May Results 2007

FVS TRI’s Steve Harrison competed in the Elite National Sprint Championships in Glasgow based around the Strathclyde Country Park. Steve is supported by Letchworth Triathlon specialist retailer TriSports and was invited to race against the top pro-athletes in the UK and invited international guests as a result of his excellent 2006 form, having won the National Age Group Championships and a number of other major events at age group level. The step up to racing at elite level saw Steve manage a fantastic 20th from 56 finishers in a time of 58:35.with the race being won by Cambridgeshire athlete and Olympic hopeful Will Clark in a time of 55:10. The event was over 750 open water swim with a pontoon dive start, 20k undulating technical bike and a 2 lap 5k run and is part of a 3 race Elite Series sponsored by Corus. All events are being recorded for later showing on Channel 4 with the Olympic Distance championships in Wales in 2 weeks and the final Super Sprint show down in July in Hyde Park, the 2012 London Venue for triathlon. TriSports are supplying Steve with a new lighter and faster bike for the 2007 season and this should be ready for the remainder of the Corus Elite series.

Max Lepoutre chose the Hayle Middle Distance Triathlon for his first ever triathlon event. Not only did this involve a trip to Cornwall but the swim was also over 2.1k in the sea! The bike was over 84k on a fast but undulating course with a 3 lap 20k run to finish. Max managed 72^nd overall in 5:39:32. Just ahead in 69^th was seasoned Ironman veteran Ian Ellery who finished in 5:34:47 for his 2007 season opener.

Simon Hall was 15^th overall at the Hatfield Broad Oak 10k in a time of 34:28. Samantha Tophill was 163^rd in 42:14 and David Welch 204th from 915 finishers in 43:22.

21st May 2007

FVS TRI’s Mark Racher made a stunning debut at Ironman Lanzarote, universally recognised as the worlds hardest Ironman Triathlon. With the race also hosting the Spanish National Championships the quality of the field was high making Mark’s 10^th out of the swim even more remarkable following the mass start of over 1000 triathletes. The 2.4mile ocean swim was followed by a 112 mile bike which climbed 2 mountains in often rainy and misty conditions. The final leg of a full 26.2 mile marathon although flat was affected by high winds and as well as searing heat. Mark managed a 5:31:53 for the bike and a sub 4 hour marathon to finish (3:54:39) to give an overall time of 10:27:14. Following his excellent 2006 debut at Ironman Austria, Rob Wilson completed his second Ironman at Lanzarote in a superb time of 11:39. Although a little slower than his Austria time, the tough Lanzarote course is recognised as at least 30 mins harder than any other Ironman making Rob’s time even more special. His swim of 1:07:18 was followed with a 6:20:03 bike and another sub 4 hour marathon in 3:59:37! The 3^rd intrepid member of FVS TRI to compete was James Grierson who was 8 minutes faster than his last attempt in 2004 and only having trained enough to “get around”. His time of 12:19 was made up of a 1:12:22 swim, 6:44:20 bike and a 4:11:12 marathon. A superb showing by all 3!

Racing over a shorter distance at the Salisbury Fast Twitch Triathlon, Sue Gipson and Michelle Pratt were 2^nd and 4^th in their respective age groups of 50-54 and 40-44. Michelle finished the 400m pool swim; 19 mile bike and 4 mile run in 1:44:40 and Sue 2:00:30.

Ed Corbett, having recovered from his world record London Marathon performance chained to lots of other people, recorded a 1:06:44 at the Eton Super Sprint based over 400m swim, 20k bike and 5k run. Brenda Bozwood was 3^rd in the vet 50+ category in her second open water event of the season.

Helen Shulver completed the Sheffield Half Marathon in 1:47:55 and Alex Turner earned a well deserved PB for a 25 mile Cycle Time Trial with a 58:23 in the undulating High Wycombe CC event.

13th May 2007

Hitchin based FVS TRI triathletes braved the cold water in the first open water triathlon event of the season at Milton Keynes. The race was over the super sprint distances of 750m lake swim, 20k bike and 5k run. Ian Mackerness was the second male veteran and 10^th overall in a time of 1:05:17. Mark Robertson was 22^nd overall from the 205 starters in a time of 1:07:25. Also racing were Mike Diggins (1:13:55) Chris Yuill (1:20:39)Richard Thomas (1:22:44), Richard Easterbrook (1:29:58) and Brenda Bozwood (1:43:01)

Top running couple Simon Hall and Sam Tophill were both victorious in their respective races at the Codicote 10k multi terrain event in times of 35:07 and 42:25

Robbie Laughton and Antonia Field both completed the Halstead Marathon with Antonia leading the way home in 3:45:06 and Robbie in 3:47:21.

