hard to begin and then bring it home.

"I was probably going to do it individually, but then I thought I'm not that fit and I know Max is flying. I wanted to go easy and I had this guy to pick up the slack - he was flying, so I was glad I had him," North said.

"We've been running parkruns for a couple of years, I had him for awhile, but now he's just surpassed me, I just watch him run off in the distance now. It's been good to see him progress.

"I've won three and lost two on Australia Day, so I'm happy to win a teams one this year."

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Martinez had been keen to do the inter-club race 12 months earlier, however in the 2021 edition as a COVID-19 safety measure there were no teams.

But on Wednesday he got his chance and the triathlon rookie embraced it. He was the first runner into transition after the opening 2.5km run and helped set up a good battle with Jack Reen for the outright long course honours.

"Since last year I've been really keen to do it because I know it's a 2.5 kay run and then I get a nice rest and I'd be nice and fresh again for the second run. It was great to get like a 30-minute break between my two runs," he said.

"My plan was just to go flat out for that first one and give Nick plenty of space to do his thing, do all the hard yards."

While it was Reen who held the lead after the 16km cycle, North reeled in him in during the second swim leg. It set up Martinez to being it home.

"I went hard in the swim but in the bike, I could see Jack coming and I kept trying to push. I knew I could be close in the second swim and not lose too much time and thankfully I had a really good swim and we came out of the water together," North said.

"From there I knew Max would just fly."

Fly Martinez did, seeing the duo claim line honours and the teams crown, beating out father and son Jamie and Miller Rivett (48:05).

"When I saw Reeny coming first from the cycle I thought I'd have to put my head down and catch him, but Nick came out of the water first and I thought I'd be able to put a pretty good gap on in the last leg," Martinez said.

So the question now is, will Martinez be back for more triathlons?

"Only the running, not cycling or swimming. But I'm keen to do more, it's a bit of fun," he said.

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