Welcome to ITCH - the Ipswich triathlon club hand-out - for Autumn 2009...
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You are reminded that the Ipswich triathlon club AGM will be held at Greshams on Thursday 12th November 2009. We have the room from 6:30pm, with food from 7:00pm. The formal business of the AGM will start by 7:30pm and include the presentation of the club championship shields, and the election of committee members for the forthcoming year. Election of committee members. Any paid up member can stand for election: they must be nominated and seconded by other members. The following nominations had already been received from amongst existing committee members as at the last committee meeting:
In his absence, it was not known whether Ross Welton would wish to stand for a further year as men’s captain. Please send any further nominations to Simon Palmer preferably to arrive by the end of October and certainly by Thursday 5th November at the very latest. E-mail simon.palmer@talk21.com or telephone 01449 711906. Similarly, the AGM can vote on formally proposed changes to the constitution. If you wish to propose any changes to the constitution please send your proposal to Simon again by the end of October.
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Triathlon England Eastern Region AGM 2009 - Triathlon
England members are reminded that the region AGM is on 10th
November.
The ITCH League
You should already have received a mailing with the results of the ITCH League but, to remind you, Mark Bowditch won the men's league by a little over one point against Dave Copland - who, ironically, beat Mark on the two occasions when they went head-to-head, including at the club championship race.
The undisputed winner amongst our senior women was Lucy Bowditch, with Lucy & Kate Stannett being the only women to compete in four eligible events.
So congratulations to Mark, Dave & Lucy, who were also the only people to score over 400 points.
Ignoring people who’ve only scored a full house for the first time this year, I declared the “most improved member” to be Iain Downie - so congratulations also to Iain.
The committee has discussed at some length whether to reinstate the league format as the way of deciding the club championship but the general view seems to be to keep the league as it is now, in parallel with the club championship.
Accordingly, assuming I am still in the comms seat next year, I shall keep the format the same - with the same main rule about wearing club kit - but swap out one or two races. In particular London is proving a bit too vague and time-consuming to process, whereas a number of members have suggested bringing in a sea-based standard distance event such as Clacton.
(If you missed the results mailing, you should be able to find the final league table is at www.ipswich-tri.org/JOIN/itch-league/ITCH-league-2009-results-announced.pdf )
The Club Championship - Cambridge
As mentioned above, the committee has decided to keep the club championship linked to a single local standard distance event but the committee has also decided to vary the venue our support. The event we have chosen as the decider for our 2010 club championships is the Cambridge Triathlon.
Cambridge tell us they still need to confirm some arrangements but the provisional date is 15th August 2010.
Our own events
Please remember that when you renew your subscriptions you will be asked to commit to volunteering for one of our events. We do not yet have confirmed dates for all three events but Culford is currently scheduled for 25th July 2010, whereas the Junior should be the August bank holiday.
Winter cross-country league
John Wankowski, Simon Palmer & Dave Copland are collectively co-ordinating our cross-country. The latest league dates we have are:
- Nov 1st - Framlingham
- Nov 15th - Ditchingham, Bungay
- Dec 6th - Sutton Village Hall, Woodbridge
- Jan 24th - Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds
- Feb 7th (tbc) - Haughley Park, Stowmarket February 2010
For these league fixtures, just turn up. Note that there will only be five events this season (no Fritton Lake), individual scoring will be four from five events. Entry £3 payable at each event. All senior events start at 11am, junior start times will be subject to each individual hosting club. Simon Palmer and John Wankowski will share the captaincy role for the league.
County Athletics XC Championship race will be held on the 10th January at Newmarket. This requires entry in advance - contact Dave Copland for more information.
Congratulations to Ant Birt on his 1st 1st, at the 1st Dunmow sprint triathlon, and to Dave Copland's 1st at Clacton sprint Triathlon and 1st overall in the combined sprint/std.
LifecycleUK in Bildeston discount - Robert has agreed to offer a 10 per cent discount on general purchases, provided you have proof of membership. The discount covers their bike fitting service as well as spares etc. The discount is "not automatic" on bikes, where any discount is usually by negotiation. (Phone 01449-744467, closed on Wednesdays.)
Virgin London Marathon 2010
Each year,
Ipswich triathlon club applies for UK:A "club places" in the
London marathon. If successful, we allocate these to members
based on a number of criteria:
- are you “first claim”
- are you fully paid up
- have you fulfilled your “volunteer” commitments
- have you applied for, and been rejected for, a place in the open ballot
If more applications are received than we have places, then we consider other factors such as whether you had a place last year, and how long you’ve been active within the club.
The club has been awarded three UK:A places for the 2010 London marathon, which have been allocated to William Catchpole, Andrew McFarland and Charlie Stannett, who all met all four criteria.
However, these are club places, not individual's places, and if any of these three withdraw we do have some opportunity to field substitutes. If you wish to go on the reserve list please contact Simon Palmer to confirm that you are (still) interested and to remind him which of the four main criteria you meet/don't meet.
Finally - a note of caution
Simon Lockwood reports that he had his garage broken into (evening of 27th September) and lost four bikes: his TT bike, a road bike, and two mountain bikes. The police reckon he was watched and followed home.
Charlie Stannett - itch@ipswich-tri.org
Isabel Smith
Isabel Smith has been co-ordinating our junior development activities
Hi All
We have had weekly junior sessions at Eyke Primary School since July. Interestingly one family on holiday in Shropshire got up at 5am to travel back for their second Tri at Framlingham. They had been on the reserve list and got a late call their were places available.
So with no notice, no sleep Ellie improved her placing from last year and Hannah completed her first Tri.
We hope to continue sessions at Eyke for the foreseeable future as the pool is covered and heated. We have also done run and cycle training on the grass as it has been dry.
We are hoping to have one lane in the pool at Wolverston on one Saturday per month during Nov to Mar when the Eyke Pool will be closed.
During September I attended a Level 2 British Cycling course which has widened my cycle practices and knowledge. Trogs (Tunstall and Rendlesham Off Roaders) had coaches on the same course. They are aspiring to Clubmark in the 2010 and I hope the juniors can join them for cycle practise sessions in the winter.
To this end I have invited the Irish International coach (shortlisted for Suffolk Coach of the Year) from Trog to coach our cyclists. He has indicated subject to business commitments he will be with us on a few occasions before Xmas.
A second Plomesgate (road cycling club) Coach has indicated he could coach our juniors at weekends.
