PACTRAC's Neil Tandy competed in the Glasgow 2014 Invitational Triathlon at Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell. He competed with the Elites, and came 24th overall, in a draft-legal race to test out the 2014 Commonwealth Games Course. It was organised by the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games triathlon organisation team, as part of a series of Readiness Events across Glasgow.
Neil had a unique opportunity to race on the Course that will be used in July for the Commonwealth Games. He had a rapid swim and bike, and hung on in the run for 24th place.
Swim – 1500meters in the Lake, with a very short run between the 2 laps.
Bike – 25 miles on closed Roads - Draft Legal.
Run – 6.25 miles again on closed roads.
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PACTRAC's Jim Fell and Paul Spain competed in the World Standard Distance Duathlon Championships in Pontevedra, Spain. Jim arrived off the back of a hard training week and finished 19th in his Age Group in his first outing representing GB. This was Paul's 2nd time, having represented GB in Canada last year.
The distances were:
run 6.25 miles - four laps of the town.
bike 25 miles - a six mile climb followed by a fast descent, twice.
run 3 miles - two laps of the town.
Jim commented:
"It was 25 degrees and we started at noon under a blazing sun.
My time was just under three hours for 19th in my Age Group.
A very tough race for me and I was pleased to complete it.
It was quite an experience competing at this level."
Paul Spain 2:14:18 AG 29th.
Jim Fell 2:57:20 AG 19th.
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The Nottingham Sprint Triathlon at Holme Pierrepoint attracted nearly 900 athletes.
The distances were:
swim 750 meters in the lake.
bike 12.5 miles - 4 laps of the lake perimeter. Fast, flat often narrow pavement.
run 3 miles - 1 lap of the same circuit but in the opposite direction.
This was a European Sprint Qualifier, for the European Championships in Geneva in 2015. PACTRAC's Georgina Jennings was the best placed athlete in 4th in her Age Group, and qualified for the European Championships. The next best was Marcuss Widdess in 7th place in the 17-18 year Age Group.
Jimmy Robinson was 11th in his Age Group, with the 3rd fastest bike split.
Jimmy commented: "The swim was very poor. I was off line and down on pace! I was hoping for 11 minutes! I had a good bike though and am happy with my run given my current form!"
Tracy McCartney was happy with her time, being 11 minutes off her time of last year.
84. Jimmy Robinson.... 11:53 30:41 19:37 = 62:11 AG 11.
85. Wayne Stainsby..... 12:09 31:17 18:50 = 62:16 AG 13.
88. Richard Moys......... 11:28 32:33 18:21 = 62:22 AG 15.
153. Jon Dundee.......... 12:56 31:48 19:34 = 64:18 AG 25.
174. Marcus Widdess... 12:10 34:09 18:31 = 64:50 AG 7. 17-18 yrs.
180. Jon Crowley.......... 11:54 32:33 20:32 = 64:59 AG 22.
297. Tracy McCartney.. 14:05 35:20 19:13 = 68:38 AG 10.
500. Ros Goatly............ 14:02 35:59 24:17 = 74:18 AG 17.
741.Georgina Jennings. 16:45 40:43 29:23 = 86:51 AG 4.
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PACTRAC's Damian Wilkins finished 3rd in the Enduroman overall.
Damian was 3rd out of the water overall, and maintained his position - albeit with a few changes of positions mainly on the bike - through to the finish.
The distances were based on the "Ironman distance" and consisted of:
swim 2.4 miles in the lake. 13 laps of 695 meters each - assuming that you swam straight!
bike 116 miles. 10 laps of 11.6 miles each, so 4 miles longer than the standard Ironman distance of 112 miles.
run 26.4 miles. 24 laps of 1.1 miles each, so a full marathon plus an extra 0.2 of a mile just for good measure!
The course consisted of multiple laps all based in the New Forest near Burley.
3rd. Damian Wilkins 1:10:39 6:58:28 4:51:36 = 13:00:43.
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PACTRAC's Jo Annis came 3rd in her Age Group in the Bosworth Sprint Triathlon at Market Bosworth.
swim 800 meters in the lake.
bike 14 miles
run 3 miles.
55. Jo Annis 19:40 55:49 22:35 = 98:04 AG 3rd.
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PACTRAC Novice Mini-Series Race.
The distances and course were the same as usual. We had 15 Novices turn out on a rather wet evening, most doing their first ever Triathlon. The weather did put a few off, but it did stop raining for the race.
Angela Hoppe, (Simon's wife), competed in her first Triathlon and was first out of the water. Stephen Cook, David Yarnall and Francis Mulhern were the chasers, with the top 4 all reversing positions on the bike leg. Francis came into T2 2 minutes and 12 seconds ahead of David who was just 16 seconds ahead of Stephen.
David had the fastest run of the night, but only made up 6 seconds and Francis came home a deserved winner by 2:06 minutes.
Amy Young had a good bike ride which propelled her into T2 as the first lady, which she held on to.
There are 9 more races in the Series, taking in every Wednesday night in June and July. The 2nd Novice event will be in conjunction with the normal event on June 25th. Competitors can join on the night. See www.pactrac.co.uk for details.
Results:
1st Francis Mulhern.......6:41....27:51....23:42....=..58:14
2nd David Yarnall..........6:29....30:15....23:36....=..1:00:20
3rd Stephen Cook..........6:16....30:44....25:12....=..1:02:12
4th Richard Giddings......8:32....31:55....28:10....=..1:08:37
5th Amy Young...............8:35....32:07....30:00....=..1:10:42
6th Jon Ellicott................8:32....34:38....28:01....=..1:11:11
7th Russell Scrivener......8:50....33:55....28:58....=..1:11:43
8th Angela Hoppe...........5:35....37:25....30:23....=..1:13:23
9th Daniel Richardson.....9:48....36:55....30:35....=..1:17:18
10th Barbara Johnson.....9:59....35:40....31:45....=..1:17:24
11th Rebecca Witton.....11:17....37:03....32:44....=..1:21:04
12th James Rhodes........9:36....35:43....38:28....=..1:23:47
13th Richard Hough........8:00....44:49....35:19....=..1:28:08
14th Ian Heath.................9:02....37:27....46:20....=..1:32:49
15th A.J.Hough..............10:38....51:10....