May: Georgina GOLD, Simon and Antony BRONZE in Nat'l Champs / Antony GOLD and Dave A BRONZE in English Champs / Giles & Paul represent GB / Nathan wins Aquathlon / Georgina 1st lady.

Henry Morton and Kim Bell competed in the BUCS Sprint in Wiltshire,with Kim coming 10th female over the distances of:

swim 750 metres.

Bike 16 miles.

Run 3 miles.

60. Henry Morton 10:26 44:24 18:22 = 73:12
128. Kim Bell 9:08 46:48 21:37 = 77:33

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The PACTRAC Mid-Distance Triathlon took place at Oundle
on Monday.

This was the first of the Club Championship races and covered the
distances of:

swim 900 yards in Oundle Pool.

Bike 20 miles - 2 laps around Oundle, Glapthorn and the Benefields.

Run 5 miles - 1 lap around Glapthorn and Cottestock.

30 athletes lined up on a warm summers day, although their was still a
bit of wind about on this undulating course, with its two inclines on
each lap.

Simon Hoppe led the swimmers out and kept the lead until the final 2-
miles on the bike when he was overtaken by Antony Brown. Antony had a
slender lead of just 12 seconds going out into the run, but Simon soon
re-took the lead and came home unopposed to win this first race of the
current Club Championships by nearly 3 minutes.

Antony held onto 2nd place, in spite of a gallant effort from Rob
Hammond who moved to within 12 seconds of him by the finish.

Results are on http://www.pactrac.co.uk

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Two great weekends on the trot. We are getting spoilt. Last weeks
Duathlon at Castor saw 80 PACTRACers out in one place for the first
time in 5 years, so a great gathering of the Junior and Senior Sections
together.

26 PACTRACers attended this weekends Training Weekend, where we had a
good mixture of Seminars and Practical sessions.

The Mid-Distance on Monday attracted 30 competitors with 15 in the
River Nene afterwards and 12 in the pool for the evening session. 49
people swam in all, so another good day.

Simon Hoppe currently leads the Club Championships and >40s with Antony
Brown leading the >50s. For the Ladies, Christina Cork has taken an
early lead both overall and in the >40s with Sue Davys looking to
retain the >50s Trophy. There's still all to play for, with the next
events being the first Mini-Series on 20th May followed by the Off-Road
Triathlon at Harringworth on Monday 25th May.

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Here are the results from Saturday's Junior races at Stanground.

26 of our Juniors took part. We also had another 10 smaller children
doing their first event and being helped by the older Juniors. These
were not timed and were all in fun.

TriStart

Norah Brill 11:33

Phoebe Lloyd 14:43

TS1.

Bert Papworth 16:57

Olivia Corner 18:12

Hugo Brill 18:19

Marcus Amps-Woodward 20:39

Lottie Tasker 22:04

Tommy Armitage 23:46

William Lloyd 23:48

Libby Mellor 26:22

Chloe Moore 34:41

TS2.

Katie Tasker 25:03

Connor Walker 26:21

Sam Oakley 29:15

Joe Garner 31:05

Louis Dawson 32:04

Archie Stewart 32:11

Toby Cooke 33:28

Zoe Bateman 34:32

Sophie Ellen 34:33

TS3.

Matthew Wouldham 32:27

Rhiannon Loutit 44:53

Sam Garner 45:46

Youth.

Jonathan Oakley 30:19

Liam Stokes 31:48

Hannah Bassett 38:44

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2 distances were available in the Peterborough Triathlons on Sunday,
that were organised by Monster Triathlon, from the Rowing Lake.

The Mojo was a Half-Ironman distance triathlon over:

swim 1.2 miles in the Rowing Lake.

bike 51 miles - out, 3 laps, and back.

run 12.5 miles - 4 laps around the Rowing Lake.