Following a meeting with Ceri Winters and our club officials, I was asked to coach for British Triathlon. I submitted a programme of taster courses for 4/7 primary school and 4 workshops for secondary school age youngsters. The aim of this new initiative is to “up” the profile of Tri in Suffolk.
The schools that I am working with are in the east of the county so they will feed into the junior club. I started last week with 12 youngsters who are incredible keen and will their bring bikes next week. Their school has two dedicated cycle proficiency coaches so there is a culture of activity and cycling in that primary school.
The workshops will be centred around single discipline clubs so we can initial feed any new teenagers into established clubs as we have no weekly secondary provision at present as the 15x5mt pool is best suited to 12 yr olds (for which the pool was built 25yrs ago) not 6’ elite triathletes.
So saying Will Meadows, Felicity Hawkins, and two other Life guards have indicated interest in our set up at Eyke. Will and Felicity both have ability to coach. Felicity is a Level 2 Swim Teacher. I am incredible thankful to them for the time they have dedicated to the sessions at Eyke this season.
Juniors' winter
development programme - Isabel
has put together a comprehensive programme for the
winter: see
www.ipswich-tri.org/titch for details.
We may need to start looking for more coaching
assistance. Do YOU have any coaching qualifications?
Isabel an be contacted by e-mail to juniors@ipswich-tri.org
Kate hides behind dark glasses...
Contact men's captain Ross Welton by e-mail to
ross@ipswich-tri.org ..
Our ladies' captain is Kate Stannett
Now that the tri season has come to an end and we are into the winter training schedule, I would just like to remind everyone of a little bug-bear of mine.
With the days drawing in, when out cycling we will be sharing the quiet lanes with a few more horse riders.
If you come up behind a horse, slow down and talk to yourself, your compatriot or even your bike, clearly but without shouting, and pass wide.
Horses are often startled by a silent multi-coloured menace coming up from behind but will take little notice if they hear you coming. The action of making your presence known in time will be much appreciated by the majority of horse riders, and could save you from an nasty bike-meets-horse incident.
Toodle-pip, Kate
Kate can be contacted by e-mail to kate@ipswich-tri.org
The Vitruvian - 5th September 2009
Congratulations go to Lucy Bowdith and Dave Copland for their fantastic results at the club outing - possibly better known as the Vitruvian.
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Susannah won the "loudest voice with a power flag at the top of a hill" category... |
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Lucy
won her age group, while Dave came third in
his - despite the wind resistance from his
hat and Zapata moustache.Never have so many Suffolkers eaten so much stuff in such little time in a Little Chef the night before a middle distance race. But, in between sampling the bread & butter pudding and swapping pain-killers, we managed to get predictions/targets from a number of club members. This is shown as "ETA" in the results table below - makes for interesting reading? We then have not one but two race reports - one from a seasoned old git; one from a relative novice. (You can decide who is who - thye're actually in the same age category!)
| The Vitruvian 95 | M | F | |||||||||
| Number of finishers | 632 | 146 | |||||||||
| Ref pos | 253 | 59 | |||||||||
| Ref time | 5:09:29 | 05:45:11 | |||||||||
| Pos | No. | Name | M/F | M/F Pos | Swim | Bike | Run | Total | ETA | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | 42 | Joel Jameson | M | 1 | 0:26:36 | 2:12:07 | 1:16:09 | 3:56:54 | 124.1 | 1st M - TFB | |
| 24 | 807 | Lou Collins | F | 1 | 0:27:22 | 2:23:43 | 1:28:09 | 4:22:40 | 124.8 | 1st F - TFN | |
| 60 | 645 | Dave Copland | M | 57 | 0:34:30 | 2:24:22 | 1:32:51 | 4:35:44 | 106.6 | Cat 3rd | |
| 63 | 202 | John Wankowski | M | 60 | 0:29:01 | 2:27:01 | 1:37:57 | 4:36:52 | 106.2 | ||
| 223 | 451 | Iain Downie | M | 206 | 0:27:55 | 2:39:03 | 1:51:47 | 5:03:00 | 4:59:00 | 97.0 | |
| 239 | 621 | Greg Allen | M | 221 | 0:36:59 | 2:34:28 | 1:48:58 | 5:05:56 | 5:30:00 | 96.1 | swollen ankle |
| 249 | 949 | Lucy Bowditch | F | 17 | 0:34:24 | 2:43:01 | 1:46:21 | 5:06:50 | 4:50:00 | 106.9 | Cat 1st |
| 260 | 448 | Stephen De boltz | M | 239 | 0:31:47 | 2:30:10 | 2:00:48 | 5:07:39 | 5:22:37 | 95.6 | |
| 272 | 771 | Derrick Smith | M | 251 | 0:37:32 | 2:42:37 | 1:42:26 | 5:09:04 | 95.1 | ||
| 274 | 724 | Paul Stuart | M | 253 | 0:42:15 | 2:38:57 | 1:41:08 | 5:09:29 | 95.0 | M ref - Bedford Hs | |
| 298 | 593 | Chris Tye | M | 277 | 0:38:27 | 2:49:08 | 1:40:12 | 5:12:24 | 94.1 | ||
| 319 | 424 | Mark Bowditch | M | 294 | 0:31:37 | 2:40:08 | 2:00:01 | 5:14:19 | 4:50:00 | 93.5 | |
| 337 | 316 | David Husband | M | 307 | 0:32:36 | 2:51:03 | 1:49:05 | 5:15:45 | 5:15:00 | 93.1 | |
| 355 | 551 | Clive Quantrill | M | 324 | 0:41:07 | 2:43:08 | 1:49:30 | 5:17:42 | 92.5 | ||
| 466 | 219 | Jason Battle | M | 421 | 0:44:10 | 2:52:44 | 1:50:44 | 5:31:51 | 5:41:12 | 88.6 | |
| 498 | 791 | Michael Stollery | M | 448 | 0:40:21 | 2:57:39 | 1:54:48 | 5:37:19 | 87.2 | ||
| 502 | 334 | Brian Mcgeeney | M | 451 | 0:37:18 | 3:00:50 | 1:56:11 | 5:37:50 | 5:30:00 | 87.0 | |
| 530 | 941 | Mary Skelcher | F | 51 | 0:37:32 | 3:03:20 | 1:55:29 | 5:42:19 | 95.8 | ||
| 548 | 837 | Claire Gaunt | F | 59 | 0:36:23 | 3:02:31 | 2:02:18 | 5:45:11 | 95.0 | F ref - Farnham | |
| 549 | 936 | Amanda Mallett | F | 60 | 0:40:18 | 3:01:30 | 1:59:10 | 5:45:20 | 95.0 | ||
| 596 | 961 | Kate Stannett | F | 73 | 0:35:27 | 3:03:12 | 2:05:47 | 5:50:44 | 5:50:09 | 93.5 | |
| 707 | 215 | Jason Baillie | M | 589 | 0:37:57 | 3:04:43 | 2:32:45 | 6:20:32 | 5:59:59 | 77.3 | |
| 757 | 772 | Charlie Stannett | M | 619 | 0:50:17 | 3:16:56 | 2:23:30 | 6:41:44 | 6:59:59 | 73.2 | |
| Ross Welton | DNF | 4:40:00 | |||||||||
For full results see www.pacesetterevents.com or www.tri247.com/results_6775.html - and for a couple more photographs courtesy of Mark Bowditch and Wendy Quantrill, try www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich-tri
"A day in the life: my Vitruvian" by Steve dB
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Alarm goes off |
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Rice Krispies, Toast and Marmite, Tea. (A champions breakfast) |
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Leave the no star Travelodge, head for Rutland Water the venue for the Vitruvian, |
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Arrive at Rutland, park a mile from the start, sort bike and kit and walk to start. |
