PACTRAC held their first club event of the new year at Oundle.
We hold 2 Biathlon's just 3 weeks apart. Both are over the same
distances:
swim - 900 yards - 18 lengths of Oundle pool.
run - 5 miles - 1 circuit around Glapthorn and Cotterstock.
The first Biathlon determines the handicapping for the 2nd Biathlon which
is a Trophy event. (Not that athletes don't try hard on Biathlon 1 - it's
just that the weather was a bit on the chilly side, resulting in more layers
of clothing being put on). The overnight rain resulted in damp, cold and
windy conditions.
Nathan Tweedie won his first ever PACTRAC event with
a blistering swim, coming out of the 1/2 mile swim in 10:02. He was
nearly 2 minutes ahead of his nearest challenger, Oliver Wood, with Rob
Hammond leading the pack, over 3-minutes behind. Paul Spain had the
fastest run of the day, moving up into 2nd place overall, but Nathan's
running has improved, and he held Paul off to win the event by over 2-
minutes.
1st Nathan Tweedie 0:10:02 0:33:58 - 0:44:00
2nd Paul Spain 0:13:59 0:32:05 - 0:46:04
3rd Jonathan Cox 0:13:45 0:34:14 - 0:47:59
4th Rob Hammond 0:13:09 0:35:46 - 0:48:55
5th Giles Cooper 0:13:30 0:35:42 - 0:49:12
6th Jonathan Sadler 0:14:58 0:36:35 - 0:51:33
7th Oliver Wood 0:11:56 0:40:51 - 0:52:47
8th Steve Hope 0:13:44 0:40:57 - 0:54:41
9th Christina Cork 0:14:11 0:40:34 - 0:54:45
10th Martin Taylor 0:15:58 0:40:40 - 0:56:38