PACTRAC held the first race of the 10-race Mini-Series on Wednesdaynight at Oundle.
The course and distances are all the same as in previous
years.
swim - 400 yards in Oundle School's 50-yard pool. 8 lengths.
bike - 10 miles. 1 circuit around Glapthorn and the Benefield's.
run - 3.5 miles. Out to Glapthorn and back.
Neil Tandy was first out of the water in 4:41 minutes, with a gap of
over 20 seconds to Simon Hoppe and Tony Daniels. Rob Hammond was a few
seconds behind in 4th, with Dave Allsop a further 17 seconds down in
5th place.
Simon and Tony were fighting it out on the bike, pushing each other to
a faster time, which allowed them to come in off the bike section over
a minute and a half clear of the chasers, who now included Dave
Wagstaff alongside Dave Allsop.
Simon then pulled away from Tony on the run, and recorded a convincing
victory, once again breaking the 50-minute barrier. Tony held onto 2nd
with a Personal Best time of 52.02. Steve Giles, who was 22nd out of
the water, pulled up to 10th on the bike and 3rd on the run, after the
fastest run of the night. Steve just caught Rob Hammond with 600 metres
to go and Dave Allsop with 300 metres to go, in the battle for 3rd
place.
Roz Giles was first lady, coming in under the hour, equalling her PB.
We had 10 PBs on the night and 4 first timers in a field of 33.
Results are on the new http://www.pactrac.co.ukunder "races" and "race
results".
Photo's from the race can be found on:
http://corkie.smugmug.com/Other/MiniSeries1-2011
Tony Daniels is in photo nr.2
nr.9 shows Dave Wagstaff (left) and Dave Allsop (right).
nr.16 shows Steve Giles.
Simon Hoppe was too quick for the cameraman tonight!
Next weeks race is a Novice race for newcomers to the sport, or those
that have been in triathlon for less than a year. The start time will
be 7:30pm at Oundle pool on Wednesday 1st June. Entries are taken on
the night. Just turn up early enough to set your transition up, sign
on, check the course details and be ready to listen to the race
briefing.