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Sort kit, bike, wetsuit, etc. |
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Race Brief, Missed most of it as queueing for the loo. |
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My start time,150 people all trying to swim to the same marker buoy. Much bumping, hitting and kicking ensued (great fun). |
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Swim exit, stubbed toe quite badly but didn’t matter as feet were too cold to feel. |
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Head out on bike course. Two laps around the Rutland reservoir area including taking in the notorious Rutland Ripple which is a series of hills one following straight after the other. Much cheering from a bunch of Mexican illegal immigrants. |
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Bike done, no major mishaps. Back into transition, rack bike, helmet off, run shoes on, GO. |
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Feet finally thawed out, toe hurting quite badly, sudden realisation of a long run to do and feeling quite knackered. |
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Half the run complete, doing ok and up on last years time. |
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Nearly there, cramp seriously setting in. |
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Finished, 5 hours,07 minutes 39 seconds. Cross the line, sit down QUICK. |
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Massage table for some TLC (not). |
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Spend rest of afternoon cheering in fellow athletes/fools. |
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Back to no star Travelodge, lie on bed, ACHE. |
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Drag self into shower (at last). |
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Pub for dinner with fellow club gang, few beers, very tired. |
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Hotel, cup of tea, bed. |
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Lights out. Snore. |
Ten minutes quicker than last year. NICE. A great day once again!
dB
The Vitruvian: my big one - Chris Tye
So, this was the big one. I had booked onto this triathlon way back, before I could even swim properly and before I had completed so much as a sprint tri. I knew possible humiliation at the event and £100 race fee paid would keep me honest and get me in the pool. As it happened my swimming had gone well around from around April/May and I had already done a half IM in 5:43 (July 26 - Trentham) so revised my aims. I wanted a reasonable time so during August put some hilly bike miles in and decided to do a proper taper.
Unluckily a mate had a wedding reception Friday evening before the race; thus I could not stay over near the venue, register and rack on Friday or even get that early a night. I had to go to the reception, but drank only water and left at 10. Bed by 10:30, alarm went off at 2:30 after a fitful sleep so not ideal preparation by any stretch. I arrived at 4:30 just before registration opened, then racked and set up. It was cold, dark and a bit breezy and I was definitely having a ‘what the &&&& am I doing this for?’ moment.
Race briefing was thorough, but seeing all the competitors was starting to get the adrenaline going. First wave got ready and just as they did the sun appeared over the horizon and lit the reservoir in a golden glow and revealed a cloudless start to the day. A magnificent sight as the first wave ploughed off directly towards the sunrise, and the day already felt special; I was full of determination to do myself, and the setting justice.
Soon wave 3 was called and I got myself a little nearer the front than I usually do for the swim – mainly because I am going to have to learn to flourish in the washing machine at IM Germany next year so might as well start trying now. 30 second warning and then we were off. Start was a little frantic and I strayed off course but veered back into the pack and reached the first turn which was about 150-200m in. Soon after this got myself onto some feet and drafted properly for the first time ever and the swimming felt effortless, even though I knew my stroke was a little ragged, especially on my non breathing side. Bizarre moment when I popped up to sight along this back straight and saw some athletes standing up waist deep – it got very shallow in one place!
Reached the boat and end of first lap for the little run up the beach and time was 18:15. Staggeringly quick by my standards – my other 1.9km swim time would have been 21 mins plus at this point. Heard my mate shout ‘get a move on you lazy b*******! A feeble dive/belly flop and second lap begun. This was tougher – we were joined by wave 5 starting off and jostling for space, the water became murky and I got a huge thump in the eye – had to stop, tread water and reset/drain goggles and compose myself. Only down the back straight did I find some feet to draft off again and settle back down. With about 50m to go got huge cramp in left calf – wondered if my race was over. Struggled to shore but it seemed to ease as I stood up and I only felt the effects again after the race. Total time was 38:09 (exit water), official 38:27 past timing mat. This was a magnificent swim by my standards.
T2 was fairly uneventful – did not rush it, sat down to remove wetsuit. No serious mishaps though and away in 3:27.
Bike began with a tough section against the wind and then a sharp double hill. Took a while to get going but a caffeine gel had some effect and after getting to the top of the hill I was warmed up, and ready to get into some rhythm. Ipswich tri flag helped - something to aim for from the bottom of the hill, I would have got a bigger cheer if I had club kit – must sort than soon. Next section was superb – lots of flat/slight down hill complete with speed cameras flashing your speed with a smile and thanks (for the likes of me at 22/23 mph), although some got the angry face and a slow down for topping 30 mph. Turned left, up a long hill, another left and back against the wind with some hills for the final part of the lap. Pleased to get 1:24 odd after 1 lap and set out for the second feeling strong and up for it. Second lap similar – a loo stop and drained the rest of my drink prior to the run and completed bike in 2:49:08. I felt strong up hills. A really enjoyable ride - at times I was just loving the race, the event, being there and competing. Although 85k, not the full half IM 90k but I would have cracked 3:00 for the half IM distance at this pace, so very pleased with the time.
T2, 1:08, uneventful.
