On Saturday, Andy Rawlins competed in the Evil Sheriff Off-Road Duathlon in Sherwood Pines Forest. This was a challenging off road duathlon consisting of a 3-mile run, 10-mile bike and 2-mile run.
This race was also the Triathlon England Cross (off-road) Duathlon National Championships.
194. Andy Rawlins 23:13 73:45 17:04 = 1:54:02
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Sunday saw the Remembrance 11k running race at Top Lodge in Fineshade Woods, between Stamford and Corby. This is the 3rd Annual Remembrance 11k, and this year, 354 runners plus another 81 in the 3k fun run were able to donate over £2,500 to the Royal British Legion. The race was organised by the Peterborough 5x5 Challenge Team headed by 7 Peterborough Athletes.
A shorter lap of 2.5 miles, was followed by a larger 4.5 mile lap, with Aaron Scott competing for one of the event sponsor's, Rutland Cycling, running away from the field right from the gun. Aaron romped home in a new course record of 36:09 a clear winner by a massive 1:41 minutes. Philippa Taylor was the first lady home in 15th position overall in a time of 41:32.
PACTRAC's Jonathan Oakey was 4th in the 3k Fun Run. 4 Ratcliffe's (3 brothers and a sister) aged between 5 and 14, all came in the top 30.
Results can be found here: http://peterborough5x5challenge.orgPACTRAC Results:
24. Scott Lloyd...............44:00
31. Richard Arden..........44:33
32. Giles Cooper............44:37
39. Jon Dundee..............45:19
77. Charlie Brookes........49:00
80. Damian Wilkins.........49:08
93. Sue Burnett...............51:13
107. Natasha Johnson....52:22
119. Paul Jephcott..........53:20
149. Martin Thorpe.........55:51
177. Barbara Johnson.....58:17
221. Jemima Gee...........62:13
308. Barbara Gunn.........71:10
Fun Run,
4. Jonathan Oakey.......11:55
13. Amy Ratcliffe..........14:38
20. Sam Ratcliffe..........15:31
21. Joseph Ratcliffe......15:32
30. Joshua Ratcliffe......17:39
60. Sam Arden..............21:13
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Next week Abi Schofield competes in the Kings Forest Ultra-marathon 50k cross-country race.