PACTRAC's Steve Giles won the Mud & Mayhem Thetford Forest Duathlon
outright.
(This was also the Eastern Region Duathlon Championships).
Distances were:
•Run 3 miles - Bike 11 miles - Run 3 miles. All off-road.
4 athletes were all very similar on both the bike and run, which led to
a very tight and exciting race. Steve was 3rd after the first 3-mile
run, and came in off the bike in joint 2nd, just 8-seconds behind the
leader, with a 4th athlete only another 8 seconds behind. The run was
neck-and-neck with Steve finally winning in a sprint finish by just 1-
second, with 3rd place only 11 seconds behind and 4th place 23 seconds
adrift.
Results:
run trans bike trans run total
1. Steve Giles.... 19.56.... 0.47.... 40.13.... 0.31.... 20.18.... = 1.21.45
PACTRAC
2. Keith Brewster 20.13.... 0.37.... 39.58.... 0.33.... 20.25.... = 1.21.46
3. Lester Allen.... 19.37.... 0.50.... 40.37.... 0.30.... 20.22.... = 1.21.56
4. Shane Norval.. 20.10.... 0.43.... 40.03.... 0.29.... 20.43.... = 1.22.08
Others:
46.Andy Rawlins 24.00.... 0.54.... 54.13.... 0.31.... 24.50.... = 1.44.28
Werrington Joggers
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Clumber Park Duathlon.
This was the 2nd of 3 qualifying races for the World Duathlon
Championships to be held in Pontevedra, Spain, on 31st May.
PACTRAC's Jim Fell finished 2nd in his Age Group and Qualified to
represent GB for the first time. This is only Jim's 2nd season in
Duathlon. He finished just 2:26 minutes behind his Age Group winner;
having been beaten by the same athlete at the Dambuster Duathlon 2
weeks earlier by 9:25 minutes.
Wendy Gooding also finished 2nd in her Age Group, but she had already
qualified for Pontevedra via the Dambuster Duathlon (8th March).
Paul Spain is also trying to qualify, but having finished 8th in his
Age Group will have to wait and see.
Distances on this undulating course were:
run 6 miles - out and back twice.
bike 23 miles - 2 laps.
run 3 miles - out and back.
Results:
52. Paul Spain............ 38:52.... 68:29.... 20:38.... = 2:07:59 AG 8th
186. Wendy Gooding.. 45:04.... 80:22.... 22:24.... = 2:27:50 AG 2nd
227. Jim Fell............... 50:31.... 80:26.... 26:57.... = 2:37:54 AG 2nd
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Annette Wyld completed the Thorney 10k today in "slightly windy
conditions". Annette finished in 69 minutes in preparation for her
half ironman at the end of August.