Set off on the run heavy legged but knowing a great time was there after even a moderate run. I wanted to break 1:40 so aimed for 4 * 25 minute lengths on the double out and back course. It was pretty flat, quite warm by now and some exposed windy sections. First out was tough – stitch, loo stop and stomach cramps early on and I could not take on fluid but got there in 24:27. Back I started to feel better, take fluid and got 24:35. Began to tire on 3rd, seemed to fight the wind a lot and fell off my 25 min target with 25:18. I knew sub 1:40 was still on with a huge effort so set off determined to give it a go, but was really fading now. Things got hazy, I began to ignore feed stations and drove on. Last mile or so you could hear the commentator announcing ‘you are a Vitruvian’ to finishers, so kept going but knew I’d slowed up. Also knew that I was going to get a great time regardless, and it felt fantastic. Found a spurt in the last 100m and gave what I had left and crossed in 5:12:24 – 1:40:12 for the run.
Got a finishers T shirt, a medal but then I saw something better, much better. A couple of boxes of Freddo bars (chocolate and caramel ones). Oh boy did they taste good – nectar of the Gods! Last time I had Freddo it was as a kid when my mum gave me some money to get some sweets but it was not enough for a proper decent bar like a Mars; think they were 10p when the other bars were nearer 20p. Little did I know 25 years later I would eat a fistful of them and think they were the greatest thing I had ever tasted. Got out of the finishers area and had an emotional 10 mins or, welling up and wobbly bottom lip as I reflected on a fantastic event and my effort. What a day, what a feeling. Chatted to the (few) people I knew, watched some finishers and went on my way.
My last Tri of the season and a great way to end my first season – loved the whole year really and this was a special, special way to end it. A fantastically well organised race in a great venue. Got home at 4, by the time I’d sorted my gear, bathed, eaten I was gone – bed by 8:30 and a 13 hour sleep. Sunday – total chill day but already starting to plot next season – I began looking at dates of events in 2010 and what to do as part of IM build up. My left calf, where I got the swim cramps is very sore – I am now going to have a very light month (in Egypt scuba diving Sept 11-20 too!).
Chris Tye
Ant - another time, another place...
Inaugural Dunmow triathlon - 12th September 2009 - Antony Birt
I only decided to enter last minute because Waveney 2 filled up stupidly quick and recommend it to anyone for next year to new and old triathletes as an alternative. The dunmow tri club really did put on a great 1st event with chip timing and a great venue with good marshalling and plenty to do for family and friends. I was hoping for a good race and going sub 1hr5mins, the swim was 400m and a bike leg of 23k however with almost a 750m run from the pool to the bike transition my swim time wasn't that bad. The bike leg was very tough and undulating and I had a bradley wiggins moment when i thought my back brake had stuck on but no it was the head wind and long drag up to Thaxted. The run was tougher than expected but my legs had probably given their best on the bike. After finishing I knew i'd had a good race and went off to look round the stands and massage tent while I went off Hayley checked my time and came back with a beaming smile, this was repeated every 10mins because I didn't want to look myself until the final competitors came in and I was still P1 wow. Unexpected and it felt great to take my 1st 1st place at the 1st Dunmow triathlon. P.s if you see me wearing a t-shirt with 1st Dunmow on i'ts not me showing off, everyone got one to celebrate the 1st dunmow tri. I was brought back down to earth from my lofty podium within minutes as I found myself trudging round Freeport with Hayley shopping, I had promised her a shopping trip for getting out of bed at 6am:-)
Main results:
| Pos | Bib | Name | Time |
| 1 | 158 | Antony Birt | 01:07:59 |
| 2 | 74 | Lloyd Chapman | 01:10:04 |
| 3 | 198 | David Mather | 01:10:44 |
| 4 | 172 | Darren Thomas | 01:11:23 |
| 5 | 173 | Ossie Esterhuizen | 01:11:35 |
For fuller results, see tri247
Clacton weekend - 12th & 13th September
2009 - Clive Quantrill
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside….
Very friendly small local tri that’s a bit of a personal favourite now. Think there were at least five club members attending. Dave Copland doing the back to back - the Saturday off road sprint and the Sunday Olympic distance event.
For Sunday’s Olympic:
Full length swim but course set further offshore to accommodate a change in beach start and hence a short down tide leg. Several swimmers seemed to get swept past the first turn buoy having not allowed enough space to account for the tide sweeping them up the cost to the finish - looked a real struggle to swim against tide - I may have overcompensated and kept well up-tide until parallel with the buoy then enjoyed the leisurely paddle with the tide to the final turn in buoy. Bike course pretty flat and fast although the wind did build a bit later on in the bike leg. Really enjoyed it all – nice sea swim; flat two lap bike ride and scenic run with ample drink stations along the prom to the pier and back. Found it quicker than over all 3 legs that Norwich personally, but think I probably had a bit of a stinker at Norwich. ITC results were (partial only - think I may have missed 2 other ITC members but I didn’t capture their names).
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Pos |
Competitor |
Finish |
Swim |
T1 |
Cycle |
T2 |
Run |
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02:06:42 |
00:22:26 |
00:01:10 |
01:03:02 |
00:00:52 |
00:39:10 |
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Dave COPLAND |
02:11:46 |
00:26:14 |
00:01:19 |
01:04:03 |
00:00:43 |
00:39:25 |
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56 |
Matt DYE |
02:19:23 |
00:26:03 |
00:01:17 |
01:09:41 |
00:00:45 |
00:41:36 |
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85 |
Clive QUANTRILL |
02:25:26 |
00:29:01 |
00:01:22 |
01:08:31 |
00:00:58 |
00:45:31 |
Dave in Bolton for IMUK
Berlin marathon - Dave Kay
All too soon after recovering from IMUK, it was time for the Berlin Marathon. I arrived the day before the event to find Berlin bathed in sunshine, and went straight to the registration. This was held at the former airport at Tempelhof and was very impressive - lots of trade stands and other marathons around the world being punted, along with the traditional beer and pork-products. There was lots of queueing though - I'd advise getting there on Friday and allowing time to look round Berlin itself, which is well worth doing. It's a great city and very easy to get around without taxing the legs too much pre-race. The hardest thing is resisting parking yourself in a Biergarten and inhaling a stein or twelve of the local weissbier...
The best thing about Berlin is the large amount of good hotels - I got one 2 tube stops from the start, excellent quality, booked 2 weeks before the race for about £75. Way better than the equivalent dive I would end up in London. I had my breakfast surrounded by runners from all nations and the day was perfect - bright and cool. It was a simple trip to the start, and the ruthlessly efficient German organisation that was a little absent from the registration was now in full effect. The whole flow, from dropping off bags to standing at the start, was impeccable. The only criticism I could have was that they don't seem to check your estimated finish time, so i lined up for the start with the fattest sub-3hr runners I've ever seen...
