The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Clark and Lunn on form in club opener
PACTRAC held their MidDistance club triathlon on Sunday at Oundle, with 11 competitors in this first club event of the year.
They began with an 800 metres swim in the 25-metre pool, cycled 18 miles - 2 laps of a course around Glapthorn and the Benefield's, then finally ran 4.7 miles around Glapthorn and Cotterstock.
Adam Clark set the standard on this new course, which has been amended slightly. He was first out of the water by over a minute from Tony Daniels, who led three more swimmers out in the next 13-seconds.
Adam was the fastest in all three disciplines, which enabled him to extend his lead on the bike, as he came into the second transition nearly two minutes ahead of Simon Hoppe in second, and over three-minutes ahead of the next chasers, Simon Guerin and Sam Chapman.
Adam extended his lead on the run, whilst Sam moved up to 2nd, catching and passing Simon Hoppe, who held onto 3rd. Susie Freeman was 3rd out of the pool and had a consistent race to finish 6th overall and first lady.
This is Adam's second triathlon win of the new season, having won the Grantham triathlon three-weeks earlier.
Results: 1. Adam Clark 1:26:17, 2. Sam Chapman 1:29:42, 3. Simon Hoppe 1:31:42, 4. Simon Guerin 1:35:36, 5. Rob Hammond 1:38:24, 6. Susie Freeman 1:49:35, 7. Steve Hope 1:53:31, 8. Willow Worthington 2:04:51, 9. Marc Hatfield 2:06:11, 10. Michael Berry 2:06:46, 11. Tony Daniels dnf.
Paul Lunn competed in the Clumber Park Duathlon on Sunday, with a run of 6.25 miles (35.28) bike 25 miles (58.26) and run 3-miles (18.07).
The run sections were on fully closed tarmac roads and featured steady climbs. The bike course was along treelined routes, including some closed roads within Clumber Park.
Paul was well in contention after the first run; and followed this with the 2nd fastest bike split of the day to push himself up into 5th place. He held onto 5th on the final 3-mile run and won his Age Group in convincing style, by over 8-minutes in 1:52:01.
This race was a qualifying race for the Great Britain Age Group team in the World Duathlon Championships next year and Paul has qualified at the first attempt.