3 Beaver Triathlon's took place at Belvoir Castle nearGrantham over a hot weekend.
Now in it's 7th year, all racing takes place in the Castle grounds and it's surrounding area.
The Beaver distances were:
swim 1900meters in the shallow lake, ensuring that the water temperature was relatively high.
There then followed a long run to transition.
bike 46.5 miles. 3 laps.
run 13 miles. 4 laps.
Roger Canham was 1st in his Age Group, whilst mother and daughter,
Carol Smallman and Emma Cranfield were both 2nd in theirs.
Roger
reported:
"The Beaver Middle Distance Triathlon at Belvoir Castle.
Temperature 25oC
1st Age Group 45-49, 11th Overall.
My race in Mallorca two weeks ago had marked the start of my Ironman specific
block of training, using half distance races to sharpen up my speed
coupled with big blocks of race specific aerobic training. I quickly
recovered from Mallorca and put in a solid 10 day period of hard
training running into the Beaver triathlon. I didn’t feel well rested,
but the post race soreness was gone and I was ready to race hard.
I started my pre-race routine early on Saturday morning and arrived at
the swim start well prepared and everything running like clockwork. I
now have an established routine that works well for me. Final
preparation then pull the wetsuit up ready for the gun but to my
chagrin, the wetsuit ripped at the seam – panic – resignation – into
the water and get on with it.
The gun fired and I swam hard to the open water ahead and quickly settled into a stroke that put me in the lead
group. Apart from navigating round stragglers from the previous waves
and fighting with the silt and duck weed, it was an uneventful solo
effort, exiting the water in just under 28mins, fantastic, probably the
fastest split I have had at this distance. There is a 500m run up to
transition so I took off my wetsuit before running into T1 and grabbing
the bike.
I was hard on the heels of the guy leading the age group as
we jumped on the bike but he quickly put the power down and disappeared
up the road. I knew I had the edge in the run so I focused on riding
hard but consistently. The ride was great in the sunny weather and the
wind was even in a helpful direction. I put in a solid effort on the
bike and the nutrition plan delivered me to T2 in good shape for the
final segment of the race. By this time the temperature was soaring but
having raced Mallorca two weeks previously it seemed very manageable.
Through T2 in a flash and out onto the challenging run course. It
consisted of four repeats of an out and back route effectively up and
down a hill, the wind rather inconveniently this time, blowing down the
hill just to make it a little more interesting. I ran the first lap
hard to catch the guy leading the age group and was surprised how
quickly I passed him; from then on I just wanted to deliver a fast run
time to reflect the training I had been doing. The laps ticked off with
only a slight wobble at the start of the fourth – this was quickly
fixed with half a gel to pep me up for the run home.
It was a wave start so you never really know how you are racing compared to the rest
of the field but I was delighted to win the age group and thrilled to
discover I had come 11th overall."
Results:
11. ROGER CANHAM 30:18 2:10:07 1:23:46 4:04:11 AG= 1
40. EMMA CRANFIELD 28:58 2:19:30 1:33:18 4:21:46 AG= 2
43. DAVID ALLSOP 32:58 2:16:04 1:34:52 4:23:54 AG= 4
59. ROBIN BROOKES 32:13 2:19:39 1:38:13 4:30:05 AG= 5
275.CAROL SMALLMAN 35:55 2:47:16 2:07:29 5:30:40 AG= 2
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In the accompanying Little Beaver
(Olympic Distance) on Sunday, the distances were:
swim 1500 meters in the lake.
bike 25 miles - 2 laps.
run 6.25 miles - 3 laps.
86. PEDRO POLSON 26:34 92:18 53:43 = 2:52:35 AG= 3
111. ADRIAN CHAMBERS 37:00 94:10 54:20 = 3:05:30 AG= 6
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The National Sprint Championships at Milton Keynes attracted a further 7
PACTRACers trying for National Honours over the distances of:
swim 750 meters in the lake.
bike 12.5 miles.
run 3 miles.
PACTRACs Georgina Jennings won the GOLD MEDAL in the ladies 65 - 69 year Age Group by
over 9 minutes. Georgina has won her Age Group in the National Sprint
Championships for 3 year's on the trot now. She is also the current
European Champion.
Results:
369. Daniel Fitzjohn .... 16:24 36:43 22:27 = 75.34 AG = 61.
502. Chris Jordan ........ 13:09 38:39 28:57 = 80.45 AG= 8.
514. Ros Goatly .......... 14:28 41:44 25:10 = 81.22 AG= 18.
560. Caroline Randeria .12:54 42:52 27:34 = 83.20 AG= 17.
592. Brian Mcgeeney ... 16:14 43:58 24:54 = 85.06 AG= 113.
633. Georgina Jennings 15:57 41:23 32:14 = 89.34 AG (65-69)= 1st GOLD MEDAL!
658. Annette Wyld ....... 16:24 42:51 34:13 = 93.28 AG = 24.