The Mojito was a Standard distance triathlon over:

swim 1500 metres.

bike 24 miles - 1 lap around the same Barnack, Ailsworth
route.

run 6.25 miles - 2 laps around the Rowing Lake.

Paul Jephcott was 2nd in his Age Group at the Mojo Half-Ironman
distance Triathlon in Peterborough at the weekend.:

Paul is representing GB in this distance at the European Championships
in Rimini, Italy on 24th May.

Paul had an unusual feeding strategy in transition saying "the hot
cross bun did taste nice!"

Comments from athletes were that the water was "warmish", "the wind
picked up a bit after the swim!" plus "ice blocks for feet for the
run".

Andy Gregg said "great fun - loved it, and getting the feeling back in
the feet after 3-miles of running was lovely!!"

It's still a bit early in the year to be doing these distances in the
river.

Mojo:

29. Andy Gregg 46:25 2:42:12 1:30:48 = 4:59:25

30. Charlie Brookes 37:07 2:44:11 1:39:12 = 5:00:30

74 Paul Jephcott 44:34 3:11:37 1:56:36 = 5:52:47

Mojito:

37. Simon Parkes 24:46 1:21:50 49:57 = 2:36:33

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3 PACTRAC Juniors competed in the Duathlon at Prestwold, over varying
distances.

TS2.

30th. Joe Garner 5:35 13:44 2:16 = 21:35

TS3.

37th. Sam Garner 7:21 19:26 3:11 = 29:58

Youth.

12th. Jonathan Oakey 9:44 21:55 14:59 = 46:38

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The Thomas Cook 70.3 Half-Ironman took place in Alcudia on Saturday in
Majorca.

The distances were:

1.2 mile sea swim.

56 mile bike ride up into the Mountains but with good fast stretches
early and later on.

13.1 mile run close to the beech.

100th. Paul Lunn 28:43 2:38:29 1:32:05 = 4:39:17 Age Group
9th.

694. Jon Dundee 30:42 2:44:55 1:55:32 = 5:18:33 AG 133.

817. Dave Thorold 36:01 3:02:10 1:46:21 = 5:24:32 AG 84th.

Paul was 12 minutes slower than last year on the run, but is currently
carrying a hip injury.

Paul said "Yesterday didn't go to plan, but you have to take the rough
with the smooth. Looking forward to having another go next weekend in
Barcelona‬".

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In the West Pinchbeck Novice Duathlon last week, Rob Stokes pitted
himself against son Liam.

3. Liam Stokes 11:58 20:53 12:50 = 45:41

9. Rob Stokes 13:30 21:57 14:12 = 49:39

This week Liam competed in the Basildon Aquathon over the short
distances of a 200 metre swim and a 1.5 mile run on the running track.
Liam won the event outright in a time of 12:24.

Liam was 3rd out of the water, but had a faster transition, and the 3
athletes set off on the run together. Liam had the fastest run of the
day and won the event overall by 18 seconds.

1. Liam Stokes 12:34 3 03:01 8 00:17 1 09:15

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The Nice Tri Triathlon at St. Neots incorporated the British Sprint
Championships; which explained why over 900 competitors wanted to jump
into the cold waters of the River Ouse in mid-May.

13 PACTRACers took part over the distances of:

swim 750 metres in the River Ouse - out and back.

bike 15 miles - 1 lap.

run 3 miles - 2 laps around the park.

3 PACTRACers received National Championship Medals:

GOLD Georgina Jennings.

BRONZE Simon Hoppe.

BRONZE Antony Brown.

Georgina suffered with 2 punctures, and came into T2 with a flat tyre,
but gallantly continued to take the Gold Medal.

Simon was only 10 seconds behind his Age Group winner in a very close
race.

This was also a Qualifying Race for both the European Championships in
Lisbon next year, and the World Championships in Chicago this year, so
all 3 have Qualified at the first attempt, with 2-more Qualifying races
to go.

