PACTRAC do have 2 athletes who have now qualified for the World
Duathlon Championships to be held in Nancy, France in September.
Wendy Gooding qualified at the Dambuster Duathlon at Rutland Water in March.
Kate Armstrong qualified 2nd in her Age Group at the Cambridge Duathlon at Bottisham in April.
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Tony Moran did the Skipton Triathlon, finishing in the top half, over
the distances of:
swim 400 meters.
bike 12.5 miles.
run 3 miles.
245. TONY MORAN 7:43 52:10 24:19 = 84:12
Tony said: " I did a PB on that course and knocked a minute off my swim
and 2 off my run from last year, so the PACTRAC training is working!!
The Yorkshire Dales found me out a bit on the bike. I was a little bit
quicker than last year, but I think I'm getting too acclimatised to
life in Peterborough as I struggled more than expected on the hills!".
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3 members of PACTRAC competed in the early season Triathlon at Duston,
Northampton.
Distances were:
swim 400 meters.
bike 12.5 miles - 1 hilly lap around Althorpe House
run 3 miles - 1 lap.
Steve Giles and Chris Jordan both came home 2nd in their respective Age
Groups, whilst first PACTRACer home was Chris Brennan in 26th place.
Nearly 500 competitor's finished the race.
Chris had a minute's advantage on Steve after the swim. Steve then lost
even more time in transition, going up the wrong isle, trying to find
his bike. He left himself with too much to do on the run, pulling back
40 seconds out of a 46 second deficit, to finish just 6 seconds behind
Chris.
Results:
26. Chris Brennan 7.03 35.39 19.17 = 61.59 AG= 10.
27. Steve Giles 8.06 35.22 18.37 = 62.05 AG= 2nd.
174. Chris Jordan 7.05 37.51 28.59 = 73.55 AG= 2nd.
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Today's Bedford Sprint Triathlon was cancelled due to inclement
weather, i.e., constant rain causing a lot of dangerous spray on the
cycle leg, not to mention the swirly winds. 5 PACTRACers ventured over
to Bedford to be met by the news. At least the swimming pool was still
booked for a training session.
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New member, George Prodrick (aged 71), competed in his first ever
Duathlon at the Dambuster Duathlon, Rutland Water in March, and was so
taken by the sport, that he entered the rather tough Ashbourne Duathlon
at Carsington Water, yesterday, Saturday. This also doubled up as the
English Championships, and George's 2nd place in his Age Group earned
him a Silver Medal. He had faster run splits than the Gold Medalist,
but lost out slightly on the bike and transitions, and came home a
close second.
Robin Brookes, meanwhile, used all of his experience to win his Age
Group, to become the English National over 50 Duathlon Champion.
Roger Canham from PACTRAC also competed meaning that PACTRAC had 3 competitor's and they all
came away with a medal.
GOLD: Robin Brookes in the 50-54 Age Group.
SILVER: George Prodrick in the 70-74 Age Group.
BRONZE: Roger Canham in the 45-49 Age Group.
Results:
18. Roger Canham 50.46 76.11 15.53 = 2.22.50 AG= 3rd.
38. Robin Brookes 51.47 80.38 16.57 = 2.29.22 AG= 1st.
164. George Prodrick 75.00 105.39 22.08 = 3.22.47 AG= 2nd.
Distances were:
run 7.5 miles around the perimeter of Carsington Water. Undulating and
mostly on country tracks and footpaths.
bike 25 miles in 1 hilly loop including the steep hill at Middleton Top
and some steep descents.
run 2.5 miles out and back. flat.
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3 Rebbitt brothers competed in this years Virgin London Marathon. The 4th brother was supposed to run
too, but pulled out beforehand.
Tom has recently moved to Hamburg with his job. He always refers to his twin as the real runner in the family.
Tom is a very useful runner himself though, and until he moved abroad at the end of last year, was being coached (along with a number of other PACTRACers), by Sean Beard.
Tom says:
"The marathon was an amazing experience. Miles better than I was
expecting and incredible support. All went very well, aside from those
pesky 37 seconds.....
One brother chickened out months ago, so there were only the three of
us.
Of those; the fast one (my twin) was very ill & shouldn't really have
run, but still managed a 3:07, which is what you can do if your half
marathon PB is 73 mins (which he ran at Reading, with a hangover).
The young one hit the wall at 18 miles (despite ALL the advice from his
older brothers) and had to walk, which was frustrating for him. So much
so that he entered the ballot for 2013 yesterday - not bad for someone
who hates running...."