Race Results July 2004

Sunday 25th July

Milton Keynes Olympic Triathlon

1.5k lake swim / 40k bike / 10k run

21 members of FVS TRI completed the Milton Keynes Olympic Triathlon in the biggest outing for the Club since launch last year. In fact FVS TRI was the second largest Club there and certainly had the loudest supporters.

Many Club members who were not competing joined other family members to provide the now legendary FVS TRI vocal support, and much appreciated it was.

Many of the triathletes were competing at this distance for the first time, Steve Harrison being one of them and he was the fastest FVS TRI member on the day!

Other performances of note

Mike Blanden (45-49) 7^th fastest time and the oldest FVS TRI male competitor!

Darren “woody” Woodhall best 40-45 time for FVS TRI

Penny Wylie 1st FVS TRI lady

Simon Hall 14 minute course PB and 2^nd fastest FVS TRI

Jackie Perry 16 min PB (and beat husband and Club coach Keith!) 

Wednesday 21st July

Ashwell Training Duathlon

3m  run / 11m bike  / 1.5m run

FVS TRI members spent a pleasant summers evening racing around Ashwell and Steeple Morden on the the Annual Club Training Duathlon. Gavin missed out on the course record by just 12 seconds. Not bad after only completing the German Ironman less than a fortnight ago.

Lots of great performances from both new and old members and a well organised event which is highly recommended.

Full results can be downloaded in the attached Excel spreadsheet  Ashwell Results

The Longest Day Triathlon 18^th July

2.4m open water swim/112m bike/ 26.2m run 

Adam Laycock continued the long course success for FVS TRI with a 5th place overall at The Longest Day Triathlon. Adam completed the Midlands based event in 10 hours 14 mins and continued his excellent build up to probably the worlds hardest long course event “The Norseman Challenge” in Norway next month. 

Adam will be joined by Mick Clark who will be competing at Milton Keynes next weekend together with around 30 other FVS TRI members. 

Sunday 18^th July 2004

MASSIVE PB FOR JACKIE PERRY!

VERULAM 25Mile Time Trial

FVS TRI Jackie Perry and Sam Tophill competed in the 25 mile cycle time trial held on the A10 near Hertford. 

The fast course and ideal weather conditions enabled Jackie to improve her PB by a massive 8 mins 11 seconds to 1:07:17(22.29mph). This placed Jackie 2nd in the most improved competition and won her some sports nutrition product. The 1st prize was a £600 specialist time trial bike frameset …next time! 

Sam Tophill recorded a fantastic 1:10:47 in her debut 25m TT which is an average speed of 21.20 mph. 

GAVIN QUALIFIES FOR HAWAII!! 

Every year over 50,000 athletes from 50 countries try to qualify for Ironman Hawaii. Only 1600 qualify and Gavin May from FVS TRI is one of them for 2004 

IRONMAN FRANKFURT 11^th July

2.4m open water swim/112m bike/ 26.2m run 

Gavin was one of 2000 hopefuls to line up for the 7.00am start for Ironman Germany held in Frankfurt. Gavin was a magnificent 12^th in his age group from 427 and thereby achieved one of the magical qualification places for the Hawaii event. His time of 9:37:40 was good enough to be 77th overall, including the elite athletes in the field.  

After a steady 2.4mile swim in 1:08:37 (214th/437) Gavin made good progress on the bike 5:08:39 to rise to 10th and with a 3:15:27 marathon to finish, he had done enough to earn his place. 

Gavin dedicated his whole season to this single race and even gave up his GB place in the Age Group World Championships in Sweden to achieve his lifetime dream of making it to Hawaii. 

Gavin is a strong family man and his team support him wherever he competes. They made the trip to Frankfurt and joined the other 300,000 spectators to create an atmosphere second to none, reported Gavin. With so many spectators, the cycle route was almost overrun reducing the traffic to single file, much like a mountain stage of the Tour de France. 

Gavin will be travelling to Hawaii in October and if any local interests would like to sponsor or support him, please contact Keith Perry from FVS TRI on 07974 234958 

Jim Rees also competed and finished 67^th in the 40-44 age group in 10:29:16. 

ETON SUPERSPRINT 11^th July

400m open water swim/19.5k bike/5k run

Michelle Pratt continued her excellent season with an age group 2^nd at Eton last weekend. She completed the swim in 8:57, bike in 36:47 and finished off with a 23:27 run. 

Michelle joined FVS TRI this year as a relative novice and has improved dramatically through the season due to her excellent application in training. She too will be competing at Milton Keynes next weekend in the standard Olympic Distance.

FVS TRI TRAINING CAMP

La Morzine Vallee d’Aulps 91km Bike Race 11^th July

Club coaches Keith Perry and Jon Gillham were joined by Jeremy Prodger in the French Alps for some triathlon training last week. On the first day they all signed up for a 91km cycle race taking in a couple of famous Cols which regularly feature in the Tour De France.

All 3 achieved the gold standard time with Jon and Jeremy finishing in 81st and 82nd in 4:03:30 and 4:04:45 respectively. Keith was a little further behind in 4:46:16 but was still a creditable 109th from 500 finishers.

The Club hope to organise a trip to the area next year and will definitely feature another of the well organised Randonee style events.

Other  News

Active FVS TRI member Pete Eames was in supporting mode this weekend as his 8 year old daughter Sarah competed in the Kings Langley Junior Tri. Sarah was 15th in her age group and completed the 80m swim, 1mile bike and 800m run in a super 17:16. 

Milton Keynes Big Cow  Duathlon 6th July

Standard Course,2 Mile / 10 Mile / 2 Mile

ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships

Sater Sweden Saturday 3^rd July

Open water 4k swim/120k bike/30k run

Kevin on International duty!

FVS TRI member Kevin Holt swapped his Club kit for an international vest this weekend as he competed in the 20-24 age Group for Great Britain in the Long Distance Triathlon championships in Sweden.

Kevin was 6th overall in his age group and was first home for GB

Even more impressively Kevin was 9th GB triathlete from a male start list of 77!

4km Swim 1:02:31 (6^th)

120km Bike 3:36:33 (8^th)

30km Run 2:21:16(4^th)

Total Time 7:02:42 (including transition times)

Kevin continues the tradition of International Long Distance representation for FVS TRI as he is now the 4th Club member to earn a GB vest for this distance. Training partners Michael Clark, Adam Laycock and Gavin May are still active competitors in Long Distance Triathlon and act as inspiration to Kevin and other aspiring internationals within the Club.

Kevin is the 3rd member of FVS TRI to represent GB in 2004 with Jackie Perry and Karen Hussey competing in Belgium in the World Duathlon Championships.

Sunday 4^th July

Towcester Sprint Tri Course

400m pool swim / 20km bike/ 5km multi terrain run

Dave Farthing competed in his 1st triathlon in 2004 and was a very creditable 30th overall and 18th in the senior age group

Overall time for the event was 1:25:09 made up of 8:24 swim (28th) 49:04 bike (15th) and 27:41 run (22nd)

CYCLING

ECCA 100 mile TT

Adam Laycock competed for FVS TRI in the 100mile cycle time trial based around the A11 and A14. The event was somewhat affected by the windy conditions  but Adam still managed to average 22.39mph for the 4 hours 28 mins he took to complete the course.