PACTRAC held the 3rd of 9 Mini-Series Triathlons (plus a Novicerace) at Oundle last Wednesday.
The distances and course were the same as usual:
swim 400 yards in Oundle pool's 50 yard pool - 8 lengths.
bike 10 miles - 1 circuit around Glapthorn and the
Benefield's. An undulating, sporting course, with a couple
of good inclines and a mile of fast decending between the Benefield's.
run 3.5 miles straight out to Glapthorn and back.
Georgie Freeman was first out of the water, in only her 2nd Mini-Series
race. She led by 13 seconds from Simon Hoppe, with another 10 seconds
to fast-improving Rob Hammond. 14 seconds later, Jaap Flikweert lead 11
swimmers out in the next 30 seconds.
Simon soon took the lead in transition, and had a lonely ride, until
Jaap who had started 24 seconds behind, eventually caught up with him.
The 2 came in off the bike together, a minute ahead of 3rd placed Dave
Wagstaff. A further 30 seconds passed before Steve Coward lead Rob into
T2.
Simon forged ahead on the run and opened up a decisive gap of 1 1/2
minutes on Jaap, who held onto 2nd overall with Rob moving back up to
3rd and just holding off the fast-approaching duo of John Murray and
Sean Beard, who both tore through the field on the run but eventually
ran out of road.
Simon recorded his 2nd Mini-Series win of the year, but this time just
couldn't dip under the 50 minute barrier on a windy night.
We had 31 finishers on the night with 10 PBs, including first lady Roz
Giles, who improved by 90 seconds. 4 newcomers competed for the first
time.