PACTRAC held their annual Mid-Distance Triathlon at Oundle on Sunday.
Distances were:
swim 900 yards in the pool - 18 lengths.
bike 20 miles - 2 laps of the Mini-Series course around Glapthorn and Upper Benefield.
run 5 miles - around Glapthorn and Cotterstock.
Simon Hoppe won the event for the 4th time in 5 years - he didn't
compete last year when Roger Canham won.
On a windy day, Simon was
pushed hard for the victory by Tony Daniels. Tony was first out of the
1/2 mile swim in 11:58 minutes, with Simon 34 seconds behind. It was
another minute before Richard Nixon led 21 swimmers out all within 27
seconds of one another. Transition and the Timekeepers were pretty busy
at this time.
Tony then had the fastest bike split of the day and
increased his lead over Simon to 2 and a 1/2 minutes going into the
run. At this point Anthony Brown and Jaap Flikweert were neck and neck
fighting it out for 3rd place, less than a minute behind Simon.
However, Simon had the fastest run of the day and managed to eventually
catch Tony on the run and go on to win the race by over 1 and a 1/2
minutes. Tony held onto 2nd place, whilst Chris Brennan recorded a PB
to storm past Anthony and Jaap into 3rd place.
45 athletes competed with 1st lady Roz Giles coming home in 17th position overall.
Results are on http://www.pactrac.co.uk under "Races" "Race Results".
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Dave Patmore-Hill competed in the Volcano Triathlon
in Lanzarote at the weekend. This was over the Olympic Distance of:
swim 1500 meters in the sea at Club La Santa.
bike 25 hilly miles - out and back.
run 6 miles - out and back 3 times.
Dave finished 15th
in his Age Group and 73rd overall. He was using the event to build up
to the Swashbuckler Half-Ironman race in the New Forest in early June.
Dave said: "I kept it controlled. The bike was really windy and the run
was hot at 26c. Good place to be for a race and well worth visiting to
do it".
Results:
73. Dave Patmore-Hill 25:47 1:22:49 41:57 = 2:30:33
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PACTRAC's Jemima Gee competed in the
Insane Terrain off-road 10km "obstacle" run at Stibbington, getting
muddy, wading in water, climbing over obstacles and sliding in mud.
Jemima commented:
"My legs feel like they have run a marathon this
morning. So, so stiff after the hills from the race yesterday."
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The 1st in a series of 3 triathlons at Robinson Pool, Bedford took place on Sunday.
Distances were:
swim 400 meters
bike 15 miles
run 3 miles
PACTRAC's Terry Murphy had to pull out through
injury, so the only local representation came from Andy Rawlins of Werrington
Joggers.
121. Andrew Rawlins 1:25:36 Age Group 21.
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4 PACTRACers will be competing in the 70.3 Half-Ironman in Alcudia in
Majorca on 11th May, including Paul Lunn who has started the season in
fine form.