Jim Fell, Steve Hope and Katie Tasker competed in the National DuathlonChampionships at Bedford Aerodrome; with Jim finishing 2nd in his Age
Group, to come away with the Silver Medal. Jim had a very consistent
race and received a deserved Silver medal.
The distances were:
run 6.25 miles.
bike 24 miles.
run 3 miles.
Katie had a good race in the Junior Duathlon, which was also the 1st
leg of the Junior Super Series. A class field had assembled, with a
number of national Champions racing. Katie finished 15th in 32:36.
The distances were:
run 1.5 miles.
bike 6.25 miles.
run 0.75 miles
"A strong opening run saw Katie enter T1 in contention and with a trade
mark rapid transition she was able to make good progress up the field
on the 1st half of the bike. She made further headway but as the field
splintered she found herself doing large parts of the course on her
own. Over the short second run Katie lost a couple of places to finish
15th. This bodes well for the National Qualification event in
Loughborough next week".
104. Steve Hope.... 49:18 75:50 27:20 = 2:32:28 AG 7th
113. Jim Fell.......... 51:10 78:53 30:47 = 2:40:50 (Age 70-74) AG 2nd SILVER MEDAL.
15. Katie Tasker.... 8:25 18:24 5:47 = 32:36 AG 15th.
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Entries are coming in for the PACTRAC Peterborough Duathlon to be held
at Castor on Sunday 29th April. The distances are; run 4-miles, bike
18-miles, run 2.5 miles. Entries are open via http://pactrac.co.uk/events/4215/
and their is also a relay option for teams of either 2 or 3.
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The RAF Scampton Duathlon took place at the weekend on the airfield
taxiways and perimeter roads in a safe and traffic free environment.
PACTRAC had 10 competitors including 9 Juniors. Evander Wishart was the
best placed finisher with forth place in a tightly contested TriStar1
race.
Adult (solo) 3m 13m 1.5m
32. Andy Corner 20:59 40:04 11:17 = 72:20
TriStar Start 400m 1500m 200m
22. Hannah Coull 3:02 7:33 0:44 = 11:19
TriStar 1 1200m 4000m 400m
4. Evander Wishart 4:54 8:20 2:23 = 15:37
55. Josh Moore 7:10 11:24 3:23 = 21:57
TriStar 2 1600m 6000m 600m
26. Norah Brill 6:51 17:42 3:16 = 27:49
38. Calleigh Coull 7:27 18:23 3:32 = 29:22
TriStar 3 2000m 7500m 800m
21. Flo Brill 7:07 17:07 4:05 = 28:19
60. Jude Hinch 9:29 20:44 4:48 = 35:01
70. Libby Mellor 9:27 23:10 4:56 = 37:33
71. Chloe Moore 10:00 22:50 5:29 = 38:19
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Amy Hayes has received confirmation that her place to swim the Kaiwi
Channel has been granted. This is a 26 mile swim from Molokai to Oahu
across the ocean in Hawaii. Amy has been given a slot from 1st-7th July
depending on the weather and is now busy training for this grueling
long distance solo swim. Currently only 59 people have successfully
completed this swim solo.
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Claire Steels competed in her first professional bike race at the
weekend. Claire has joined the Fusion RT Velo Performance women's team
for this season and on a hilly course performed well to help lead out
the team's sprinter Jennifer Holden, and then claim a magnificent third
place overall herself.
It was a good day for the team in the Hatherleigh Women's Road Race on
a hilly course with a final uphill sprint, and a perfect sprint launch
which played to Claire's strengths.
"The team smashed it today at Hatherleigh RR, taking 1st (Jenny
Holden), 3rd (Claire Steels) and Claire also taking 3 of the 4
primes".
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Rutland Water half-marathon:
37. Simon Guerin 1:40:25