PACTRAC held their 9th Mini-Series Triathlon from 10 at Oundle pool last Wednesday.
Nathan Tweedie recorded his 2nd win of the Series and reduced his Swim Course record by 1-second. 3 weeks ago, Nathan took the swim record down from 4:07 to 4:03. Tonight he knocked another 1 second off, and that included having to negotiate "traffic" in the swim. Nathan also recorded another PB, his 49:08 taking him ever-closer to the 49-minute barrier that has only been broken by Matt Gunby, Josh Daniels and Simon Hoppe in the past.
Newcomer Matt Brigham was 2nd out of the swim in 4:06 which has only ever been beaten by Nathan on this course. Richard Moys, himself no slouch in the water, was left to lead the pack out, 68 seconds later. Another 15 swimmers emerged within a minute of Richard and the chase was on.
Nathan maintained the pressure on the bike, and came in over 2-minutes ahead of a trio of chasers, Paul Vernon, Rob Hammond and Richard Moys.
Paul Vernon had the fastest run of the night, but could only make up 38 seconds, leaving Nathan to come home 1:27 ahead. Steve Giles moved into 3rd having been 22nd out of the water; leaving Richard to pull slightly ahead of Rob in the battle for 4th.
Only 3 of the top 17 recorded PBs including Nathan, Scott Lloyd and Matt Brigham. Jeremy Thompson, Luke Starsmore and Corin Donaldson dipped under the hour for the first time, whilst first lady was Roz Giles in 23rd, with 24 athletes going under the hour.
Results are on www.pactrac.co.uk
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Paul Lunn came 4th overall and 2nd in his Age Group at the Outlaw Triathlon in Nottingham. This was an Ironman-distance Triathlon based around Holme Pierrepont. Paul recorded a time of 9:18. He set off on the bike in 63rd place, and moved up to 10th by the start of the run (including Teams). Paul had the 4th fastest bike of the day, and the 4th fastest run.
PACTRAC had 5 members competing in this gruelling all-day event, which consisted of:
swim 2.4 miles in the National Watersports Lake.
bike 112 miles.
run 26.2 mile marathon.
The other 4 were all competing in their 1st Ironman-distance races, and chose the one nearest home to do so. All had competed in Half-Ironman's before, but this was a big step up.
Kate Armstrong had a very consistent race moving up to 3rd in her Age Group half-way through the bike, and holding onto 3rd throughout the run.
Tony Moran said: "I'm really happy with that. My quads are anything but happy right now though...."
4. Paul Lunn........1:05:11....4:58:18....3:15:27..=..9:18:56.. AG 2nd.
230. Steve Coombs.....1:34:16....6:15:52....3:57:15..=..11:47:23.. AG 35.
313. David Naylor.....1:12:28....6:19:52....4:33:35..=..12:05:55.. AG 68.
346. Kate Armstrong...1:19:17....6:33:34....4:21:59..=..12:14:50.. AG 3rd.
568. Tony Moran.......1:26:54....6:36:49....5:07:58..=..13:11:41.. AG 100.
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Jon Crowley (Yaxley) came 4th overall and 1st in his Age Group at the Milton Keynes Sprint Triathlon (swim 750 meters, bike 12.5 miles, run 3 miles).
4. Jon Crowley 11:54 35:22 22:22 = 1:09:38 AG 1st.
Gary Shoemake competerd in the Standard Distance Race (swim 1500 meters, bike 25 miles, run 6.25 miles).
65. Gary Shoemake 27:01 79:17 46:41 = 2:32:59 AG 11th.
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In the London Brik Triathlon at Bedford, PACTRAC's Anthony Brown had the fastest bike split of the day by over 2-minutes. This put him up to 2nd place by the start of the run. However, Anthony is still nursing an injury and once again had to back off on the run, finishing in 7th place overall, and 1st in his Age Group.
7. Antony Brown 27:28 56:43 45:32 = 2:09:43 AG 1st.
50. Stephen Cook 30:30 73:19 44:35 = 2:28:24 AG 11th.
Sprint:
27. Pedro Polson 13:23 38:34 26:29 = 1:18:26 AG 2.
54. Sue Davys 19:18 43:47 27:13 = 1:30:18 AG 4.