PACTRAC held their Annual Ride and Tie event at Woodnewton on Sunday.
The event consists of 3-laps of a 6-mile circuit aroundNassington, Apethorpe and Woodnewton. Each competitor does all 3-laps.
7 teams competed from PACTRAC, Werrington Joggers and Eye Runners.
Team member A bikes 1-lap and then runs 1-lap, whilst member B
concurrently runs 1-lap and then bikes 1-lap. On the 3rd lap, teams
have only 1 bike and can swap cyclists as many times as they wish in
order to get both team members across the finish line as quickly as
possible.
The racing was tight with Craig Mills and Sean Pooley
finishing their first 2-laps with one and a half minutes advantage over
Steve Giles and wife Roz in 2nd. However, this is a tough race, with
the constant changing of bike to run on the final leg, taking it's
toll. Steve set off running in pursuit of Sean on the 3rd lap, and Team
Giles's stamina proved decisive, as they battled their way past their
tiring rivals and into the lead.
Jim Fell and Roger Sayer moved into 3rd and held on, to record a
first Podium finish for the Werrington Joggers in this event.
Results:
Steve Giles 0:35:33 0:17:55 0:32:35 1:26:03
Roz Giles 0:17:33 0:43:48 0:24:42 1:26:03
Craig Mills 0:40:39 0:18:55 0:27:20 1:26:54
Sean Pooley 0:15:13 0:36:52 0:34:51 1:26:56
Jim Fell 0:43:27 0:19:39 0:34:09 1:37:15
Roger Sayer 0:17:58 0:43:16 0:36:01 1:37:15
Tom Cooper 0:19:08 0:52:57 0:28:18 1:40:23
Giles Cooper 0:39:41 0:19:55 0:41:01 1:40:37
Steve Hope 0:17:59 0:48:55 0:42:27 1:49:21
Simon Lovell 0:55:52 0:21:37 0:31:52 1:49:21
Steve Gwilliam 0:21:33 0:53:04 0:34:24 1:49:01
Kev Nankervis 0:46:04 0:24:02 0:39:29 1:49:35
Kimberley Bell 0:17:53 0:44:41 0:46:18 1:48:52
Cath Hunt 0:49:12 0:28:53 0:35:07 1:53:12
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Meanwhile, Chris Troop competed in his first ever triathlon,
and he chose a good one - in Auckland.
The Elite World Championships are held over a series of 8 races,
the first of which was in Auckland at the weekend. These races
are accompanied by Age Group races, and Chris and his daughter Hannah
went out to compete on the same course as the Elites, over the
distances of:
swim 1500 meters.
bike 25 miles.
run 6.25 miles.
130. Hannah Troop 28:38 80:28 46:35 = 2:35:41 11th in Age Group.
173. Chris Troop 34:41 79:22 54:35 = 2:48:38 13th in AG.