PACTRACs Ride and Tie involved 3 laps of a 6-mile circuit around
Woodnewton, Nassington and Apethorpe. Teams of 2 set off, with one
running a circuit whilst the other biked it. On completing his lap, the
cyclist then immediately set off to run a lap; whilst when the runner
came in, he then had to cycle a lap. On the 3rd lap teams had just 1
bike between them, and could swap cyclist and runner as many times as
they wished in order to get to the finish line the quickest.
Steve Hope and Sam Smith were of similar ability, and so finished the
first 2 laps close together, which gave them an advantage. Rob Hammond
finished his first 2 laps over 13 minutes ahead of his partner Dan
Groom, so although Rob was the first after 2 laps, it was sometime
before his partner arrived with the bike. So well did Rob cycle and
run, that it took Steve and Sam 4 miles into the 3rd circuit to catch
him. Dan was not too far behind at this point, and cycled upto and
caught Rob soon after, and the chase was on again. Steve and Sam had
constantly changed biker and runner in order to catch and pass Rob.
They managed to pull out a small lead before Dan arrived, but he and
Rob were unable to bridge the gap and finished 1:21 minutes behind.
Teams from PACTRAC, Werrington Joggers and Eye Runners followed them
in.
Results:
1st Steve Hope 17:41 39:15 30:39 = 1:27:35
1st Samuel Smith 39:07 18:26 30:05 = 1:27:38
2nd Rob Hammond 16:41 36:00 36:12 = 1:28:53
2nd Daniel Groom 45:01 21:02 22:56 = 1:28:59
3rd Richard Pike 45:22 18:21 30:57 = 1:34:40
3rd Chris Pike 17:54 42:43 34:22 = 1:34:59
4th Jim Fell 44:09 19:55 35:43 = 1:39:47
4th George Prodrick 19:36 52:00 34:00 = 1:45:36
5th Gill Bates 54:00 30:01 44:40 = 2:08:41
5th Simon Lovell 20:41 61:34 46:26 = 2:08:41
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Matt Gunby was 2nd in the Elite Duathlon National Championships at
Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, with Mark Buckingham retaining his
title.
The event took place on Sunday over a 3 mile run, 12.5 mile bike and 1.5 mile run.
Mark and Matt ran clear on the first run, and had a slight lead over
the chasing pack coming in off the bike. Mark was able to pull a few
seconds out of Matt on the final sprint run of just 1.5 miles, with
junior Richard Horton hot on his heels.
1. MARK BUCKINGHAM Holmfirth Harriers 15:08 30:58 8:02 = 54:08
2. MATTHEW GUNBY PACTRAC 15:10 30:58 8:13 = 54:21
3. RICHARD HORTON Bournemouth Jubilee 15:20 30:54 8:13 = 54:27
4. LAWRENCE FANOUS Jordan Triathlon 15:51 30:31 8:15 = 54:37
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In the Clumber Park Classic Duathlon on Saturday PACTRAC had
just 1 competitor, Graham Honey. Distances were run 6.25 miles, bike 25
miles and run 3 miles.
20. Graham Honey 39:11 70.10 20:58 = 2:10:19
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