Thorold flies the PACTRAC flag with great pride in Florida

Triathlon - PACTRAC man does well in Miami

Peterborough Triathlon Club (PACTRAC) members certainly get about.

Last week they had athletes racing in Hawaii, Turkey and Majorca - this week the far-off destination was Miami.

Dave Thorold was the man who made the trip to Florida to compete in the gruelling Miami 70.3 Half-Ironman Triathlon.

That involved a 1.2-mile swim in the sea, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run. And as if that’s not tough enough, the swim is non-wetsuit, the bike course is always very windy and the run is in 30-degree heat and 80% humidity.

Thorold gained a great result by finishing 105th overall out of a field of 1,893 (only 1,706 finished) and he placed fifth in his age group with a time of 4:57:40.

Closer to home three PACTRACers competed in the BRJ Laragh Homes Alconbury Du- athlon on Sunday and they all fared well.

Paul Jephcott won his age group in the standard distance race while Jo Chapman was fourth lady finisher and runner-up in her age group in the sprint.

It was Chapman’s first ever multi-discipline race and she competed in the event with husband Andrew. PACTRAC results: Sprint (run 3 miles, bike 12.5 miles, run 1.5 miles): 4 Jo Chapman 1:32:27 (age group 2nd); 25 Andrew Chapman 1:32:28 (age group 6th .

Standard (run 6.25 miles, bike 25 miles, run 3 miles): 19 Paul Jephcott 2:42:30 (age group 1st).

PACTRACer Wendy Gooding competed in the RTTC National Closed Circuit Cycle Time Trial Championships on the Thruxton Motor Circuit and came home in 20th place in a time of 28:23.

The 1distance was 1.8 miles and Gooding averaged very nearly 25mph.

Triathletes in Miami.