The next club race is the Ride and Tie on Sunday 7th April. We have booked Woodnewton Village Hall and expect to start the race at 10:00am. Please note that we have invited a number of local running clubs to join us, so it would be really good to get a few PACTRACers out to support the event. PACTRACers will be paired up on the day. However, the other clubs can pair up in advance if they wish to do so.
Please bring a cake for afterwards if you can.
We also need some marshals, so please email me on sjhope@tiscali.co.uk if you can help.
There will also be a run starting at 9:30am for those that would prefer this option. It will be led by the Werrington Joggers over a 10 mile cross country course, as they know the area. Nobody gets dropped. The faster runners either wait at various points, or run back, according to how they feel. You should be back in time to see the Ride and Tie race finish, and enjoy a cup of tea and cakes in the VH afterwards.
Ride and Tie: 3 laps of a 6-mile circuit around Woodnewton, Nassington and nr Apethorpe.
Team member A bikes 1 lap, then runs 1 lap; whilst Team member B runs 1 lap then bikes 1 lap. The 3rd lap is the interesting one, with only one bike being allowed, so cyclists are constantly overtaking their runner, before dropping the bike by the verge and running on, hoping to be overtaken and have the bike dropped for them again. Teams can change cyclists as many times as they want in order to get to the finish line as quickly as possible.
The clock stops when the 2nd team member crosses the line.
Hope to see as many PACTRACers there as we can. It's a great low key, fun event, and at just £3 per competitor, is half the price of our other events!