Next Frostbite - Sunday 16th January at March
Hi all.
Happy new year!
We had a full team for last month's race and some decent results on a pretty muddy course. Welcome to new member Liz. Our 12th place means we dropped from 5th to 7th - would be good to get back to 5th!
After the Christmas break the Frostbite circus will be back on the road next week. This will be in March - as far as I can tell the usual venue and course at Whitemoor Prison. As always, it's a 5 mile run, starting at 11am and entry is free. All you need is some form of Pactrac kit and a valid membership. Let us know if you need either. Everyone is very welcome - you'll contribute to the team whatever your result, and it's a good social club occasion as well.
The details below are from the last time we did this race 2 years ago. If they change, I will post again. The race HQ is March AC's Clubhouse on Longhill Road March PE15 OBL. There is limited parking, so please car share (or cycle in, like a proper triathlete) if you can. The parking directions are quite specific: see http://www.frostbiteleague.org.uk/.../Race4MarchACMap2018....
The website doesn't have course details yet, but I presume it's the same as last time: a mixture of grassy tracks (first 2 and last 2 miles) and tarmac (mile 3 and last 200m). This is normally not a very muddy course, but there could be slippery bits if we have lots of rain this week (not really in the forecast); in that case though, offroad shoes are an option. All flat apart from up and down some embankments, as you would expect in March.
This is one race where it pays off to start a bit more to the front than normal, as there is a tight, bendy and slippery bit after just 200m.
It would be great to see a large group of Pactracers again. You can see it as a hard training session for the races that are starting to appear on the horizon. Or you can see it as a nice run in a friendly environment with a large group of runners of all abilities. Or as a chance to meet up and talk tri season planning with clubmates. Or even do it to help Pactrac get up the ranking. Or all of the above.
Let us know if you intend to run, preferably on Facebook.
Jaap.