Results:

23. Henry Morton 11:09 39:37 16:30 = 1:07:16 AG 9.

60. Simon Hoppe 12:03 39:58 17:30 = 1:09:31 AG 3rd BRONZE
MEDAL.

103. Richard Moys 12:47 41:10 17:52 = 1:11:49 AG 20.

129. Antony Brown 12:57 40:06 19:35 = 1:12:38 AG 3rd BRONZE
MEDAL.

161. Wayne Stainsby 13:55 41:53 17:52 = 1:13:40 AG 23.

197. Marcus Widdess 13:13 44:36 17:16 = 1:15:05 AG 29.

215. Jonathan Crowley 13:47 42:47 19:05 = 1:15:39 AG 28.

395. Steve Hope 16:34 50:08 20:21 = 1:27:03 AG 33.

147. Nicola Smallwood 14:30 50:51 21:50 = 1:27:11 AG 26.

406. Pedro Polson 13:07 50:07 25:25 = 1:28:39 AG 27.

203. Kate Armstrong 18:12 55:37 21:41 = 1:35:30 AG 20.

210. Sue Davys 19:10 55:38 24:56 = 1:39:44 AG 15.

234. Georgina Jennings 18:32 88:23 27:39 = 2:14:34 AG 1. GOLD
MEDAL.

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9 PACTRACers took part in the Beaver Triathlons from Belvoir Castle,
Grantham at the weekend.

3 distances were on offer - a Half-Ironman Distance, a
Standard Distance and a Sprint Distance. The Sprint race or Speedy
Beaver was also the English National Championships and 5 from the club
competed in this race.

Antony Brown won the British Sprint Title at St. Neots last weekend,
and this weekend added the English Sprint Championships to his array of
honours. He won the GOLD MEDAL in his Age Group whilst Dave Allsop
came away with a BRONZE MEDAL.

Speedy Beaver (Sprint):

30. Antony Brown 13:41 40:25 22:37 = 1:16:43 AG 1st. (55-
59)

39. Marcus Widdess 13:40 44:02 20:06 = 1:17:48 AG 6.

46. Dave Allsop 14:21 42:21 22:05 = 1:18:47 AG 3. (45-
49)

61. Mark Weathersby 16:28 43:04 21:31 = 1:21:03 AG 6.

131. Michael Shadwell 16:47 51:02 24:05 = 1:31:54 AG 18.

Little Beaver (Standard):

367. Pedro Polson 27:14 1:43:04 1:10:39 = 3:20:57

416. Nicholas Partridge 36:17 1:55:56 1:19:09 = 3:51:22

Beaver (Half-Ironman):

54. Richard Nixon 30:25 2:23:50 1:49:16 = 4:43:31

66. Colin Brackley 36:03 2:39:55 1:32:26 = 4:48:24

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Paul Vernon won the Huntingdon Park Run on Saturday in a new PB and a
new Course Record of 16:20 - a gallant run by Paul who won the race by
2:25 minutes.

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Sunday saw 400 riders leave from Marholm in the Marholm Sportive. See http://www.peterborough5x5challenge.org
for more details. Although not a race, this presented the riders with
challenging rides of 50, 70 or 100 miles. Nicholas Firth of the Calder
Clarion was the first home after 50 miles in a time of 2:26 hours,
whilst local riders Gary Eames, Steve Kaye and Alex Moore brought the
70 milers home in 3:31 hours and Matt Oliver was the first 100 miler in
5:29 hours.

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A couple of PACTRACers, Paul Spain and Tony Moran, chose to ride the
Etapes du Dales Sportive, up in Yorkshire, instead.

Tony said "Etape du Dales- done! One rather blustery day...! 11 hrs in
the saddle, 110 miles distance, 3000m of climbing, 2 very sore legs, 1
aching back and 1 happy and relieved guy!"

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17 May 2015. 70.3 Half-Ironman Barcelona - 5 PACTRACers ventured over
to Spain to test themselves against some of the worlds best Half-
Ironman distance specialists. Paul Lunn, Roger Canham, Dave Thorrold,
Robin Brookes, Jimmy Robinson.

