PACTRACs results from the London Marathon.
6,303 Adam Bogusz 3:45:55 with -ve splits!11,066 Catharine Brookes 4:08:26
11,069 Robin Brookes 4:08:27
29,571 Jemima Gee 5:37:25
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The European Duathlon Championships were held in Limerick over the
weekend, for Elite, Under 23, Junior and Age Group Categories. The
British Triathlon Federation entered Matt Gunby in the under 23
category, and were duly rewarded with a 2nd place from Matt. He now has
a European Under-23 Silver Medal to add to his World Under-23 Silver
Medal from Edinburgh last September.
The event involved a 6.25 mile run, a 25 mile bike and a 3 mile run.
The Great Britain Duathlon Team also won two silver medals in the 2
Junior events.
Matt, who has been training full time with the BTF since October,
narrowly missed out on gold. The top three athletes were racing neck-
and-neck, with Matt just 5 seconds adrift in 3rd place at the start of
the final run. Matt ran the fastest final 3-mile run split, to move up
into second place, but lost out to Miguel Arraiolos of Portugal by just
three seconds at the finish.
Results:
1. Miguel Arraiolos (Portugal) 30.36 55.02 15.11 = 1.40.49
2. Matt Gunby 30.39 55.04 15.09 = 1.40.52
3. Davide Uccellari (Italy) 30.39 55.01 15.17 = 1.40.57
In the Age Group racing Wendy Gooding did not finish. Wendy went out there suffering from a leg injury, which recurred and she had to pull out on the first run. Two British girls came 2nd and 3rd, with Julie Tapley from Cambridge Triathlon Club coming 3rd in her Age Group. Wendy beat Julie earlier in the year at the Clumber Park Duathlon by 6 3/4 minutes, so will be particularly disappointed not to have finished, being in contention for a medal.
Other PACTRACers Sean Beard and Graham Honey finished 14th and 20th in
their respective Age Groups.
Results:
Graham Honey 38.30 66.34 18.34 = 2.03.38 20th in AG.
Sean Beard 36.13 72.31 16.53 = 2.05.37 14th in AG.
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The local Cambridge Duathlon also took place at Bottisham near
Cambridge on Sunday.
Distances were run 5.75 miles, bike 25 miles and run 5.75 miles.
This was a World Championship qualifier but PACTRACs Kate Armstrong had
already qualified (along with Wendy Gooding and Sean Beard). The other
2 (Paul and Mark) were not trying to qualify.
This was a Personal Best for Kate who has not gone under 2 1/2 hours
for a full Duathlon before, and has shown great improvement. Kate came
home 1st in her Age Group.
Results:
30. Paul Vernon 27.09 69.52 28.26 = 2.05.27 11th in AG.
54. Mark Ingram 31.05 67.57 31.23 = 2.10.25 5th in AG.
154. Kate Armstrong 33.03 80.34 32.43 = 2.26.20 1st in AG.
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PACTRACs Jaap Flikweert competed in the Ochsner Half-Ironman 70.3
Triathlon in New Orleans on Sunday.
The race was intended to be over a 1.2 mile sea swim, 56 mile bike and
13.1 mile run; but was modified to a bike/run race due to high winds
that churned up the waters and created unsafe conditions for water
safety personal as well as athletes. The distances were, therefore:
bike 56 miles and run 13.1 miles.
Jaap is already back home having had a good race, in hot and humid
conditions. He finished 14th in his Age Group, and 149th overall in 4:04:01, and was pleased with his race.
He completed the bike section at 22.62 mph and the run section at 7.08 mpm.
Results:
bike trans run = total.
149. Jaap Flikweert 2.28.31 1.57 1.33.33 = 4.04.01 14th in AG.
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Nearer home 3 PACTRACers competed in the Duston Sprint Triathlon near
Northampton.
Distances were: swim 400 metres - in the pool.
bike 12.5 miles - 1 lap. undulating.
run 3 miles - 1 lap. fast and flat.
Both Roz Giles and Chris Jordan finished 1st in their respective Age Groups.
Results:
25. Steve Giles 8.09 35.01 18.17 = 61.27 6th in AG.
100. Roz Giles 7.21 38.43 22.08 = 68.12 1st in AG.
132. Chris Jordan 6.56 38.09 25.05 = 70.10 1st in AG.