Husband and wife team, Steve and Roz Giles, competed in theQuadrathlon at Box End near Bedford.
This was all off-road over the distances of:
swim 750 metres
kayak 3 miles
bike 9 miles
run 3 miles.
Steve reported: "We had good, sunny conditions... but we
both still need to work on the kayak as we were
losing about 15mins on the leaders!
I got stung on the forehead on the bike which swelled up like a balloon
the next day."
6. Steve Giles 16:24 35:53 41:23 18:48 = 1.52.28 6th overall /
3rd MV40.
13. Roz Giles 14:16 36:34 46:17 23:53 = 2:01:00 1st senior
female
In the accompanying off-road triathlon over the same bike and run
course but with just a 400 metre swim and no kayak, Naomi Brewer came
home as first lady.
7. Tom Brewer 9:51 56:29 25:19 = 1:31:39
9. Naomi Brewer 10:52 59:37 26:02 = 1:36:31 1st lady
11. Heather Watts 8:12 60:22 29:39 = 1:38:13 1st lady over 40.
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The English Age Group Championships at Olney Country Park, Milton
Keynes.
swim: 1500m in Olney lake - 1 lap.
bike: 25 miles - 2 laps.
run: 6.25 miles - 3 laps around the lakes.
Dave Wagstaff was the first PACTRACer home, whilst Robin Brookes came
3rd in his Age Group but got the silver medal due to the man who
finished in front of him not being a member of English Triathlon.
This is the first year that England have had their own Championships,
as opposed to the British Triathlon Championships that were held at
Rutland Water in June.
68 David Wagstaff 24:36 65.54 41:42 = 2.12.10 AG= 10.
78 Robin Brookes 26:21 69.06 37:59 = 2.13.26 AG= 3.
95 Tony Daniels 23:24 67.54 44:15 = 2.15.31 AG= 16.
123 Jonathan Crowley 26:39 69.46 43:06 = 2.19.31
266 Chris Jordan 25:09 74.35 52:41 = 2.32.25 AG= 8.
291 Kate Armstrong 30:29 81.07 43:00 = 2.34.36 AG= 5.
303 Steve Maile 31:25 76.48 47:42 = 2.35.55
356 Mark Lee 28:38 86.31 47:12 = 2.42.21
368 Adrian Chambers 32:29 79.59 52:00 = 2.44.28
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1,269 athletes entered the UK Ironman race in Bolton, with 50 Age Group
qualifying slots for the 2011 World Championship in Kona, Hawaii in
October. 1,039 athletes were from the UK and 34 countries were
represented.
The race started with a two-loop, 2.4 mile swim at the Pennington Flash
Lake. The athletes then rode 112 miles through the demanding English
countryside, before embarking on the three-loop, 26.2 mile run.
This is a particularly tough course because of the severe hills on one
part of the course, which have to be tackled 3 times.
Roz has completed Ironman races before, but this was the first time for
Paul and David.
Results:
169. Paul Spain 1.07.15 6.36.25 3.17.55 = 11.01.35 AG= 32.
491. David Naylor 1.16.06 7.08.28 4.02.44 = 12.27.18 AG= 86.
749 Roz Goatly 1.10.07 7.19.40 4.57.18 = 13.27.07 AG= 11.
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Banyoles ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup in Spain.
swim 1500 metres, bike 25 miles, run 6.25 miles.
Matt Gunby was again racing against some of the best triathletes in the
world, including reigning World Champion Javier Gomez, who won the
race. Matt missed the first bike group, but his group worked hard, and
although they didn't make any inroads into the lead group, they didn't
lose any more time either.
Matt Gunby finished 31st with a time of 01:50.30, "despite a gutsy run
on the final leg" to pick up quite a few places.
Matt Gunby 20:40 57.15 32:35 = 1:50:30