14 PACTRACers competed in The Grafman at Grafham Water which incorporated the Triathlon England Middle Distance Triathlon Championships.
Both Roger Canham (GOLD) and Neil Tandy (SILVER) picked up Triathlon England Championship Medals at Grafham Water on Sunday.
The distances were:
swim 1.2 miles in Grafham Water - 2 loops.
bike 56 miles - out, then a couple of legs done twice each.
run 13.1 miles - 2 legs done twice each, on the shoreline paths.
15. Roger Canham......29:56 2:25:58 1:25:20 = 4:21:14 AG 1.
47. Neil Tandy........25:35 2:25:20 1:45:52 = 4:36:47 AG 2.
66. David Allsop......32:07 2:30:16 1:40:52 = 4:43:15 AG 7.
96. Nigel Meek .......31:28 2:33:41 1:47:29 = 4:52:38 AG 24
105. Richard Pike......35:58 2:37:53 1:41:23 = 4:55:14 AG 12
111. Gary Cooper.......30:15 2:39:12 1:47:31 = 4:56:58 AG 14
119. Steve Coombs......43:07 2:35:52 1:39:59 = 4:58:58 AG 16
131. Chris Pike........37:30 2:43:13 1:41:14 = 5:01:57 AG 6.
264. Kate Armstrong....40:43 3:00:58 1:48:23 = 5:30:04 AG 6.
266. Ryan Woolf........38:22 2:58:17 1:54:26 = 5:31:05 AG 40.
268. Neil Thatcher.....36:52 2:52:32 2:02:18 = 5:31:42 AG 54
283. David Naylor......36:59 2:48:20 2:10:28 = 5:35:47 AG 40.
359. Pedro Polson......31:12 2:56:15 2:34:54 = 6:02:21 AG 12.
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10 PACTRACers competed in the Spalding Triathlon, held at the Castle
Centre Pool.
Distances were:
swim 400 meters in the pool.
bike 12 miles.
run 3 miles.
Results:
4. Jon Dundee 7:13 33:02 17:49 = 58:04 AG 2nd.
8. Steve Hope 7:36 35:04 18:40 = 61:20 AG 1st.
13. Tim Henson 8:51 34:44 18:40 = 62:15
44. Jason Burke 10:36 39:23 19:31 = 69:30
53. Abi Schofield 6:53 42:23 20:56 = 70:12
67. Paul Beland 10:26 41:32 22:03 = 74:01
83. Cath Hunt 10:40 42:04 24:10 = 76:54
87. Annette Wyld 8:46 40:12 28:36 = 77:34
103. Barbara Gunn 10:45 43:03 27:53 = 81:41
118. Liz Whittaker 15:47 48:49 24:27 = 89:03
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The 2nd PACTRAC Mini-Series event took place last Wednesday.
Wayne Stainsby led the swimmers out of the 400 yard pool swim; with
newcomer, Matthew Greenhill right on his tail, quickly followed by
Giles Cooper. 6 athletes were out in under 6-minutes, with Paul Vernon
just 44 seconds adrift in 13th place.
Paul had the fastest bike of the night, Matthew the 2nd fastest, Wayne
3rd and Giles 4th, as these 4 athletes pulled away on the 2nd
discipline. Paul managed to catch Matthew as they rode back into
Oundle, and the pair came into T2 together. Wayne was now nearly 40-
seconds back with Giles only 13-seconds behind him, on a tough night
for cycling. The roads were wet and the wind not helpful.
Once again Paul had the fastest run of the night, and pulled clear to
record a comfortable win in the end by a margin of 2:09 mins. Matthew
held onto 2nd place, with Wayne making up over half of the deficit, but
unable to close the gap to less than 16 seconds.
Giles came home in 4th place. First lady off the bike was Christina
Cork, who pulled out in T2 rather than risk injury on the run; which
allowed Roz Giles to come home first lady in 8th place overall. Indeed
3 of the 31 competitor's didn't complete the run, preferring to manage
their injuries rather than aggravate them.
results are on http://www.pactrac.co.uk.
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The Blenheim Triathlon attracted 6,500 competitors.
The distances were:
swim 750 metre's in the lake.
bike 12.5 mi1es all within the grounds of Blenheim Palace.
run 3.5 miles.
Kim Bell competed in the Elite Race and finished 10th in her Age
Group.
Daniel Richardson completed his 2nd open triathlon of the season, recording the same time of 1 hour and 53 minutes as at Grendon. Daniel described the swim as choppy, with the wind picking up, but he "survived again, and can relax now".
57. Kim Bell 9.37 42.16 28.29 = 1.20.22
291. Andy Gregg 15.49 42.08 25.03 = 1.23.00
812. Jim Carmichael 12.58 45.34 30.33 = 1.29.05
3244. Daniel Richardson 24.37 57.04 31.46 = 1.53.27
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Luke Starsmore meanwhile, chose to race in the more exotic location of
San Francisco, in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon.
The Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon includes a 1.5 mile swim from
Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. The race continues with an 18
mile bike ride, out on the Great Highway, through the Golden Gate Park;
and concludes with an 8 mile run through the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area.
525. Luke Starsmore 52:20 71:10 61:36 = 3:05:06.