March Results 2006

In a fitting end to the Milton Keynes Big Cow Winter Duathlon Series FVS Tri were not only the biggest team but also won the overall series, the junior series and the female vet series. Top FVS TRI triathlete Steve Harrison cruised home to a win on the day to lift the main series prize of a week’s training camp in Italy. Steve was also approached by the GB Elite Duathlon Team Manager with a view to potentially racing internationally at the Elite level. His excellent form has recently attracted a support deal from local bike and triathlon shop TRISPORTS Letchworth who will be supplying a Ridley Carbon Race Bike for the 2006 season. Not a bad weekend!

In the category races FVS TRI were strongly represented with Lesley Dutton taking the female veteran series Gold and Sean Bradley winning the junior race and the overall Junior Gold. With the second fastest club time on the day Steve James’ consistent form paid off earning him a bronze in the Male Vets series. Jan Forrester collected bronze in the female vet series following a strong performance in the last race.

New members Martyn Hynes and James Grierson made their competitive debuts for FVS TRI and finished an excellent 21^st and 24^th overall, 13^th and 16^th in the male senior race and 2nd and 3^rd home for the club respectively in the senior event.

Simon Patenall finished the Sandy 10 mile road race in 70 minutes and Gary Shanahan opened his 2006 season with a 79:13.

Sunday 19th March 2006

Top Ten Finish for Top FVS TRI Cyclist

Michael Summers stormed to a top ten finish in the Team MK Circuit Race held at the MK Bowl on Saturday. The race was a one hour + 5 laps format and the winning group raced for just over 30 miles. Having missed the 9 man breakaway Mickey chased down the group alone to finish 10th and gain a BCF licence point towards his ranking and the coveted Cat 1 status. With 199 points to go, it’s going to be a busy race season. Kevin Smart made his road racing competitive debut in the same race and despite finding the pace somewhat faster than he expected managed to finish in a respectable position in the main bunch.

Michael Summers travelled to his second race in 2 days to compete in the Ed Taylor Memorial Race in Essex. Finishing 2nd in the bunch sprint he managed a 17th overall but sadly out of the points this time.

Kevin Sambridge ran a PB at the Silverstone Half Marathon based around the magnificent motor racing course. Finishing in 1:29:56 he just managed to dip under the one and half hour barrier for the first time. Bradley Baynham completed his first half in a superb time of 1:37:57.

Six members of FVS TRI braved the cold conditions to compete in the Milton Keynes Half Marathon and achieved a top ten finish and four quality Personal Bests. Simon Hall was first home for the Club with a 1:14:41 to give him an excellent 10^th overall. A welcome return from injury saw Steve Wells getting back somewhere near his best with an excellent 1:20:11, good enough for 5^th in the Male Vet 40 category and 36^th overall.

PBs for Jeremy Prodger (over 2 minutes) and John Burgess (16 minutes!) provided encouragement as they both prepare for the London Marathon. Also a PB for Rob Wilson (8 minutes) who is busy training for his first IronMan event later in the year, and Dave Coard (2 minutes) making it a real quality day out for FVS TRI.

Sam Tophill raced the Finchley 20 Miler as part of her build up to London and finished on target in 2:28:27 Simon Patenall made his annual pilgrimage to Devon to race the Grizzly which is a 20 mile multi terrain race based around the coastline near Seaton. Although different each year, the course was particularly gruelling this year and really lived up to its name providing Simon with one of his personal worsts at 3:26:26!

Sunday 5th March 2006

Cross Country Gold Medals for Veteran Duo

FVS TRI picked up a super haul of trophies in the Sunday Cross Country League finishing second overall in their debut season. The club also picked up individual honours in both male and female competitions beating all the specialist running clubs in the process, finishing second only to Welwyn based Garden City Runners.

Steve Harrison secured 2^nd place overall with second place on the day after a dramatic sprint finish. Vets Lesley Dutton and Steve Chalk ran well to take top honours in the series veteran FV45 and MV50 categories respectively.

In the team competitions, the club was also second in the female vets and a solid third in all the other age categories to take second place overall when combined.

Results

	MEN 6.4 miles
2	Steve Harrison	SM	36:01
7	Simon Hall	SM	37:53
15	Paul Gibb	SM	40:01
22	Gavin May	SM	41:12
24	Steve Chalk	M50	40:18
27	Nick Downing	SM	41:42
30	Dave Coard	M40	42:07
34	John Gillham	SM	42:34
42	Sean Bradley	SM	43:23
63	Kevin Ash	SM	46:10
66	Rob Wilson	SM	46:26
69	Dave Hard	M40	46:47
70	Ed Manson	SM	47:03
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SERIES	Overall	Cat	Pos	Athlete	Overall	Run 1	Bike	Run 2
WINNER	1	MS	1	Stephen Harrison	00:54:34	00:14:17	00:27:32	00:12:45
3rd Male Vet	14	MV	6	Steve James	01:00:09	00:15:41	00:29:46	00:14:42
	16	MV	7	Paul Gibb	01:00:22	00:15:43	00:30:23	00:14:16
	21	MS	13	Martyn Hynes	01:01:14	00:16:42	00:29:45	00:14:47
	24	MS	16	James Grierson	01:01:41	00:16:42	00:30:48	00:14:11
	27	MS	18	Jonathan Gillham	01:02:07	00:16:55	00:29:09	00:16:03
	29	MS	19	Nick Downing	01:02:37	00:16:40	00:31:16	00:14:41
	35	MS	24	Simon Patenall	01:03:43	00:17:57	00:30:06	00:15:40
	38	MV	11	Steven Chalk	01:04:22	00:15:57	00:33:14	00:15:11
	47	MS	31	Mark Grayson	01:06:44	00:17:13	00:32:39	00:16:52
1st Junior	51	MJ	1	Sean Bradley	01:07:20	00:16:53	00:34:37	00:15:50
	63	MV	18	John Rose	01:09:25	00:17:27	00:35:38	00:16:20
	66	MS	38	Daniel McGuigan	01:09:44	00:18:45	00:33:54	00:17:05
	70	MV	21	Guy Adams	01:10:48	00:19:20	00:34:04	00:17:24
	72	MV	23	Tony Hinchliffe	01:10:53	00:18:55	00:34:36	00:17:22
3rd Female Vet	76	FV	2	Jan Forrester	01:11:31	00:21:04	00:30:46	00:19:41
1st Female Vet	80	FV	3	Lesley Dutton	01:11:46	00:19:25	00:34:45	00:17:36
	82	MV	28	Richard Thomas	01:12:12	00:20:33	00:35:14	00:16:25
	86	MV	31	Pete Timmins	01:12:29	00:20:40	00:32:40	00:19:09
	93	FV	4	Penny Wylie	01:13:24	00:20:17	00:34:16	00:18:51
	94	MV	32	Tony Shortland	01:13:36	00:20:05	00:34:15	00:19:16
	116	MV	36	Paul Dutton	01:19:08	00:22:41	00:35:33	00:20:54
	124	FV	8	Sarah Bryce	01:22:54	00:21:37	00:39:02	00:22:15

Pos		Time	Cat	Age Gp
10	Simon Hall	1:14:41	9^th	Senior
36	Steve Wells	1:20:11	5^th	MV40
76	Dave Coard	1:23:21 PB	15^th	MV40
147	Jeremy Prodger	1:27:34 PB	32^nd	MV40
158	John Burgess	1:28:05 PB	100^th	Senior
244	Rob Wilson	1:31:24 PB	150^th	Senior

Race Results March 2006