Race Results October 2007

– October 1, 2007Posted in: 2007, Results

22nd October 2007

International Duty for FVS TRI couple Sam Tophill and Simon Hall.

FVS TRI couple Sam Tophill and Simon Hall were on international duty at the weekend representing GB in the ITU Age Group Long Course Duathlon Championships in Virginia USA.  The tough run/bike/run format was held over a 2 lap 15k run, a twisty and technical 4 lap 80k bike and a single lap 7.5 run to finish. The tough race conditions were made even harder with high humidity and temperatures in the 80s.  Both representing GB in the 40-44 category, Sam was 12th female and Simon was 19th both enjoying the experience and vowing to train harder for next year!

  Overall 15k Run 80k bike 7.5k Run Overall Cat M/F
Simon Hall 3:54:52 55:28 2:22:29 35:08 107th 19th 103rd male
Sam Tophill 4:33:27 1:08:37 2:44:37 37:58 240th 12th 56th female

Steve Harrison won the opening match in the Sunday Cross Country League held in Cheshunt.  Both men and women came second in the team competition with Antonia Field leading the ladies in her first outing in the country since school days. Specialist run club Garden City Runners, winners of the league in recent years, lead with FVS TRI second overall, the position they have managed to hold since they joined the League over 3 years ago.  The men managed to put out 2 teams with 8 to score and lead the B Team Competition ahead of rivals Garden City Runners.

 Men

 Approx 5 Miles    
1 Steve Harrison SM 29:58
13 Gavin May SM 33:15
29 James Grierson SM 34:54
30 Andrew Forster SM 34:56
31 Mike Russell M40 34:57
34 Mark Robertson SM 35:24
42 Jon Gillham SM 35:53
54 Simon Patenall SM 36:53
64 Simon Shaw SM 37:39
75 Greg Evans M40 38:30
77 Ed Manson SM 38:46
82 Mic Clark M40 39:22
85 Pete Eames M40 39:29
100 Mark Grayson SM 40:35
102 Keith Perry M40 40:42
114 Tony Shortland M40 42:05
129 Terry Richardson M40 43:57
       

 Ladies

 Approx 3.5 Miles    
7 Antonia Field W35 24:19
13 Chris Yuill SW 25:55
14 Jackie Perry W45 26:14
16 Gemma Sargent SW 26:27
24 Kate Turner SW 27:52
38 Anna Priestley W45 29:46
43 Meli Fletcher W35 31:39
55 Ellie Crowson W35 33:15

 Pete Timmins completed the Lady Godiva Half Marathon in Coventry in 1:47:38 nearly a 10 minute improvement on 2006

15th October 2007

Hitchin based triathlon club FVS TRI held their annual awards evening at Arlesey Town Football Club with over 110 members and guests enjoying the evening.

Chairman Keith Perry presented awards to:

  • Male Triathlete of the Year – Steve Harrison
  • Female Triathlete of the Year – Kerri Renshaw
  • Most Improved Male – Mark Robertson
  • Most improved Female – Helen Shulver
  • Junior - Andy Musset
  • ActionPoint Novice Award (Donated by Penny Wylie) – in his absence Max Lepoutre
  • Chairman’s Award – Tony Shortland – services to the web and forum

There was no racing at the weekend as members had a weekend off in anticipation of the first Cross Country League fixture at Cheshunt on Sunday

8th October 2007

FVS TRI beat the record for the highest number of Club finishers at the Standalone 10k with 60 athletes making the distance. More used to running the distance at the end of a triathlon, many were making their debut in a road race event and some showed amazing improvements following their debuts last year and a training programme under the guidance of specialist run coach Brian White.  Top triathlete Steve Harrison took 2nd place again with an improvement of 21 seconds on last year to finish in an excellent time of 32.35.  Simon Hall was 2nd home for the Club in 10th and took the V40 silver for the race and the Herts County Championships in a time of 35.11. Over 2 minutes faster than last year, Brian White was 21st overall in a time of 36.18 for 2nd M50 in the race and the County Championships.  First female home was Antonia Field who recorded a chip time of 42 minutes. Darren Woodhall was the 1st local runner in a time of 39.27 over a minute faster than last year and a new PB. Andy Mussett was the 2nd placed Male under 20 athlete in the race and for the County and broke 40 minutes for the first time with a super 39.29, beating friend a rival junior Sean Bradley  who was 3rd in the same category in 40.37.  Drew Lowrie and Richard Thomas battled again for the 2nd year running, with Drew taking victory again with a 44.50 but both benefiting from new PBs and nearly 4 minute improvements on last year. Kevin Bradley improved by nearly 3 minutes to finish in 46.25.  New members Gemma Sargent, Mark Malone and Meliné Fletcher completed the event for the first time and Kate Turner made a welcome return to the Club after producing her 3rd junior potential triathlete.