Alex Turner just missed out on the magical hour for the Wisbech Wheelers 25 Mile Cycle Time Trial with a time 1:00:15.

FVS TRI took top honours with a 1^st and 2^nd overall, 2^nd in the ladies event and 4 age group wins in the opening event of the 3 race Bedford Sprint Triathlon Series sponsored by Letchworth based specialist triathlon retailer TriSports.

TriSports supported athlete Steve Harrison started his season where he left off with a win over 90 seconds ahead of 2^nd placed Mark Racher, also from FVS TRI who used the event as a last minute sharpener for Ironman Lanzarote where he will be expecting to race nearer 10 hours than one! Top FVS TRI female triathlete Kerri Renshaw, also preparing for Ironman this season, took 2^nd place in the women’s event and 31^st overall from a record entry of over 250. Brenda Bozwood-Davies won the 60-64 age group gold in her first race for the club and Mark Robertson was 1^st in the 20-24 age group. Mark Racher and Steve Harrison also won age group gold in the 25-29 and 30-34 age groups respectively. Excellent results also for first time racers for the Club Charlie Harris (12^th) Mark Young (73^rd) Andy Chadwick (92^nd) Greg Evans (130^th) Matt Hickman (161^st)

FVS TRI members also provided over 20 marshals for the event showing their support for the triathlon community and also supporting local race organisers.

full results

Pos	Cat		Swim	Bike	Run	Overall
1	mf	Stephen Harrison	00:05:23	No data	No data	01:00:50
2	me	Mark Racher	00:04:42	00:40:56	00:16:56	01:02:34
12	mg	Charles Harris	00:05:31	00:43:41	00:18:42	01:07:55
23	md	Mark Robertson	00:06:05	00:46:52	00:18:05	01:11:02
31	ff	Kerri Renshaw	00:05:46	00:47:44	00:18:46	01:12:16
34	mh	Mike Diggins	00:08:43	00:44:07	00:19:45	01:12:35
37	mh	Jeremy Lintott	00:07:40	00:46:24	00:19:41	01:13:45
43	mg	Simon Patenall	00:07:40	00:46:56	00:19:50	01:14:25
49	mi	Ian Ellery	00:08:24	00:45:50	00:20:55	01:15:08
63	mg	Christopher Baxter	00:08:18	00:49:38	00:19:21	01:17:17
73	mi	Mark Young	00:08:20	00:50:47	00:19:15	01:18:22
74	mh	Stewart Kay	00:08:40	00:49:28	00:20:18	01:18:26
80	mi	Neil Coombes	00:09:24	00:47:40	00:21:59	01:19:03
92	mh	Andrew Chadwick	00:06:38	00:54:02	00:20:18	01:20:58
100	mh	Andy McPherson	00:07:43	00:53:30	00:20:39	01:21:52
107	mh	Richard Thomas	00:08:10	00:52:03	00:22:23	01:22:36
117	mg	Richard Easterbrook	00:07:11	00:54:00	00:22:12	01:23:23
130	mh	Greg Evans	00:08:53	00:53:43	00:21:41	01:24:17
133	mb	Andrew Mussett	00:09:11	00:51:15	00:24:01	01:24:27
142	mj	Gerry Corrance	00:09:49	00:53:13	00:22:30	01:25:32
144	mk	Chris Penfold	00:10:29	00:51:15	00:24:13	01:25:57
161	md	Matthew Hickman	00:08:10	00:56:38	00:24:02	01:28:50
172	fj	Anna Priestley	00:08:44	00:58:13	00:23:03	01:30:01
209	ff	Alison Clayton-Smith	00:08:45	00:58:58	00:27:50	01:35:33
225	fl	Brenda Bozwood-Davies	00:11:14	01:04:36	00:26:31	01:42:22

Also preparing for Ironman Lanzarote, Rob Wilson spent a week training on the course and competed in the Club La Santa ½ Marathon and 10k races finishing 2^nd and 3^rd in 1:35:22 and 42:08 respectively.

Pete Eames raced on the track on Bank Holiday Monday and won the 45-49 age group Herts County AAA Vets Gold over 100m in a time of 14.5 . He then later won silver in the 5000m in a seasons best of 20:57.6

Race Results May 2007

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