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Issue No.144– December 2006

 

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News by Simon Palmer

Welcome to new members

Mike Rees who lives near Stowmarket – he is a member of Stowmarket Striders and you will see him around at running races. He has competed in the last 2 duathlons because hae has raced at the last 2 Ipswich Duathlons

Sarah Jennings lives in Woodbridge and is a member of Woodbridge Shufflers. She just considers herself to be an alround sports woman and up for a new challenge.

Nick Stonehouse lives in Ipswich, you may have seen him if you attend the run training sessions at Greshams

 

I shall be posting the membership renewal form out to you shortly. Membership is due for renewal on January 1st and it would be nice to get all membership in by the end of January. If your communications with the club suddenly cease it is probably because you haven’t paid your membership.

 

This is my last edition of ITCH after nearly 10 years of editing the magazine. I have printed, collated, folded, stuffed, addressed, stamped and posted several thousand copies of the magazine in that time.  Charlie Stannett has taken on the production of the magazine but I do not know in what form it will appear; it is really up to Charlie.

I should like to thank all contributors to ITCH and to everyone for their support over the years.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all.

 

With help from Brian McG, Charlie is hoping to make the website more interactive so that basic notices can be posted there in closer to "realtime" but he still intends to compile a monthly snapshot to include any race reports etc which people care to send in, and which he will print and send to those members who do not have access to the internet.  You can e-mail him at charlie@ipswich-tri.org or send stuff to him at Red Lion Cottage, East Bergholt, Suffolk, CO7 6TB. Cut-off for January's ITCH is Friday 29th December.

 

AGM and club committee 40 people attended the AGM held at Greshams on 19th November. A new committee was elected for your club. (see last page) for contact details. The membership will stay the same for next season – a real bargain. Full details of the AGM can be obtained by emailing Simon Palmer at simon.palmer@talk21.com

Cross Country Results from the Bungay race inside. Excellent scoring means we have edged up a place.

 

Steve deBoltz (Mens Captain) writes -Hello to everybody out there.  In my new capacity as Men’s Captain I thought I'd better introduce myself to those who don't know me - I'm the good looking one at training!  Now I grant you, I may be going slightly thin on top and a little bit overweight but that's what you get for being a member of the Tri club and a member of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).

This is my second year in Triathlon and so far still enjoying it.  This year I raced at Norwich, London Olympic, Swansea Sprint, Clacton Sprint on the Saturday and just for fun did the Olympic on Sunday, and finally a forgettable Ipswich duathlon (I punctured).  Running has to be my least enjoyable discipline as my old knees don't like the pounding.  I'm trying to concentrate on running through the off-season just to see if I can go any quicker but so far it's not looking good.  I aim to be at many events next year cheering you on, if not competing myself, so let me know where you're racing and I’ll try to come along.

 I will aim to add a note in ITCH each month just to let you know of things I feel need a mention and notification of items of interest that I hear about.  So again if there's something you think others might be interested in let me know and I'll pass it on.

That will do for now, I've waffled on enough.  My details are at the back, so get in touch.

 

London Marathon To date I have 3 people chasing the 3 London Places

Sue Hargadon

Rob Peevor

Andy Rudge

Have I missed anyone off the list?

Would you like to be in the ballot for a place? If so get in touch with Simon ASAP.

When you do hear if you have a place or not it is vital that you contact me ASAP.

Training Sessions

Winter Training Runs around Alton Water by John Gabriel
Intention is to circumnavigate the lake which is about 8 miles, all off road and we'll do it in different directions each week to add a bit of variety. There are a number of cut-throughs / add-ons available so we're not always doing the same tracks. Alton Water is a lovely venue, especially early in the morning and has the added bonus of the café at the end for a welcome cuppa and chat. Pace will depend on who attends but it's not likely to be high unless we want it to be! It'll be great preparation training for next season and will compliment the cut & thrust pace of the cross country races very well. Meet at car park near café at 9.00 am

Bike Rides from Felixstowe - by John Gabriel
Saturdays, leaving the front of Felixstowe Great Eastern Square at 8.30 am. Rides will take place whatever the weather (no whimps) so if you are up for a 2-3 hours jaunt (maybe longer) in the Suffolk countryside they will start on Saturday 14 October. If you are coming by car you can park free in car park at rear of Solar store near Homebase. Some rides may include a café stop. Anyone coming along must be self sufficient e.g. bring pump, spare tubes, correct clothing, nutrition etc.