Full results 

Pos Name Time Chip Time Cat Cat

2

 Stephen Harrison 00:32:36 00:32:35 MS

2

10

 Simon Hall 00:35:11 00:35:09 M40

2

21

 Brian White 00:36:18 00:36:15 M50

2

35

 Mark Robertson 00:37:38 00:37:34 MS

19

38

 Paul Gibb 00:37:43 00:37:38 M40

11

46

 Stephen James 00:38:22 00:38:16 MS

24

50

 Ian Mackerness 00:38:35 00:38:29 M40

15

54

 Mike Russell 00:38:52 00:38:46 M40

16

58

 Jonathan Gillham 00:39:14 00:39:08 MS

30

60

 Robert Wilson 00:39:19 00:39:15 M40

18

63

 Darren Woodhall 00:39:27 00:39:21 M40

20

64

 Andrew Mussett 00:39:29 00:39:24 MU20

2

80

 Stewart Kay 00:40:11 00:40:05 M40

27

92

 Sean Bradley 00:40:37 00:40:32 MU20

3

95

 Chris Baxter 00:40:44 00:40:30 MS

41

120

 John Rose 00:41:44 00:41:38 M40

40

121

 Simon Shaw 00:41:47 00:41:38 MS

49

124

 Mark Grayson 00:41:53 00:41:48 MS

50

130

 Richard Easterbrook 00:42:10 00:41:55 MS

55

133

 Antonia Field 00:42:17 00:42:00 W35

7

144

 Kevin Smyth 00:42:33 00:42:18 M40

46

147

 Simon Patenall 00:42:35 00:42:16 MS

62

148

 Andy Mcpherson 00:42:36 00:42:22 M40

48

151

 Christopher Suckling 00:42:40 00:42:20 M40

50

152

 Andrew Chadwick 00:42:41 00:42:25 M40

51

170

 Richard Allen 00:43:26 00:43:04 M40

55

190

 Robbie Laughton 00:43:52 00:43:30 M40

63

195

 Greg Evans 00:44:02 00:43:45 M40

65

199

 Marc Trussell 00:44:09 00:43:54 MS

84

203

 Robert Bester 00:44:14 00:44:01 M40

68

210

 Chris Yuill 00:44:23 00:44:05 WS

12

214

 Jackie Perry 00:44:36 00:44:34 W45

4

216

 Edward Manson 00:44:43 00:43:42 MS

85

222

 Keith Perry 00:44:49 00:44:33 M40

73

223

 Tony Shortland 00:44:51 00:44:35 M40

74

226

 Gemma Sargent 00:44:57 00:44:39 WS

15

229

 Lesley Dutton 00:44:59 00:44:42 W45

5

234

 Drew Lowrie 00:45:10 00:44:50 M40

78

260

 Richard Thomas 00:45:52 00:45:37 M40

89

283

 Ryan Johnson 00:46:38 00:46:10 M40

100

290

 Kevin Bradley 00:46:56 00:46:25 M50

23

291

 Pete Eames 00:46:57 00:46:20 M40

102

292

 Helen Shulver 00:46:59 00:46:40 WS

17

295

 Stuart Sprawson 00:47:01 00:46:24 M50

24

349

 David Hamill 00:48:38 00:47:49 MS

120

352

 Mark Malone 00:48:52 00:47:49 MS

121

360

 Simon Douglas 00:49:05 00:47:57 MS

123

373

 Steve Mussett 00:49:25 00:48:49 M40

125

389

 Eleanor Burton 00:49:55 00:49:18 WS

24

408

 Kate Turner 00:50:30 00:49:16 WS

26

416

 Chris Penfold 00:50:56 00:49:34 M50

44

465

 Lynn Allen 00:52:15 00:50:47 W35

33

474

 Philip Parker 00:52:42 00:51:19 M40

150

475

 Alyson Sprawson 00:52:43 00:51:10 W45

22

519

 Paul Dutton 00:53:48 00:52:47 M50

54

608

 Meliné Fletcher 00:55:44 00:54:34 W35

57

621

 Tim Smith 00:56:03 00:54:19 M40

176

670

 Gregory Blount 00:57:14 00:55:41 M50

65

791

 Alison Clayton-Smith 01:02:56 01:01:09 WS

84

896

 Helen Robinson 01:18:38 01:16:12 WS

108

 

Danny McGuigan ran the Felixstowe Half Marathon in his build up to the Dublin Marathon and finished 108th from 455 finishers in a time of 1.38.07.

