Votwo / USN race team blog, December 2011

December was a quiet month for the Votwo/USN Race Team and not many are thrashing themselves to the limit, however a few have still been out there setting the pace! See below for this months round up:

Andy Blow makes front cover of a magazine for his Nokia Coast to Coast win back in September!

Nikki Atkin finished 3rd British female, 28th female overall at Firenze Marathon. After coming down with a viral infection leading up to the race, it was touch and go whether Nikki would make it to the start line. However with a bit of R&R Nikki came out fighting with an excellent result and is now pushing on hard for London Marthon 2012.

Adam Holland has been out running more marathons than any other human on the planet!

Recent achievements have included:

30th Sept – 2nd Oct 2011 Adam was the first runner back every day at our own votwo

Atlantic Coast Challenge. He completed the coastal marathon stages in an impressive 3h49min30sec day 1, 3h54min35sec day 2 and 5h06min28sec day 3. Day 3 of this event is probably the most challenging 26.2miles you’ll find in the UK.

Back on the tarmac earlier that same month Adam finished 2nd at the Robin Hood marathon and
set a new road PB of 2h41min25sec.

Ute Baird has finished her last race of the season with an amazing 2nd place at the Brecon Beacon Ultra 46miles running race.

The season’s figures are:
February: Thames Trott 50m  3rd
March: Ashby 20 28th (PB); Paris Ecotrail 80km 1500m+ 16th (400place better in overall classification then 2010)
April: Trans Aubrac `105km, 3500m+ 1st
June: Skogsmarathon 16th (PB)
July: Verbier 112km 7000m+ 7th
August: TDS 120km 7000m+ 8th
October: Tanworth 10k 5th (PB); Birmingham Halfmarathon 86th (PB)
November: Brecon Beacon 46m +1700 2nd
 
An impressive 3 podium places, 4 PBs! Well done to Ute.

Nigel and Alison have just got back from competing in the ITU World Long Distance Triathlon Championships in Las Vegas. Unfortunately due to cold weather and high winds the race got turned into a bike / run with a time trial format start!

Alison finished the 120km bike / 30km run in 7h49min, 2nd GBR and 22nd in the 50-54 Age Group, and Nigel finished in 6h30min 1st GBR and 10th in the 50-54 Age Group.