"A friendly city of 19,000 situated 30 miles from Catalonia's economic
and political centre of Barcelona, Calella has quickly become one of
Europe's up-and-coming triathlon hotspots.

The field of 2,000+ athletes enjoyed a one-loop swim in the
Mediterranean Sea that started and finished on the beach of Calella.
The 56 mile bike headed inland on closed roads, before returning to the
transition area on the beach. The two-loop run headed along the coast
to a turnaround at Pineda."

Swim 1.2 miles

Bike 56 miles - not one but three hills and 1400m of elevation, with
"some ominous wiggly roads up and down the hills", "navigating around
pot holes and speed bumps".

Run 12.5 miles - a flat run.

Temperature 80oF

Roger said:

"I had worked hard to keep pace with the other bikers on the up hills,
but they just sped past me on the downs as we hit the tight hairpins,
me clinging to my brake hoods whilst they majestically swung their
bikes left and right at each turn."

"Job done and in the circumstances the result was better than I could
have hoped for. The weekend was great fun and next time I will check
out the course before hastily pressing the enter button!"

50-54

6. Roger Canham 33:13 3:00:20 1:27:21 = 5:00:54

DNF Robin Brookes 34:42

45-49

53. David Thorold 38:33 3:02:08 1:45:18 = 5:25:59

40-44

14. Paul Lunn 32:38 2:44:25 1:31:50 = 4:48:53

38. Jimmy Robinson 33:47 2:56:38 1:39:56 = 5:10:21

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PACTRAC held the 2nd of this year's club championship races on Bank
Holiday Monday.

This was an Off-Road Triathlon held at a lake in
Harringworth:

swim 750 metres in the lake - 2.25 laps. 16 degrees, so warming up.

bike 8 miles - 2 laps.

run 4 miles - 1 lap.

This was a tough race over rough terrain. Simon Hoppe became the 6th
winner of the race, in it's 8 year history. 4 out of the 6 winners were
racing, with Simon adding a new name to the Trophy at his first
attempt.

This was the club's 2nd race in 6 days following on from last
Wednesday's Mini-Series race - where Simon was 2nd to Junior
Triathlete, Nathan Tweedie. Nathan wasn't competing on Monday, but
another Junior, Jonathan Oakey (15), gave Simon an early scare, as he
was faced with being pipped by a 2nd Junior in 6-days. That wasn't to
be though, as Simon was only 27-seconds behind Jonathan out of the
lake. A quick transition and Simon soon took the lead on the first of
two laps on the bike, and held on to it on the run, to win by 2:18
minutes.

Jonathan put in a fine performance in this, his first full year of
racing against the seniors. Although Steve Giles was catching up on the
bike, he wasn't able to make any inroads on the run, and had to settle
for 3rd place.

Jaap Flikweert had to pull out on the run with a recurring Achilles
problem, leaving just 5 athletes to finish in this club championship
race.

1st Simon Hoppe 11:52 31:37 23:27 = 66:56

2nd Jonathan Oakey 11:25 33:53 23:56 = 69:14

3rd Steve Giles 16:27 30:02 24:05 = 70:34

4th Steve Hope 13:43 33:05 25:44 = 72:32

5th Jonathon Ratcliffe 12:02 37:13 26:20 = 75:35

6th Jaap Flikweert 13:25 34:01 dnf

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The 2015 Middle (Half-Ironman distance) Distance Triathlon European
Championships were held in Rimini, Italy at the weekend, with 2
PACTRACers representing their country, amongst the 167 Brits
selected.

Giles Cooper came 11th in his Age Group, whilst Paul Jephcott was
17th

in his, competing against the best in Europe.

Swim 1.37 miles. The swim turned out to be 300 metres longer than

normal, as a marker buoy disappeared overnight, which made things

interesting. Slightly choppy in the Adriatic Sea and quite a bit of

current.