This race is known for being fast, and this, combined with the crazy German sense of humour meant that there was a distinct absence of fancy dress, and lots of serious faces. The start was a bit if a scrap as the fat lads took off too fast, but the wide streets mean that there's not too much jostling. I did enjoy watching one of them cramp up at the 1/4 mile mark. The next 26 miles are going to sting after that....
The race itself was very straightforward - lovely and flat and well supported by vocal fat men in leather shorts and impressive moustaches. The flatness means that you can just nail a pace and stick to it without worrying about backing off on hills and the wide roads allow plenty of room to run your own race. The aid stations were giving out the usual water and energy drink, as well as bananas and unusually, sweet warm tea. I was suspicious of this, but gave it a try after halfway, and found that it went down really well - a great sugar hit and easier to take on than water, I thought.
I got caught out by the temperature going up by about 10 degrees over the course of the race, so I was a bit dehydrated at the end, which slowed me down, but not as much as the guy having the full-on jelly leg collapse within 200m of the finish. Nightmare... Anyway, I got over the line at 3:06:48, which wasn't quite the 3 hours I was after, but I'll be back.
As you can tell, I'm a fan of this race! Well organised, more oompah bands than you could ever need, usually good weather and any race that has a shower tent at the finish as well as a free pint of (non-alcoholic) weissbier gets my vote!!
Dave Coley does it in public...
...but artfully, in black and white!
Ipswich duathlon - 20th September 2009 - Dave Coley
I was a Duathlon Virgin --- until last month
By Dave Coley
(initially written for
Dave's running club's newsletter)
Oh the thrill of the chase; desperately trying to catch a middle aged lady on a heavy
iron mountain bike and only just succeeding!
And then, at last I entered the Ipswich Duathlon at Alton water. And what an experience. I really enjoyed it. I have never gone so fast on two wheels before. Even on my moped! Not that it wasn’t that fast . It wasn’t , but even then, I was always too scared to give it full throttle- just as well since I wrote it off into the back of a car. My tri bike has better brakes!
And so it was that on a clear September day the first wave of us athletes assembled by the water at for an 8.10 start on a Sunday morning. Two other waves of faster athletes and were to leave later at 8.20 and 8.30 and gradually pass us as the race progressed.. So I was drawn with retinue of generally fit young women; an inspiring sight. Off we went on the first 5k circular run, crossing the dam by the water, but trouble with starting my watch found me right at the back of the field.. I eased forward a little but no too far, taking my cue from fellow club mate, Wendy Quantrill, also pacing herself.. With two kilometres to go I sighted a lady in yellow ahead but decided to level peg her to conserve energy. We were neck and neck at the transition because as I expected she had to change to fancy tri bike shoes whereas I kept with my trainers, not even using toe clips. This gave me the advantage of a running start which she told me later annoyed her because I got away first! I thought I was breaking the rules when the spectators yelled but was gratified their excitement was at the competition. I thought she‘d overtake but my aim was to hold her off as long as I could.
By now the fast second stage racers were beginning to flash past and you could tell by the speed difference which stage they were. One after another and sometimes in twos and threes, suitably spaced against drafting, they came. Then you could hear a car approaching from behind. It flashed by and then you saw it was actually another bike with those carbon wheels- except it was going faster than a car! Then a black flash of a lady passed me, at a speed I knew was from our group. Could I catch her. Then yellow lady flash goes by and I see her ahead take miss black flash. Which way do I shift these gear levers ? I have to think! Not best for a race! Big hill somewhere. Don’t ask me where. Its all a blur to me now. Oops - the chains come off. A minute’s lost replacing it. As I remount Wendy goes by. Did not realise I was ahead of her. Any way I am not now! Can I catch them? We are about four miles into the ride and I reckon it could take me anther 5 to catch. Gradually I get the hang of the gears and try and keep effort and precession the same. Still the faster ones come, probably the really fast from the last start! A perfectly proportioned shapely goddess in white hums by at quite a pace. She’s a beautiful sight for sore eyes but not for long!. In a moment she’s gone. Humiliating all the same. And still they come, but mostly they have bulging muscular hairy thighs of a younger generation. Not too bad. Two boys in blue go by not too quickly. I select a better gear, control my breathing and level peg them. Black clad lady comes into view. They gain on her. If I keep this up I can gain too. Suddenly I am on them all, and we go by her, but I am abreast of blue boys! I can‘t drop back because of drafting rule so I pass them, and expect them to retake me quickly. I plod on not looking back and see Wendy ahead . I take her up a hill, but its another two miles before blue boys retake me. And then I see her in the distance. Yellow lady! I am getting the hang of things now, cycle touring experience helping in my first ever bike race. But she’s not there. Yellow flash has moved on. I keep up the effort . Mile after mile, but she evades me. She does not know I am there. She’s pedalling her own race. Mile after mile of an occasional glint of yellow ahead coming closer as she goes up a slow hill only to pull away when I am struggling with the same hill. And here come the double mini roundabout by A14 and I am pounding away when the marshal, my headmistress from Farlingaye inspires me with shouts of encouragement. Good job she didn’t catch me napping or it would have been a hundred lines “I must try harder. ” Only a couple of miles now and its getting harder. Can I reach her. Then Wendy goes by me! I thought I’d dropped her ages ago! We are both gaining on yellow flash now . Half a mile to go. I go round Wendy just before the bend into the reservoir and see Miss yellow 100metres ahead. I give it everything and pull up abreast of her just by the dismount sign, annoying her again no doubt.
I grab the headstock, breathing very heavily and run to the transition area. Well that was my intention.. No amount of prior warning from the experienced can convey the absolute loss of coordination you suffer and I stumbled yelling “ Where are my legs” with Miss yellow close behind. With no shoes to change I was out of the transition fairly quickly in contrast to my slow running pace for the last 5k. But I apparently gave the St John‘s ambulance a fright, who apparently getting the oxygen ready until Suzanne Tri Marshal told them I always breath heavily, as I think you all know!
Well the fairer gendered were, as usual, playing a more intelligent game than I overcome by competitive spirit which killed my last run. It was a massive 4 minutes slower than my first.! I told yellow lady as she passed with sporting words of encouragement, that I’d see her at the finish if all the marshals were still there.