SATURDAY MORNING SWIM SESSIONS
Saturdays at Ipswich High School Woolverstone
9:00am - 10:00am.   Dates for your diary:   

December 9th , 16th .  January 6th , 13th , 20th , 27th  

 

Run Training Events at Gresham’s - (Tuddenham Rd. Ipswich). Sessions are weekly on Thursdays. All senior sessions start at 7 pm prompt. If you are not up for a run, join us for a drink from 8.00pm until 9.00pm in the lounge. Contact any of the committee for details

 

Results Triathlon

Newmarket Duathlon (5k/23k/5k)

Susannah Rosenberg writes:

I had a brilliant training plan in the two weeks leading up to the event: John Gabriel’s two Greshams sessions of mini-duathlon and turbo-duathlon, separated by Tonya Antonis’ duathlon training session at Alton Water.

I had the perfect tapering of helping at the Junior Tri set-up on Saturday and a pre-race supper that finished with blackberry and apple crumble with custard.  If that doesn’t sustain you through a race, then nothing will. 

Up at 4:30am and off to Mildenhall. It was a dry, bright morning – hurrah!

The run was a flat, off-road, out and back course, by fields and along tracks. I have (finally) learnt not to get over-excited and set off too fast on Run 1. Hi-5d lots of Ipswich Tri runners on their return leg. I did my steady plod and got into T1 to find only 2 bikes other than mine.  And then one of those overtook me in transition.  So I set off a-pedalling.  Down on the tri-bars for the first time in a race – they were fab!  I steadily overtook one person and then the next and so on for the full two laps.  I felt brilliant and I loved every moment of it.  I managed to pass Karl Chubb sporting his new Ipswich Tri shorts. Back into transition, and there were a couple of dozen spaces waiting for returning bikes.  I set off on Run 2.  I few of my earlier scalps (including Karl) passed me, but not all of them.  And I had fantastic support as I came back into the campsite and round the grass track: all the cyclo-cross riders that I have cheered on over the past few years came out to give me a shout, which really helped me in the last km. Dave did quite well too (7th overall, 2nd in age group H).

 

 

First Name

Last name

Run 1

Cycle

Run 2

Total

1

Jez

Cox

16:16

37:47

15:06

1:09:09

26

Ros

Viner

18:50

45:10

16:23

1:20:23

7

Dave

Copland

17:58

 

 

1:13:13

17

Richard

Balaam

18:58

41:37

17:42

1:18:17

23

William

Newland

19:34

42:13

18:06

1:19:53

36

Ian

Downie

20:13

 

 

1:23:32

37

Antony

Birt

20:44

43:46

19:06

1:23:36

56

Nik

Bestow

23:41

46:36

20:11

1:30:28

60

Julia

Yelloly

23:48

46:11

21:39

1:31:38

76

Helen

Farrow

23:55

50:08

22:09

1:36:12

83

Jackie

RileyChubb

23:36

52:24

21:44

1:37:44

91

Karl

Chubb

23:30

54:26

21:31

1:39:27

95

Susannah

Rosenberg

27:32

48:54

25:08:

1:41:34

 

Helwith Bridge Duathlon (4m/23m/4m) 01.10.06

 

What a stupid idea to choose this as my A race of the year! The Yorkshire Dales are hilly, very hilly.  And no, there are no flat bits anywhere.

Last year I did the cycle leg of this race in a relay team with my college friend, Sally.  This year, having completed a couple of half marathons (Bungay and Brandon) I foolishly decided to tackle the whole thing.  The first trauma was how to break the news to Sally. 

