PACTRAC held their annual Middle-Distance Triathlon at Oundle pool
last Friday. This is part of the club championships and Simon Hoppe
took an early lead with a victory on the day over the distances of:
swim - 900 yards being 18 lengths of the pool.
bike - 20 miles being 2-laps of the Mini-Series course around Glapthorn
and the Benefields, with a couple of good inclines as well as a couple
of decents to test the riders out.
run - 5 miles being 1 loop around Glapthorn and Cotterstock.
The Club Champion is determined from your best 3 races out of 4; the
other races being your best 2 Mini-Series races plus the Dambuster race
at Rutland Water on 18th June.
Emma Cranfield was first out of the water, with Simon Hoppe and Tony
Daniels in close attendance. These 3 had nearly a minute's advantage on
their closest rivals. Simon and Tony soon started to mix it on the
bike, and the 2 were inseperable, coming into the bike-to-run
transition together. By this time they had over 4 minutes advantage on
3rd placed Dave Allsop, with Graeme Hall making in-roads in 4th
place.
Simon soon pulled away from Tony on the run, and even with the 5th
fastest run of the day was able to ease over the line 2.37 minutes
clear. Tony held on to 2nd, with Dave Allsop able to pull away from
Graeme to stay in 3rd position. Rob Hammond maintained 5th position
throughout the race, whilst newcomer, John Murray, had the fastest run
of the day to move up to 6th. Emma came home as first lady, in 10th
position overall.
A very good turnout for a non-Mini Series race, on a warm, dry
morning.
Results are on http://www.pactrac.co.uk We have a new website, and the results
can be seen under "races", "race results", then under "race" put the
"middle distance" and "apply".
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Dave Wagstaff came 2nd in his Age Group in the Bedford Sprint triathlon
at Robinsons Pool.
Distances were:
swim 400 metres in the pool.
bike 16 miles - 1 undulating circuit on local roads.
run 3 miles in the park.
Result:
17. Dave Wagstaff 6.59 42.38 19.47 = 69.24 2nd in AG.
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Neil Tandy competed in the BUCS Sprint Triathlon Championships for
University Students, in Calne, in Wiltshire.
Distances were swim 750 metres in the pool, bike 16 miles and run 3
miles.
Neil reported knocking 5 1/2 minutes off his p.b from last year with
improvements in all 3 disciplines. Even so, he considered that he had a
poor swim and an average run!
Results: Neil Tandy.
2010 - 112th 12.30 48.03 24.19 = 84.52
2011 - 61st 10.09 46.43 22.30 = 79.22
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Meanwhile, Simon Taylor competed in the Southwell Triathlon NE of
Nottingham. The distances were:
swim 400 metres in the pool.
bike 11 miles - out and back.
run 3 miles - 2 laps.
Results:
286. Simon Taylor 9.51 37.33 22.48 = 70.12