She came in one minute ahead of me while cunning Wendy came in a minute ahead of her.
But it wasn’t all that bad. Apparently they are sending me a medal for winning my age group. It's great being alive at 60! And like all virgins after their first time I am looking forward to more practice!
Results are on club website www.ipswich-tri.org
Sean Dunn [seanpeterdunn@gmail.com] tells us that "I've put a number of photos from the Ipswich Duathlon on my site, bongopics.com - there's also some other photographs from earlier events there too."
Kate at Lands End...
The Atlantic Coast Challenge - 25th-27th September 2009 - Kate Stannett
Him-indoors Charlie & I have just done another of those ever-so slightly silly events. Last month - as a consolation prize for a disappointing Ironman result - Team Stannett completed The Atlantic Coast Challenge.
Run by VOtwo, the ACC is basically a marathon a day for three days. That might be enough for most sane folk but to make it really interesting it follows the coastal footpath running along the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, ending at Lands End. This means that it is very nearly totally off-road, with a mix of stony cliff paths, boulder hopping, rock-climbing (sort of), soft dune sand, long beaches and the odd bog thrown in for good measure.
I always go into races with dreams and aspirations. With this one, having checked out last year's results, I hoped for a Top 10 ladies place, but as I looked around me at registration I suddenly felt somewhat outclassed. Everyone looked strong, fit, wiry and relaxed, a veritable swarm of experienced ultra-runners. Every other person seemed to have done, or to be training to do, the Marathon des Sables, but at least one or two people recognised me from last year's Thames Meander double-marathon which was nice!
On day one we were bussed from HQ to a remote cliff top at Round Hole a few miles from Padstow. On the way we were chatting to a young girl who declared that she "didn't do slow", was aiming to finish each day in about 3:30 and, as she felt her compulsory kit pack was a bit heavy, she wouldn't bother to take liquid as the aid stations were only about six miles apart. In my humble opinion this did not seem to be good race plan. Another chap, a fellow Suffolker whom we shall call "Steve", declared that it really didn't matter what time he did as long as he beat me! This also is a poor race plan.
At Round Hole about 150 of us with no loo or bush for miles abandoned any thoughts of modesty. Girlies peed behind tiny tussocks of grass whilst the men lined the cliff edge.No fancy stuff here, no flag waving, no starting horns, I think someone said "GO". So off we went at varying speeds. I couldn't believe the rate that the front-runners went off: either experience or stupidity I thought.
Now this is where my race report loses focus.
I can tell you what the ground looked like six feet in front of
me and I can remember the beautiful coves, sandy beaches,
basking seals, surfers and stuff and I can feel the
near-vertical climbs but am not sure which day it was.
But what I can say is that it was all absolutely magnificent. I can tell you that as a result of taking my eyes of the path for a second on Day 2 I took a flyer and had an impressively bloody leg meaning a good deal of spectator sympathy. Charlie has subsequently confirmed that this was the day where we had to finish the day's marathon with a run along a four mile beach where the golden sand stretched into the distance, the azure sea rolled onto the rocks and the sea spray drifted into the sunset. Magic.
At the end of each day we were taken back to
HQ, a "holiday" camp at Hayle where we were fed, given free beer
(which is how I got Charlie to come), massaged and, for a great
many, medically tended. Oooh there were some horrible feet! The
dedicated foot doctor was in his element. It was in the massage
tent that I discovered that my running buddy of the day was Mark
Bayliss - brother of Stephen, and brother-in-law of "when she
races, she goes into battle" Bella. (Scholars of Latin will spot
how wonderfully appropriate that is.)
Day 3 was the one I had been dreading. Not only would we be at our most tired, but it was the toughest section with the most challenging terrain, some of it wonderfully perilous. To add to the fear factor, we were told at briefing that a section of path had collapsed into the sea when some kids drove a car over a few months ago and so a diversion was in place. This added a few miles taking Day 3 to almost 30 miles.
It got better. With about five miles left to go, the path vanished into a pile of boulders. BIG boulders, with a plummet down to the Ocean's edge far below on one side. This is where we were rather glad we took a rock-climbing course a few years ago! Even so, Day 3 was the SLOOOWWWWW day for everybody - it took Charlie nearly 11 hours (including about an hour's worth stopping to admire the view and explaining what we were doing to the locals, ooh ah).
And so it was done, all for a rather tasty Cornish pasty and a slightly less tasteful glass paperweight. I finished with a total of 18hrs 34mins (5:35, 5:24 and 7:35) - 8th Lady and 51st overall. I was well chuffed at achieving my "Top 10", and feel that I have started to earn my place amongst the ultra scene. Charlie, who elected to join the early (supposedly walkers group) on Day 3, finished in an aggregrated total of 25:02 (yes - that's 25 HOURS - 7:12, 7:08 and 10:42). He did save some time by not stopping to hand out Polos - just sundry pain-killers.
Kate.
Postscript
VOtwo's warning for this event is "the cowardly won't start, the
weak won't finish."
The young girl on the bus never broke five hours, took water for days two and three, and struggled with horribly blistered feet but finished. She was last heard vowing never to run off-road ever again - but she had done it.
As for "Steve", well I beat him by 45mins on Day 1, and by over an hour on Day 2. He went for it on Day 3 but, a beaten man, he failed to finish. C'est la guerre.