Bike 58 miles. Up into the hills with 3,750 metres of climbing,
mostly

in the first 30 miles. Giles described it as ”brutal” with a bit of

rain making the descent “interesting”.

Run 13.1 mile half marathon - back and forth along the sea front

promenade, by which time the sun had come out, and with no shade
about,

it made it hard work.

One of the competitor's described it as “Hard. Fabulous. Awful.

Emotional. Everything."

Results:

11. Giles Cooper 37:07 3:06:30 1:44:05 = 5:27:42 4th Brit.

17. Paul Jephcott 53:12 3:34:55 2:13:02 = 6:41:09 7th Brit.

Giles was 10th in the Middle distance European Championships in
Majorca

last year, and 11th in Rimini this year.

Paul was 16th in Majorca last year, and 17th this year.

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Various events took place at St.Neots on Sunday, in the NiceTri

Aquathlon's, swims and Junior Races.

Swim 3000m. 4-laps.

5. Andrew Chapman 15:21 15:14 16:08 16:13 = 1:02:58 AG 2.

Swim 1500m. 2-laps.

5. Simon Guerin 16:21 15:39 = 32:00 AG 2.

9. Michael Shadwell 17:39 18:44 = 36:23 AG 2.

22. Sue Davys 27:37 24:59 = 52:37 AG 2.

Sprint Aquathlon - swim 750 metres, run 3 miles.

1. Nathan Tweedie 11:18 18:24 = 29:42 AG 1st and 1st overall.

Nathan took a commanding lead in the swim, and won the event by 3:05

minutes.

Standard distance Aquathlon - swim 1500 metres, run 6.25 miles.

6. Abi Schofield 29:02 43:18 = 1:12:20 AG 1st. First Female.

25. Andy Rawlins 41:46 46:31 = 1:28:17 AG 4.

26. Laura Johnson 34:47 53:48 = 1:28:35 AG 2.

31. Wendy Coxshall 39:59 52:33 = 1:32:32 AG 1st.

Junior Aquathlon's - various swim/run distances.

TriStar 1.

7. Olivia Corner 4:34 7:32 = 12:06

Olivia raced really well and narrowly missed out on a podium place.
Not

bad considering she was on crutches last week.

TriStar 2.

5. Katie Tasker 4:59 9:46 = 14:45

Katie had a great swim, coming out of the water as 2nd Girl. She

maintained her position and was closing in on the leader when she

crossed the line.

TriStar 3.

4. Matthew Wouldham 5:31 12:31 = 18:02

Matt had a really strong swim, that placed him in a good position on

the run.

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Eton Dorney - Sprint.

swim 750 metres in the lake.

bike 13 miles.

run 3 miles.

79. Richard Moys 12:08 37:02 19:16 = 68:26 AG 14.

This was a Qualifying race for the World Sprint Championships in
Chicago in July. Richard will try again at Nottingham this coming
weekend.

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Two race distances took place in the lake at Priory Park, Bedford, on
Sunday:

Sprint - swim 750m, bike 13 miles, run 3 miles.

Georgina Jennings was delighted to come home with the Trophy for first
lady OVERALL. This is the first time in a few years since a delighted
Georgina managed that.

"I was amazed" said Georgina.

18. Georgina Jennings 20:41 47:54 31:12 = 1:39:47 AG 1st and
FIRST FEMALE OVERALL.

Half-Ironman distance:

6. Robin Brookes 31:23 2:44:56 1:42:12 = 4:58:31 AG 1st.

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Andy Chapman competed in The Vitality London
Triathlon at Hyde Park, along with a few thousand others. Andy said
"Great race today in London. Really good swim, fast but slippy bike,
and a good run."

Swim 1500 metres in the Thames, bike 25 miles, run
6.25 miles.

Andy Chapman 25:10 69:08 43:51 = 2:18.09.