3 separate races took place at Belvoir Castle,
including the British Age-Group Middle Distance Championships.
Distances were:
swim 1900 metre's - 2 laps in the lake.
bike 46 miles on local country roads with a few challenging climbs.
run 12.5 miles - 4 laps within the grounds, including the notorious short sharp hill up
to the Castle.
Dave Patmore-Hill competed in the run section as
part of the winning team, team Erdinger, in the Championships.
"2013 National Middle Distance Relay Champs! Splits: Alex Gowans swim 31 mins, Pete Gowans bike 2 hrs 18
mins, Dave Patmore-Hill run 1 hr 23. Final time 4 hrs 12 mins."
Alex came out of the swim and put the team in 72nd
position overall. Pete then took them to 36th overall on the bike and
Dave raced hard to finish 10th. Dave said that his "run was challenging
as the total ascent on the run was 965ft, so lots of ups and downs".
Dave was 2nd in his Age Group the week before at the Swashbuckler half-
ironman, so put in a good performance with tired legs.
Results:
10th overall. Team Erdinger 31:10 2:18:05 1:23:18 = 4:12:33 1st team.
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Olympic distance triathlon. Little Beaver
27. RICHARD NIXON 27:32 1:20:07 52:55 = 2:40:34 AG =5.
Sprint Distance. Speedy Beaver
19. MARCUS WIDDESS 14:03 40:32 21:53 = 1:16:28 AG =5.
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PACTRAC had 10 athletes competing in 2 triathlons at Grafham
Water nr. Buckden.
The Anglian Water Grafham Water Standard-distance Triathlon.
Distance's:
swim 1500 meters in Grafham Water - one mass start.
bike 26 miles - 1-lap, fast, but undulating.
run 6.25 miles - 1-lap, out and back around Grafham
Water and the surrounding villages.
8. Tony Daniels 25:52 1:01:08 0:45:12 = 2:12:12 AG 3.
21. Mike wenn 28:44 1:08:49 0:46:00 = 2:23:33
26. Jon Cox 30:27 1:11:41 0:43:36 = 2:25:44
29. Sean Pooley 31:17 1:08:17 0:46:48 = 2:26:22
66. Chris Jordan 31:01 1:09:48 0:58:40 = 2:39:29 AG 1st.
126.Sean Whittaker 32:36 1:25:36 1:09:15 = 3:07:27 AG 5.
In the "Grafman" Half-Ironman distance race:
Distance's:
swim 1900meters.
bike 56 miles.
run 13.1 miles.
44. Gary Cooper 36:10 2:44:50 2:05:13 = 5:26:13
55. Chris Pike 39:41 2:51:55 2:05:42 = 5:37:18
57. Richard Pike 39:43 2:51:55 2:06:12 = 5:37:50
85. Pedro Polson 34:06 3:01:14 2:34:20 = 6:09:40 AG = 4th.
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The Rother Valley Sprint Triathlon nr. Sheffield was a
qualifying race for next year's European Championships, and so
attracted a strong field..
Distances:
swim 750 meters in the lake - 1 lap.
bike 16 miles - 2 laps on undulating country roads.
run 3 miles - 1 lap around the lake.
2 PACTRACers competed, and recorded the same time in different waves.
Results:
88=. Jon Dundee 14:28 48:07 19:18 = 1:21:53
88=. Steve Hope 13:06 48:02 20:45 = 1:21:53
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Cath Hunt was "celebrating after running a 10km PB by 1.04 minutes" at Twickenham.