 

Fortunately, one of her club mates wanted to ride the bike leg this year, so no friendships were lost and the Christmas card list is still intact.

Dave Copland and I drove up to Yorkshire on Saturday and stopped off at Helwith Bridge for a chat with the organisers and to cycle the run route.  This came with a halfway snack of millions of flies – saved taking protein drinks.

Having conned Julia Yelloly and Iain Downie into entering too, we all stayed at our favourite UK B&B in Hawes.  Not only do they give us extra pasta with the evening meal, but they give us an early breakfast plus a banana each for the race.

 

We got to registration on Sunday morning where  I realised that I had no puncture repair kit, so Martin of Kudu Bikes fitted a mini saddle bag and popped in some patches and an inner tube, while I was getting in a tizz.

Off on run 1.  I was not last for most of it, but Jane from Manchester overtook me on the 3rd mile.  It made it easy to spot my bike in transition – the only one left.

Fortunately my cycling is better than my running, and after my success at Newmarket I pedalled off into the wilds of Yorkshire on tri-bars borrowed from Tonya Antonis.  I was hoping that some of her ’fluence would push me forward.  I did struggle on some of the (many) hills, but others found it even harder and I overtook a few people.

 

  Down on the tri-bars I felt brilliant and powered through the Dales.  The leaders got hit by a short but violent rainstorm, which had thankfully passed by the time I got there, so I had a wonderful ride through beautiful scenery on a rather pleasant day.

 When I came into T2 there were several gaps in the bike racks and I started to cramp up.  I took a gel and plenty of water and waddled off.  I don’t care if the map shows that the second run is the same as the first.  I still maintain that someone inserted an extra hill while I was out on the bike.  In my case Run 2 could be called ‘Walk’ though I managed to run the downhills, and with someone catching me up in the last mile I found my emergency sprint setting and kept her at bay.

 

We got great goody bags, ‘somehow’ all the women racers got a prize, and the massage was subsidised by the organiser. I’ll be back…

 

 

 

 

Run 1

Bike

Run 2

Total

1st M

Steve Angus

24:40

1:04:27

26:08

1:55:15

5th

Dave Copland

26:27

1:06:11

26:44

1:59:22

1st F

Donna Edmundson Booker

27:53

1:14:22

29:22

2:11:37

34th

Iain Downie

28:39

1:12:21

31:26

2:12:26

1st F40

Julia Yelloly

34:27

1:22:39

36:30

2:33:36

2nd F45

Susannah Rosenberg

41:26

1:34:54

45:41

3:02:01

 

Running

Italics denotes running for a club other than ITC

Stowmarket Scenic 7  12.11.06

Winner  David Miller                 37.48

Winner  Helen Decker               42.24

24th       Derrick Smith              44.26

36th       Simon Bourne             45.39

48th       Mike Rees                   47.09

115th     Mike Stolery                52.25

120th     Andy Rudge                52.54

135th     Brian McGeeney           53.38

151st     Sarah Strivens            54.17

156th     Sarah Jennings            54.44

160th     Anthony Birt                54.56

187th     Mary Skelcher             56.23

200th     Anne Fish                   57.10

219th     Grayhame Fish            58.15

285th     Sue Hargadon             63.39

316th     Susannah Rosenberg   67.29

Hadleigh 10 miles  26.11.06    Will Catchpole

I cannot believe that my Nike Pegasus can smell so bad - yes I did leave them wet for three day but I nearly had to leave Next Gen the aroma of marsh gas exuding from the rancid sodden trainers had fellow changers gagging ! As for the race on Sunday I wish my Mira Electric Shower had the same force that we were deluged with inside the first minute of the run. Despite my new strategy of running just behind Nik it proved less effective than being chased by him. After 1 mile Nik and I had just came level with Charlie and Nik said he was tempted to throw in the towel and if he had done I also may have packed up as it was orrid orrid orrid. Who ever said if it ain’t raining it aint training is obviously an SAS recruit or a nutter. My watch pinged at 8 minute intervals and Nik moved ahead after a couple of miles and I could only see him in the distance for a few more miles. It was good to see SteveDe B near to home and it spurred me on and I crossed the line in 82minutesand despite being two minutes slower than last year felt it was worth while race. My winter focus is now to maintain the level of fitness and try and just shed about 3kgs and then Nik in 2007 you may be in for more of a race !! :-)