For more information and photographs, see www.votwo.co.uk
London
| London standard 90 | Male | Female | ||||||||
| Number of finishers | 3595 | 753 | ||||||||
| Ref pos | 1439 | 302 | ||||||||
| Ref time | 02:35:00 | 02:49:52 | ||||||||
| Wave pos | No. | Name | M/F | M/F Pos | Swim | Bike | Run | Total | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | 6841 | Julian Hatcher | m | 1 | 00:22:12 | 00:58:56 | 00:29:47 | 1:54:29 | 121.9 | M - 1st non-elite |
| 1 | 3333 | Lucy Bowen | f | 1 | 00:23:38 | 01:03:14 | 00:34:55 | 2:05:58 | 121.4 | F - 1st non-elite |
| 3 | 11855 | Mark Bowditch | m | 78 | 00:25:17 | 01:02:58 | 00:36:51 | 2:10:55 | 106.6 | |
| 1 | 8361 | Lucy Bowditch | f | 15 | 00:28:32 | 01:06:06 | 00:40:37 | 2:22:04 | 107.6 | |
| 67 | 8118 | Simon Lockwood | m | 894 | 00:30:18 | 01:04:32 | 00:44:28 | 2:28:15 | 94.1 | |
| 48 | 11902 | James Baker | m | 1439 | 00:32:49 | 01:09:32 | 00:43:50 | 2:35:00 | 90.0 | M ref |
| 143 | 11730 | William Pryke | m | 1838 | 00:31:00 | 01:13:35 | 00:44:23 | 2:39:51 | 87.3 | |
| 45 | 4873 | Nicki Ramsey | f | 192 | 00:38:14 | 01:18:15 | 00:39:42 | 2:42:36 | 94.0 | |
| 322 | 5590 | Adam Ramsey | m | 2082 | 00:32:46 | 01:15:34 | 00:47:30 | 2:42:57 | 85.6 | |
| 162 | 7381 | Caroline Maguire | f | 302 | 00:36:27 | 01:12:35 | 00:50:53 | 2:49:52 | 90.0 | F ref |
Cambridge
| Cambridge standard 90 | Male | Female | ||||||||
| Number of finishers | 155 | 49 | ||||||||
| Ref pos | 63 | 20 | ||||||||
| Ref time | 02:29:03 | 02:42:45 | ||||||||
| Pos | No. | Name | M/F | M/F Pos | Swim | Bike | Run | Total | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | 213 | Mark Yeoman | M | 1 | 0:22:11 | 1:02:28 | 0:40:50 | 2:05:29 | 106.9 | 1st M -Sigma Sport |
| 18 | 210 | Antony Birt | M | 18 | 0:29:57 | 1:04:15 | 0:42:41 | 2:16:53 | 98.0 | |
| 32 | 25 | Ruth Burnett | F | 1 | 0:24:23 | 1:12:16 | 0:43:56 | 2:20:35 | 104.2 | 1st F - unattached |
| 50 | 323 | Neil Catling | M | 47 | 0:33:23 | 1:06:15 | 0:46:01 | 2:25:39 | 92.1 | |
| 52 | 204 | Joseph Goddard | M | 49 | 0:26:34 | 1:15:03 | 0:44:22 | 2:25:59 | 91.9 | Cat 2nd |
| 64 | 209 | David Husband | M | 59 | 0:26:03 | 1:12:59 | 0:48:55 | 2:27:57 | 90.7 | |
| 69 | 349 | John Sinclair | M | 63 | 0:30:05 | 1:12:09 | 0:46:49 | 2:29:03 | 90.0 | M ref - unattached |
| 86 | 230 | Jason Battle | M | 79 | 0:33:54 | 1:11:10 | 0:48:07 | 2:33:11 | 87.6 | |
| 97 | 253 | Richard Tiller | M | 88 | 0:28:11 | 1:13:51 | 0:53:30 | 2:35:32 | 86.2 | |
| 100 | 254 | Andrew Mcfarland | M | 90 | 0:26:58 | 1:18:35 | 0:51:52 | 2:37:25 | 85.2 | |
| 132 | 40 | Marianne Aitken | F | 20 | 0:32:58 | 1:15:53 | 0:53:54 | 2:42:45 | 90.0 | F ref - Hadleigh Hares |
| 152 | 169 | Simon Green | M | 127 | 0:35:50 | 2:13:28 | 2:49:18 | 79.2 | ||
| 164 | 221 | Jason Baillie | M | 135 | 0:31:05 | 1:19:55 | 1:01:17 | 2:52:17 | 77.9 | |
| 189 | 62 | Catherine Brooks | F | 40 | 0:33:05 | 1:22:49 | 1:06:27 | 3:04:21 | 79.5 | Cat 1st |
The final league table is at www.ipswich-tri.org/JOIN/itch-league/ITCH-league-2009-results-announced.pdf
Matt sets an example.
Ipswich junior triathlon - Matt Dye
Matt took on director role for this year's Junior triathlon.
Passing on his thanks to everybody who helped, he'd like to share some of the positive feedback he received:
Hi Matt,
Just to say congratulations to yourself and your team of volunteers. It seemed a very well organised event, great venue, speedy results, super weather etc
Thanks again
Melissa Dowell (Assistant coach Discovery Tri)
Dear Matt - ...This is our first ever experience of a triathlon and I would like you to convey our thanks to all the organisers, they were super and we had a lovely day...
Many thanks to you all once again.
kind regards
Tess and Robert Styles.
Dear Matt,
I just wanted to say what a great job you (and your team) did in putting on a superb race yesterday for the children. It was very well organised and fantastic to have the results posted so soon.
Many thanks
Julie Tapley
Junior Co-ordinator
Cambridge Triathlon Club
Just a note to say thank you and to comment on how friendly and well organised we found Sunday. My daughter had no experience of triathlons - even down to no experience of training for them! - but it was a positive experience. Please pass on our thanks to the relevant people.
Regards
Helena Holmes
Hi Matt,
Fantastic day, great organisation and very smoothly executed (and well done on getting the weather, too!). Thank you very much to you and all the team for a very enjoyable event, and we hope to be back next year.
Many thanks and best regards,
Steve Le Poidevin
Commercial Manager
Greencore Malt
Photograph courtesy of www.DEphoto.co.uk
Open water swim sessions
Tuesday eve & Saturday am
Open water swimming discontinued for the winter months but we have been offered the same private facility for next year so watch this space.
For further information about swimming arrangements, contact Greg Allen on 07501 464143 or e-mail greg.jamie@talktalk.net
Thursday evenings
Club sessions at Greshams, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich
The emphasis on Thursday evenings is social rather than structured coaching. However, there are changing facilities and showers at Greshams and quite a few members use this as an opportunity to train with colleagues - of varying abilities. If you want to join the folks who go out for training, then come in time to change and be ready for a 7:00pm start. Otherwise, they tend to head into the club bar for a beer and some food from about 8:00pm onwards.
Oct 29th Spinning (let Ross know if you're coming) Nov 5th Dales Road hills run
The spinning sessions are going to be every five weeks for the foreseeable future but are held the other side of Ipswich, so do talk to Ross for details.
Apart from the spinning, the Thursday night Gresham regulars draw up a schedule more or less monthly, which I usually feed into Twitter - www.twitter.com/ipswichtri - and put on to the homepage notices on the club website.
If you are staying on after training, can you please bring suitable clothing to change into - some of the other customers are not too keen on seeing people dressed in sweaty lycra in the bar.
