Well done to Pat Robbins and Nigel Beacham who both raced the marathon. Pat finished in a superb 3:02:45 in 15th place and Nigel with a very respectable 3:33:54.
Matt Vail posted a very good time of 1:26:03 and Claire Busst ran well to finish in 1:46:30
Lets have a good turn out at the Poole Runners Winter 5k on the 17th October and the AECC 10k on November 2nd.
Rob
Well done to the team of Andy D, Freddie, Lawrence, Mike, Rhona and Jacks. Please find their results attached.
If any Zoomers fancy trying their hands (legs and arms) at Quadrathlon (swim, bike, kayak, run), I am planning to go down to Bude for the Awesome Foursome on 4th October and would be happy to provide or share transport. I could also loan a kayak if required.
See http://shorelineactivities.co.uk/event-quadrathlon.htm
Any takers? Call me on 418236 or email philipn at engarts dot com.
Philip Nye
Well done to all members of team Zoom that raced this morning. The Mens team of Lawrence, Steve B and Andy took 2nd in the Senior Male event with Rhona Copp, JJ and Jacks Howe taking 3rd in the Senior ladies Well done!
Full results and the Zoom roll of honour can be found here:
Hi Guys,
How about a great run race before the NF middle distance or an end of season blo out!
It’s a 12k off road run over Studland and Aggelstone Rock. It’s a tough run, but in a fantastic location and well organised, l have attached the entry form. Lets do it! Come on enter now! Do it! (sorry been watching too much Starsky and Hutch ;-))
Rob
Well done Claire great racing over the weekend :-) cracking result
| 41 | Busst, Claire | 20-24 | 1 | female | Zoom Tri Club | 00:16:43 | 00:47:03 | 00:26:58 | 01:32:45 |
Well done to all the Zoom athletes and support crew out taking on the considerable challenge of the mountains and the 34 degree heat of the Nice weekend. I have spoken to several people that were excitedly tracking the athletes on Ironman Live! JJ and I were exchanging telephone calls and text messages to inform each other of how they were all getting on. Fantastic performances from all of the boys, who I am sure will be along to the pre race pasta party to explain all their tales of the great race.
Andy Downton 11:35:05
Lawrence Down 12:30:46
Mike McCarthy 12:36:55
Steve Holloway 13:08:24 (First Ironman)
Tim Fairbrother 14:11:13 (First Ironman and first marathon)
OK where next :-)
Rob
Local Tri Girl Claire Smith is raising money for the Bournemouth Hospital Jigsaw Appeal by attempting a a double Ironman. On Aug 2/3rd I will swim 4.8 miles, bike 224 miles and then run 52 miles within 40 hours. She is taking part on the Birmingham based raced this summer. Go Girl its a fantastic cause!
TEAM CATEGORIES
MEN: 6 RUNNERS, MIXED: 6 RUNNERS,
LADIES: 4 RUNNERS, JUNIORS (14-20): 4 RUNNERS
CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWERS, LATE BAR WITH CLUB PRICES,
HUGE BBQ, FREE DISCO, SILLY GAMES
ENTRY FEE: £3 PER RUNNER
OVERNIGHT CAMPING FOR TENTS, MOTOR HOMES & CARAVANS £3
Please let me know if you would like to be part of a team entry, sounds like a lot of fun :-)
Rob
I'm going to Clearwater!! (That's the World 70.3 Champs)
Let me just give you a brief race report.
Mass swim start, and it was a bit chilly. I got in the water early and was up near the front, planning on finding some clear water(no pun intended!). They were a long tme getting eveyone in the water, and a lot of the early swimmers started to feel the cold. The water was actually warmer than the air temp, and it felt very nice getting in to start with. At least 10 minutes wnt by before we all got under way and by the end of the swim the cold had taken its toll. The run out is 400m steep uphill, and it took a lot of effort to get up there. I was quick in T1 and onto bike, but it's a bottleneck at the mount line, (they'll have to improve on it really) and hard to get going with shoes on bike. Took me an age to find my legs and get my HR under control. And it wasn't until 20 miles gone by that I started to find a good rythmn and picked up the pace. I was steadily making good progress and was looking at a 2:50 bike split until the last 500m, on a steep last uphill to t2, I wrongly shifted to the small chainring and off came the chain. Damn! Took me a while to get going again, and then 100m from dismount, I avoided another rider only for my shoes to catch on the floor and ovr I went, a very heavy fall, thankfully not too fast, but enough to really shake me up. I will have to bin my tri shoes, they're a write off, my feet are shredded as are my hands and road rash on right knee and leg, hips sore and shoulders sore. I had to stick one shoe down my tri shorts and wheel my bike in, as aero bars had been bent downwards. I was a bit of a mess, blood everywhere! Lots of sympathy support from the crowds at t2 which really helped me, because I could have easily finished there. BUt on I went, and was surprisingly quick in t2, thankfully I saved a water bottle, stuffed up my tri top. I had also lost a bottle of my own psp22 on the bike, popped out of my cage, and lost my glasses on an uphill section, they fell out of my top!! So an eventful bike!!!! Run was tough, really tough, but my hours of running over the Purbecks from Swanage have obviously paid off, I posted very consistent lap times(first lap is a bit longer than 2 and 3). I finished strong, felt really good and was absolutely elated! I don't think there was aybody with a bigger grin at the finish line. I went straight to the medic tent and was patched up a bit and then saw the family who were all delighted.
We hung around for the roll down and to see James Gilfillan get his cheque for 6th place. He was little disappointed with his race, but he ran strongly and his goal is to go long this year and qualify for Hawaii, so not a bad result. Fraser Cartmell and Bayliss were awesome. I saw them on the run and they were flying and looked so fresh, unbelievable athletes. So then came the roll down, 7 slots were up for 35-39, and 4 were taken and they rolled down to 10th place, which was me and of course I snapped up the chance! It was my goal for the race. I was out for 5 hours, but I'll settle for what I did on the day given the circumstances. Lessons learned? - Don't get in the water too early when it's cold. Don't get my feet out of shoes too early! Try not to crash! Learn to suffer a bit more when running! But all in all, it's a hell of a race. All the pros say it's the hardest race on the circuit and maybe that's why there's not many turn up to do it. But I recommend it to anyone, it's a real test of endurance and epitomises what triathlon is all about. My hat off to the pros and maximum respect to everyone who takes it on. I'm not sure if I'll go back next year, but sub 5 is there for the taking. Just looking forward to the New Forest middle now for that distance, and obviously will be up for Bournemouth Oly in July.
Steve Birtwhistle
Well done Steve good job on achieving this years major goal :-) (Rob)