Results

Winner David Miller (Woodbridge)

26th          Dave Copland           1.03.08

36th          Simon Bourne           !.04.59

42nd          John Wankowski       !.06.00

43rd          Derrick Smith           1.06.18

80th          Lucy Bowditch           1.10.05

143rd        Mike Stollery            1.15.58

173rd        Nik Bestow               1.18.36

187th        Brian McGeeney        1.20.00

198th        Sarah Strivens          1.22.04

216th        Will Catchpole          1.22.04

229th        Charles Stannett       1.24.16

277th        Sue Hargadon          1.30.56

289th        Kate Stannett           1.33.09

There were 357 rain soaked finishers.

 

 

SUFFOLK CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE 2006/7

By Steve Robinson

There's no need to let me know but we need 10 for a team , 7 men and 3 ladies. There is also a junior race- You have to be 11years old on the day on the race--distance about 2miles and 5 for the senior race. It is £3.00 for seniors , juniors are free!

 

 

CROSS COUNTRY DATES FOR THE SEASON

Woodbridge.....10th  December

Haughley Park....14th  or 21st  January 2007

Bury(CULFORD)..4th February

Also the Suffolk County champs are at Hadleigh on the 7th Jan. 2007  and the Southern at Holkam Hall, Norfolk on the 27th Jan 2007.

FOR MORE INFO OR ANY QUESTIONS GIVE ME A RING ON 01284 760392

 

Cross Country Results   Bungay 19.11.0 6

Steve Robinson  writes - My enduring memory of this event is the sight of young James Powley darting through the woods and most of the senior field to record 2nd  u13 by only 3secs to finish 12th out of 69!! he was our only junior taking part.

Michele Constable was 1st  f40 and is now 1st  equal in the series so far. Sarah Strivens was 1st f45 and is now 2nd  after 2 events. Sue Hargadon and Annette White lead the f50 category after sound performances. Just in case you thought the senior men haven't been up to much Graham White  and Derrick Smith are 2nd and 3rd in the m50.

Dave Copland, John Wankowski, Graham White, Liam White(only 38 secs behind) Iain Downie Neil Payne and Will Newland packed the top 60ish for an excellent display of our lovely kit at the front of the field.

In the team competition we are 6th  out of 15 in allcats i.e. mens, womens and combined, with our friends from Newmarket Tri.

 

 

Simon Palmer adds It was a lovely morning at Bungay. There was a huge turn out of club members. Over a fifth of club members were there if you include spectators like myself and Emilie Fisher. Someone remarked afterwards what a friendly club we were. It was noticeable that everyone stayed at the finish to cheer on other club members and no one left until the last runner had crossed the line. Even Mark Ramsay and Steve deBoltz who were injured and retired after one lap stayed until the end.


Men

Winner David Millar                    29.56

29th       Dave Copland                34.29

33rd       Jonny Palmer                 34.53

34th       John Wankowsli             34.56

40th       Graham White               35.14

45th       Derrick Smith                35.40

47th       Spencer Wix                  35.43

49th       Liam White                    35.52

56th       Steve Peck                    36.30

60th       Ian Downie                    37.06

61st       Mike Rees                     37.16

63rd       Neil Payne                     37.26

64th       Will Newland                 37.38

80th       Mark Hird                      40.06

94th       Andy Rudge                   41.35

98th       Brian McGeeney             42.34

110th     Steve Robinson              44.31

117th     Grayhame Fish              46.37

119th     Charles Stannett            46.39

123rd     Dave Peck                     46.57

 

Women

Winner Helen Decker                 34.46

14th       Michelle Constable         41.49

25th      Sarah Strivens               43.39

37th       Anne Fish