Happy August!

Adam Holland doesn't seem to need any recovery and achieved the following impressive results:

1st Cornwood 10k
1st The Less Than 10k
1st Sidmouth 10k
2nd Peter Tavy Plod 5 miles
3rd Totnes 10k

Also BIG congratulations to Adam for his nomination to be a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer through their 'Moment to Shine' campaign. They will be looking for 2,012 individuals with the most inspirational stories of personal achievement and /or contributions to the local community. Well, if we had a say.... 


Hockey, football (picture) and rock and roll are just a few further activities.



Ute Baird went to Chamonix to race (non stop, 2 feet!) the 120km TDS (Traces des Ducs de Savoie) trail run crossing the Mont Blanc, Beaufort, Tarentaise and Aosta valley countryside.
Ute finished 8th woman, her best result ever in Chamonix, in 23hr 25min 56sec after having conquered 7100 metres of uphill elevation. There are a few short videos here.


     Ute finishing the next morning (120km, 23hr 25min 56sec inc 1 night and 7100 metres uphill and some scary
     downhills later!) looking fresher, faster and much more awake than the average 'normal' person at that time of day.


Eliot Challifour ran, pedalled and ran again fast to come 3rd at the August Castle Combe Duathlon.



Votwo had 2 teams in the Torq in your sleep 12 hour mountain bike enduro on 28th August. It was a multi-lap event on an 8 mile circuit for teams of 3,4 pairs or mad solo riders. It started at 12 noon and finished at midnight so the final 4 hours were in the dark.
Andy Blow raced with Paul Wellicombe in the male pairs category, finishing 2nd overall and Dave Blow and Anthony Foy also raced in the pairs finishing close behing (on the same lap!) in 7th.
It was a great but challenging event and good preparation for Andy, Dave and Anthony before taking on Scotland Coast to Coast next month. Results here.
 
                                Andy (left yellow lenses and no mobile) and Dave (right with mobile and yellow socks)


Mel Varvel and Neil Lewis went to France to enjoy the Alpe d'Huez long course triathlon - 2.2km swim (bit chilly), 115km bike (bit hilly!) and 22km run (also a bit hilly).
Mel reports the following...
Alpe d'Huez. It promised to be hard. It promised to be hilly. It didn't promise to rain cats and dogs from start to finish. The whole day was, in fact, full of ups and downs. The good news was that my bike was not the only one left in transition when I emerged from the chilly waters of the Lac du Verney. The bad news was that I sighted so well I hit my head on one of the turning buos (a small sailing boat). More good news- I had decided to wear a waterproof for the bike. The bad news was that it rained so hard and so consistently that I'd have been better off racing in my Birthday suit (better for me, that is). More bad news- it was cold as well as wet. But the good news? It was so hilly I barely noticed. The good news is the 21 bends of Alpe d'Huez were not as bad as they had looked. But that was partly because the visibility was so poor that I couldn't see them. More good news awaited me at the summit- my supporter in chief was pleased to inform me that "It's clearing up". The bad news was that she was lying. Yet more bad news. There were very few toilets in T2. The good news? It was raining so hard no one noticed that I 'visited the ladies room' whilst sat on the floor changing my shoes for the run. The bad news was that the run was hilly too; but the good news was that by that point I didn't care. Best news of all, I clearly looked so young and so fresh-faced that the organisers put me in the 30-34 age-group. The bad news was that it was the same category as Catriona Morrison.... 


 









 
          Mel having a nice day out and despite her young and           Neil also having a nice day out although a little shorter
 fresh-faced look finishing 1st in her FV1 age group.            by finishing 5 minutes ahead of Mel.         

Race shorts...    

Steve Osborne had to stop racing this year due to too many health problems. We wish him a good recovery and we are sure.... Steveo will be back!

Alison and Nigel Vuagniaux have been racing pretty consistently this season. Alison won the Supervet category in Portishead Triathlon and Nigel won the same category in the Bath Triathlon, add to that a 22:37 10 mile time trial PB and 4:24 100 mile PB. The Winter's hard work on the turbo has paid off!

Anja Heijnen is leading the men/women Amsterdam David Lloyd gym bike competition. There may not be an awareness by the other 'competitors' though that a league exists! Due to work no time trials this year but gym bike league!