3 races took place this weekend.
The big National Triathlon was at Blenheim Park, where both Alastair Brownlee (World Champion) and
Matt Gunby (back from injury) made their comeback's.
54 athlete's took part in the Elite race, but 9 athletes soon split into 3 small
groups at the front. Olympic hopefuls Alastair and Johnny Brownlee came
in off of the bike 1 1/2 minutes clear of 1 chasing rider, who had
established a 25 second lead over Matt's chasing pack of 6. In the end
Matt's lack of competitive running saw him finish in a very creditable
6th place overall.
Distances were:
swim: 750 meters in the lake.
bike: 12.5 miles all on closed roads.
run: 3 miles all within the park grounds.
Alistair Brownlee 8:00 28:47 17:08 = 57:16
Jonathan Brownlee 8:07 28:43 17:08 = 57:16
Mark Buckingham 8:42 30:02 17:20 = 59:26
Adam Bowden 8:21 30:16 17:25 = 59:32
Ritchie Nicholls 8:50 29:52 17:38 = 59:51
MATT GUNBY 8:43 29:55 17:52 = 60:10
Richard Stannard = 61:03
Andrew Hood 8:47 29:53 19:01 = 61:16
RHYS DAVEY 8:26 29:49 20:21 = 62:09
In the Age Group Category, Martin Taylor competed in the Sprint race over the same course.
904. Martin Taylor 12:39 46:55 28:01 = 87.35
Over 5,000 competitor's enjoyed the weekends racing.
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PACTRAC had 7 competitor's in the 2nd
Annual Corby Triathlon, with 4 of them winning their respective Age
Groups, plus Roz Giles taking 3rd female overall in a closely fought
contest. Once again, PACTRAC's Roz Giles had the fastest T1 of the
whole field, and the fastest aggregate Transition time!
Distances were:
swim 750 meters in the Corby International Swimming Pool.
bike 17.5 miles - 2 laps on a very hilly circuit around Rockingham and Cottenham.
run 3 miles - 3 laps.
Results:
8. Steve Hope 13:42 53:14 17:32 = 1:24:28 AG= 1
9. Steve Giles 16:52 51:41 16:04 = 1:24:37 AG= 3
22. Roz Giles 14:49 55:44 18:44 = 1:29:17 AG = 2. 3rd lady overall
35. Chris Jordan 14:04 56:56 23:12 = 1:34:12 AG= 1
39. Rosalind Goatly 14:22 61:03 20:09 = 1:35:34 AG= 1
97. Mike Primavesi 19:17 65:15 24:56 = 1:49:28 AG= 2.
In the accompanying Novice Race over a 400 meter
swim, 10 mile bike and 2 mile run, new member, Daniel Groom, finished
2nd overall, and was just pipped to top spot by 41 seconds, with
another 1 3/4 minutes until the 3rd placed competitor. Daniel was 1st
in his Age Group.
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9 PACTRACers competed in the Spalding Triathlon.
Distances were:
swim 400 meters in the pool.
bike 11 3/4 miles on a flat 1-lap course.
run 3 miles.
The first PACTRACer and in his first season of triathlon was Simon Guerin in 23rd place.
3 members; Caroline Randeria, Georgina Jennings and Peter Mein
won their respective Age Groups; Caroline with a negative split on the run.
Results:
23 Simon Guerin.............. 7:07.... 37:48.... 21:34 = 66:29
28 Brian McGeeney.......... 8:48.... 39:00.... 20:53 = 68:41
31 Caroline Randeria......... 7:33.... 39:52.... 22:31 = 69:56
43 Domonic Goy............... 8:40.... 39:43.... 23:27 = 71:50
53 Nicola Goy................... 8:42.... 41:55.... 23:26 = 74:03
54 Paul Beland................ 11:47.... 40:56.... 21:28 = 74:11
56 Georgina Jennings........ 9:27.... 39:25.... 26:08 = 75:00
77 Barbara Gunn............. 10:50.... 46:08.... 26:33 = 83:31
86 Peter Mein.................. 11:10.... 48:03.... 28:34 = 87:47