Saturday mornings
Saturday
morning pool swimming (at the girls school in Woolverstone)
is now back on:
- September 12th through until December 12th 2009
- January 9th - July 17th 2010
Time is as before (
9am - 10am) and we might need to cancel the odd date if it clashes with a race. Also, if you know of a life guard who could be called upon as necessary, could you let Greg know.Please note that on some occasions we will be reserving one lane for use in coaching juniors.
If you want to be on a ring round list for notification of changes at short notice then let Greg Allen have your number. Greg is on 07501 464143 or e-mail greg.jamie@talktalk.net
Junior swim training
Wednesday evenings at Eyke Pool (IP12 2QW); 5:00 - 6:30. Contact Isabel via juniors@ipswich-tri.org or on 01394-460288/07970-937899
Discount on surf stuff discontinued.
Dave Kay has unfortunately had to discontinue the discount for club members at Skisurf in Colchester. Drop Dave a line on sarboykay@hotmail.com for details.
Bike maintenance
We've been sent details of a bike maintenance course which could be delivered locally. The course is "at a basic/intermediate level, ideally aimed at the triathlete who has little or no knowledge of cycle maintenance." It would take place over one day, approx 10am-4pm, but would cost somewhere around £35 per person depending on venue costs and whether the club could subsidise things.
If you're interested, please e-mail charlie@ipswich-tri.org so we can assess possible take-up.
Club kit
These are the prices for club kit confirmed for 2009:
| Airlux cycle shirt short sleeve | £45.48 | ||||
| Airtherm cycle shirt long sleeve | £55.92 | ||||
| Technical T-shirt polylight short sleeve | £35.52 | ||||
| Technical T-shirt polylight long sleeve | £41.52 | ||||
| Duathlon top + pocket | £29.52 | ||||
| Almelo Triathlon top men | £28.32 | ||||
| Running singlet | £26.16 | ||||
| Tri-suit Men + pocket | £59.04 | ||||
| Tri-suit Women + pocket | £61.08 | ||||
| Bermuda running shorts | £29.52 | ||||
| Winterjacket thermo-actif | £79.92 | ||||
| Cycling Comfort jacket | £62.40 | ||||
| Knossos gilet | £47.52 | ||||
| Cycling time-trail suit | £73.56 | ||||
| Cycle shorts | £35.52 | ||||
| Cycle shorts with braces | £38.02 | ||||
| Thermal winter cycling long tights | £44.76 | ||||
To order kit - for delivery on club nights - contact John Wankowski on club nights or by e-mailing him at kit@ipswich-tri.org
You are reminded that club kit vouchers distributed during 2009 are valid until the end of 2010.
Forest duathlon
Thetford Forest Duathlon on Sunday 29th November at 11.00am - May Day Events Field off the B1106 in Thetford Forest. Format will be a 5k run followed by 14k bike and finishing with a 3k run. There will also be a team event for teams of two, one runs both legs the other does the bike leg.
Entry fee is £22.00 per individual entry, £30.00 per team plus £5 on the day. Champagne and chocolates to winning teams and commemorative bottle of beer to all competitors plus free post race refreshments.
More information and online entry available on web site www.runbikeevents.com or email info@runbikeevents.com
Whole Hog
TEAM event
Suffolk Whole Hog "adventure" event at Wantisden Hall near to Woodbridge on 1st November and is open to all ages from 16 yrs and up but is a team event only. More information and booking forms can be found on http://www.acefundraising.co.uk/wholehog_1.htm
Half-marathon
Great Bentley half-marathon is on 7th February 2010, and incorporates Essex championships so should be fast and also fill quickly.
On-line entries open on 1st Nov at www.gbrc.org.uk/GBRC half.htm and close 24th Jan (or earlier if 1000 race limit met).
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You should look at sites such as www.britishtriathlon.org and www.ebta.co.uk for triathlons, and for local running events, see www.suffolkathletics.org.uk - most members are eligible to enter for "county championship" events. (Remember to tick the box, and to wear your club kit. We have had quite a few age group podium places over the years - especially in the longer events. We also usually do fairly well as a team in both the cross-country and Friday Five series.) Events which are eligible for the ITCH league are followed by an "ITCH" number, which is the weighting or tariff for that event in the league.
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For Sale
Scott Sub 20 - 53-55cm frame, Black, 24 speed, 26'' wheels so will take a mountain bike tyre as well as the new slicks which are on it at the moment, serviced, needs a new chain and front mech £120. Contact Greg Allen 01473 221838 or 07501464143
Jeff's bike
Frame / fork / bars etc including the disc and tri spoke as a complete package (as pictured but with an FSA chainset fitted) £1,800 ovno.
Also four spoke rear Corima £300 ovno and the front
Zipp rim with Hope hub £100.
Call Jeff on 07515 661196 or email on
bubble.squeek@ntlworld.com - or
look for him on a golf course.
Free to a deserving home - Cervelo P3 (non carbon) frameset with Dura Ace bottom bracket cups to give away free to a good home. Comes complete with forks and headset. Would suit someone 5'6" 'ish. Any budding triathletes (preferably a beginner who maybe cannot afford too much cycling bling) call Jeff on 07515 661196 or email on bubble.squeek@ntlworld.com
Triathlon 220 magazines - from 2004 to Jan 2008. Too good to throw away and in good condition. Ring Chris Slemmings on 01394 285441
Planet X Stealth carbon aero bars, they are in great condition with spacers and bolts £140. Full spec can be obtained at www.planet-x-warehouse.co.uk - pics also via email or call Rob Peevor 07717844087
Swim-coaching
- Matt Claydon at Framlingham College/Framlingham
College Swimming Club runs adult and child swimming
coaching at Framlingham College Pool.
For more details you can
call Matt Claydon on 01728 727223 or 07824 385991, or e-mail
mclaydon@framcollege.co.uk
Massage - Jackie Chubb has a regular room
at Rede near Bury St Edmunds, available any time.
Open to members & non-members but booking is essential on 01284-789576 or
07985-496918.
Newmarket duathlon photographs - www.adventuresportphotography.com/Newmarket_Duathlon_g67.html
Wanted
Race reports - thanks to everybody who has written items. Please continue to send them in, to itch@ipswich-tri.org - thanks.
All I want for Christmas - http://www.cyclesportsuk.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=5660 - a snip at £4k
On doing an Ironman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU3uehmp6BA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fironman.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
Articles are welcomed from all members - e-mail them to itch@ipswich-tri.org or send them in the post to
Charlie Stannett, Red Lion Cottage, East Bergholt, CO7 6TB.