Paul Lunn and Graham Ribbons competed in Ironman France in Nice.
Ironman distances are:
swim 2.4 miles. A beach start. 2-loops in the Mediterranean Sea.
bike 112 miles up into the mountains, with 5,000 feet of climbing.
run 26.2-miles on a flat and fast four-loop course along the
Promenade des Anglais.
109. Paul Lunn 1:06:12 5:20:03 3:23:40 = 9:49:55 AG 17th.
2315. Graham Ribbons 1:35:56 8:14:52 5:40:06 = 15:30:54 AG 177.
1/3 of the way into the bike section, there was a 9-mile climb that
Paul did at an average of 11mph, with the next 22-miles downhill at an
average of 28mph.
The last 30 miles on the bike were done at an average of 25mph.
Paul was 87th in his Age Group after the swim, but clawed back to 20th
on the bike section.
He then moved up to 17th on the 4 x out-and-back run course, to finish
109th overall.
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Steve Hope competed in the Bristol Harbourside Sprint Triathlon on
Sunday.
Distances were:
swim 750 meters in the Harbour.
bike 12.5 miles - 2 laps relatively flat but windy.
run 3.25 miles - 1 lap again largely flat.
218. Steve Hope 12.41 38.41 23.13 = 74.35
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Nathan Tweedie came 17th in the Blenheim Triathlon Junior Race.
Distances were:
swim 750m in the lake.
bike 12.5 miles on closed roads.
run 3.5 miles.
9:22 36:10 21:17 = 66:49
Nathan has finished school now until early September, so has some more time
for training.
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4 PACTRACers competed in
the Bedford Tri-Crazy Sprint Triathlon. Jon Crowley came home in 10th
place overall, whilst Terry Murphy won his Age Group - that's 2 wins in
only 2 open races so far for Terry - and Dave Wagstaff came 2nd in his
Age Group.
swim 400 meters in Robinsons Pool.
bike 15 miles - 1 lap on country roads.
run 3 miles - 2 laps in the park.
10. Jon Crowley 7:04 43:53 19:14 = 70:11 AG 4th.
15. David Wagstaff 7:03 44:22 20:20 = 71:45 AG 2.
104. Annette Wyld 8:34 52:15 30:07 = 90.56 AG 5.
135. Terry Murphy 12:11 58:19 28:00 = 98.30 AG 1st.
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PACTRAC had 6 competitors in the Corby Triathlon at the
weekend with Jo Lee winning her Age Group and both teenager Max Andrews
in his first open event, and old-hand Steve Giles coming 2nd in their
respective Age Groups.
8. Steve Giles 8:45 53:23 16:08 = 78:16 Age Group = 2nd.
21. Tim Henson 9:13 56.13 18:03 = 83:29 AG 6.
30. Nick Forscutt 8:34 61:13 17:09 = 86.56 AG 5.
39. Craig Mills 8:00 61.16 19:30 = 88:46 AG 6.
59. Jo Lee 7:05 65:11 20:11 = 92.27 AG 1st. 2nd lady o/a.
81. Max Andrews 8:20 69:43 19:43 = 97.46 AG 2nd.
As if this wasn't enough, Steve Giles then joined some other
Pactracers in the PAIN AND SUFFERING 10 MILE OBSTACLE RACE at
Rockingham Castle - a test for even the fittest of competitors. 10
miles of unforgiving terrain, 35+ obstacles of natural and very
unnatural design all set in Rockingham Castle.
Steve commented: "Got a bit bored after competing at Corby sprint tri so I thought I'd make the
day a bit more interesting by racing at Rockingham Castle 1 hour'ish later (seemed rude
not to, as a few other Pactracers were there too)".