PACTRAC held their 2 winter Biathlon's at Oundle over the distances of:
swim 900 yards.
run 5 miles.
The race 3 weeks ago decided the Handicapping for today's race, whereby
the first athlete to cross the finish line collected the Biathlon Trophy.
7 athletes competed in both races, giving themselves a chance of winning
the Trophy, which went to the most improved athlete over the 3 weeks.
3 weeks ago Nathan Tweedie was the fastest athlete in a time of 40:31
which created a new Course Record. Today, Nathan was again the fastest,
this time in yet another Course Record of 39:14.
Sean Pooley won the Trophy being first across the line on Handicap,
with an improvement of 5:13 minutes on his time just 3-weeks ago. It
was a much better day for racing - the first event having being held in
rain and near zero temperatures. Nevertheless, 5:13 minutes is a good
improvement. 2nd across the line was Laura Johnson with a 3:58 minute
improvement; with Nathan 3rd just catching the 2 David's before the
finish and taking a further 1:17 off of his recent Course Record.
Results:
1st Nathan Tweedie 0:09:31...... 0:29:43 = 39:14 PB
2nd Sean Pooley..... 0:12:48...... 0:31:15 = 44:03 PB
3rd Rob Hammond.. 0:13:04...... 0:34:32 = 47:36
4th David Allsop...... 0:13:22...... 0:34:21 = 47:43
5th Giles Cooper..... 0:13:54...... 0:35:36 = 49:30
6th David Pooley..... 0:14:25...... 0:35:24 = 49:49 PB
7th Laura Johnson... 0:14:23...... 0:41:21 = 55:44 PB
DNF Kimberley Bell. 0:09:54