Andrew Forster went it alone and completed the Abbots Langley Tough 10k in 40.34 to finish in the top 20

Tim Smith and Ian Hobbs tackled the tough cyclo-cross at Welwyn which was the 4th fixture in the Eastern Cyclo-Cross league. They were 43rd and 49th respectively. Tim Smith then went on to run the Standalone 10k the following day and recorded a time nearly 3 minutes faster than last year.

Gavin May, determined to race the last triathlon of the 2007 season, travelled to Ibiza to compete in the Long Course event over 4k sea swim, 110k bike and a 30k run.  In very hot conditions, Gavin completed the event in 7 hours 9 minutes and was amused by a particularly tough hill which was made even harder by the fact it was over cobblestones, not ideal for a highly tuned athlete and carbon race machine!

1st October 2007

FVS TRI has a new World Champion

Natalie Barnard won the Female Junior event at the World Championship Biathlon held in Monaco. The Loughborough University Student won the 1500m run/200m swim/1500m run event, which  is part of the Modern Pentathlon multi discipline race format, with a welcome return to the racing scene having been laid up with injury and illness for most of last year.

Top veteran triathlete Ian Mackerness continues to shine with a 2nd overall and winning the 40-44 age group at the TriSports Bedford Autumn Sprint Triathlon. Ian completed the 400m pool swim, 24k bike and 5k run in 1.05.56 in cool but bright conditions. Charlie Harris and Mark Robertson completed an excellent 2007 season with both having represented GB in the Sprint Age World Championships in Hamburg. In a close tussle lasting the whole race, Charlie led after the swim and builing a lead on the bike leg with Mark closing him down rapidly at the end  with the fastest FVS TRI run on the day the run to finish just 28 seconds behind.  Simon Douglas and Kevin Bradley both completed their first triathlon and were probably a little surprised to emerge from the warm swimming pool to find the air temperature was still only 5 degrees! Most finally got the feeling back in their toes only part way through the run with the bright sun shine finally lifting the cool temperatures experienced on the bike.

 

Posn Cat Name Overall Swim Bike Run

2

 mh Ian Mackerness

01:05:56

00:05:44

00:41:53

00:18:20

8

 mg Charlie Harris

01:08:20

00:05:14

00:44:08

00:18:59

11

 md Mark Robertson

01:08:48

00:05:43

00:44:59

00:18:06

52

 mh Jeremy Lintott

01:16:02

00:07:45

00:47:21

00:20:56

94

 mg Nat Whitley

01:21:51

00:07:47

00:52:04

00:22:01

105

 mj Gerry Corrance

01:22:54

00:09:31

00:52:29

00:20:54

108

 mb Andy Mussett

01:23:01

00:08:40

00:53:25

00:20:55

152

 mj Kevin Bradley

01:26:50

00:08:58

00:54:29

00:23:23

162

 mi Steve Mussett

01:27:51

00:09:34

00:53:52

00:24:25

204

 mf Simon Douglas

01:33:26

00:09:32

01:00:29

00:23:25

221

 mh Tim Somers

01:37:07

00:09:27

00:58:33

00:29:07

242

 fl Brenda Bozwood-Davies

01:42:55

00:09:53

01:05:14

00:27:48

Mike Russell and Darren (Woody) Wood hall raced the Saffron Walden 10K  finishing 30th and 45th respectively in 39.41 and 40.58 from 312 finishers

Lynn and Richard Allen raced the Biddenham 10K River Run  finishing in 45.06 and 52.25 for the multi terrain event.

Mike Utton travelled to Germany to compete in the Berlin Marathon and finished in 3.17.03

12 FVS TRI cyclists completed the new Herts and Essex Cyclosportive that took in many of the hills in the two counties. Jon Gillham was first home for the club in just over six hours, followed by Robbie Laughton and Tim Smith in 6.22.45 in the 111 mile event . The main group all road together to share the 111 mile experience, most only used to racing typically 25 miles and training up to 50!

111 Mile Option

Jon Gillham

06:05:03
Robbie Laughton

06:22:45
Tim Smith

06:22:45
Helen Shulver

07:51:35
MarK Grayson

07:52:35
Chris Penfold

07:54:45
Chris Yuill

07:54:45
Dave Welch

07:54:45
Drew Lowrie

07:54:45
Stewart Kay

07:54:45
Richard Thomas

07:54:45

79 mile option

Kevin Ash

04:30:40
David Hamill

05:10:18

Next week the focus switches to running with over 50 members of FVS TRI will be racing at Standalone on Sunday