September has been a very busy and successful month for the votwo/USN racing team.....
We took 1st -Andy Blow and joint 3rd Dave Blow (pictured left) and Anthony Foy in the Expert class at the Nokia Coast to Coast Race - a 100 mile Run / Bike / Kayak / Bike / Run race from Nairn to Glen Coe. The guys dominated in the Loch Ness paddle section taking the 3 fastest splits of the day in surf skis......
Right: Anthony / Andy and Dave at the rather wet and dark 6:15am startline in Nairn.
The race started with a 7 mile trail run, then 35mile road cycle, an 11 mile kayak on Loch Ness, a 35 mile off/on road cycle and then a killer 16 mile mountain run, followed by a 1 mile kayak across Loch Leven to finish.
Andy at the finish in Glen Coe - after 9hrs and 39min of hard work!
Eliot (Right) was 4th Brit home, 32nd overall in 10hr 06min (his best is sub 9hr so shows how hard the course and weather were!) with Frosty not too far behind in 62nd overall. A little miffed with his result Frosty had the following to say:
"Ironman was a tad disapointing but here's how it went: tough swim, with some big rolling waves out the back and onto the bike which was very very windy and lumpy to say the least! Lack of self control cost me here as i went to hard and died badly on the run, i'll learn one day!! 62nd place. 7th 25-29AG. finish time of 10hrs 28mins. Massive well done to Eliot who took me down big style! Cheers!"
Frosty (left) also competed in the Circus of Dirt MTB race earlier in the month. He bagged 3rd place in the race and 3rd in the South West series with the result despite 'One of my biggest crashes ever on an MTB...' And anyone who knows Frosty will know that must have been a BIG off to get such a comment!
And just in case he was not tired enough Sean popped up again to get 8th in the National Triathlon Cross Champs - securing 4th in the series there too! He has been a racing machine for votwo/USN in 2011 and is now rightly having a few weeks off to drink some of his favourite West Country Cider and re-charge his batteries for 2012.........
And in from the ladies.....
Alison Vuagniaux (left) took the Women's SV title in the Castle Combe Duathlon series, racing in 3 out of the 4 race series.
And our super fast runner Nicki Aitkin took second at the Windsor Half marathon and had these words to say about her performance (used as preparation for the Florence marathon soon):
"...managed to clinch 2nd place was very tough going in the heat/strong wind but over the moon with the placing even if the time was not anywhere near my best. Pre race rice pudding and apple struddle mule bars rock as a practice for Florence due to lack of porridge making facilities when I get to Italy, still they make great post race ice cream :-)"
And last but definitely not least........
Mel Varvel took a hugely impressive Silver Medal at the World Duathlon Championships in Gijon, Spain in 2 hr 11min. Unfortunately votwo team mate Anja Heijen who was hoping to challenge Mel in the medals had to pull out 8km into the run due to injury.....Get well soon Anja!
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News in that Adam Holland won our very own Atlantic Coast Challenge with the fastest time on each of the marathon stages from Padstow to Lands End! More information and results to follow......
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