Race Reports - Mid Sussex Tri Club

Mid Sussex Triathlon at the Maverick Terrex Races on the South Downs, Amberley Museum

28 Nov 2021, Roger Smith

Zoe Rocholl At Original Maverick West Sussex 27 Nov 8Km

Two members tackled these challenging races on the South Downs on a very cold Saturday 27th November.

Zoe Rocholl raced in the morning in the short distance event with 169m of elevation and 8km length finishing 5th in her age group and 14th female overall in 43.38.

Zoe commented that although the race had a steep climb at the start, it finished with a lovely downhill slope at the end. However she was pleased to finish because it was so cold it felt like her nose was going to freeze up.

Joan Murphy took on the challenging long distance and dark version of the event which started at 5pm in darkness and really cold conditions. This race included 357m of elevation within the 23km route. Joan finished 3rd in her age group and 10th female overall in 1.50.08.

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Member's events, 18th -19th Sept

24 Sep 2021, Roger Smith

Steve & Kay Mcmenamin With Caroline Ray & Carl Clarke At Swim Serpentine 2 Mile.

Saturday 18th September

Swim Serpentine 2 mile swim

Five members went up to Hyde Park on a lovely sunny morning to take part in this event in the Serpentine Lake. The event is very popular and is run in waves which start between 0815 and 1620. Steve McMenamin completed the 2 miles in just under an hour in 59.23, saying that he had to weave through lots of swimmers and then encountered the earlier wave. Steve was followed closely by Caroline Ray in 1.00.07 and Carl Clarke in 1.04.00. Kay McMenamin finished in 1.14.33 and Sally Gardner in 1.23.45. Sally was delighted with her time as she could hardly swim a 25m length in the pool 9 months ago.

Chiltern Wonderland Ultra Run

Doug Mac Taggart, the club's Ultra Marathon enthusiast, tackled this tough 50 mile scenic run which involves 5500ft of climb, in warm temperatures. Doug was pleased to finish in 12.13.56.

Sunday 19th September

National Aquathlon Championships

On arrival at the Worthing Sailing Club venue Adam Bryant commented that there were some very fast looking people at the start. Despite this Adam relished competing with ITU athletes, completing a tactical roll at the buoy, which he was proud of, finishing the 750m swim in 17.23 and the 5km run in 21.15, and placing 12th out of 13 in the 45-49 age group.

Run Reigate 10k

Zoe Deeley was very pleased to complete her 10k run in a net time of 1.11.00, placing 64th in her FV50 age group.

Tags: Swimming | Running | ultra running | Aquathlon |
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Steyning Stinger 2018

06 Mar 2018, Roger Smith

There was a good turnout at The Steyning Stinger by members of the Mid Sussex Triathlon Club.

Six members tackled the Half Marathon with Pete Harris 1.58.51 and Rob Hoodless 1.59.17 coming 2nd & 3rd in the 55-59 age group and 27th and 28th overall. Rachael Baker 2.17.59 was 7th in her age group and 88th overall. Amanda Durrant 3.00.53 and Sam Drake 3.17.42 also competed. Simon Hodge initially started the marathon but switched to the Half.

Four members were in the marathon with Chris Dawson being the 1st member to finish in 4.46.38 followed by Doug MacTaggart 5.53.12, Jean Fish and Sarah Hinton, both in 6.43.30.

Sam Drake commented that the event was amazing, despite the mud, with terrific volunteer marshals and a well marked route.

Photo of Doug MacTaggart, Sarah Hinton, Jean Fish & Simon Hodge.

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Balcombe Bull Run 2016

20 Mar 2016, Roger Smith

A large contingent from the Mid Sussex Triathalon Club took part in the popular and friendly Balcombe Bull Run which attracted 88 runners on Sunday morning.

The Run is organised by Matt Record of the Balcombe C of E Primary School PTA and comprises a challenging 7.1km run on lanes, footpaths and tracks starting and finishing at the school.

Triathalon Club members James Dear 30.10.09, Mike Jaffe 31.06.03 and Graham Bond 31.21.02 claimed the top 3 places followed by Jo Fleming 31.35.03 and Neil Giles 32.02.03 in 5th and 6th positions.

Lucy Williams was the 2nd lady home in a very credible time of 35.12.09.

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Nice Cannes Marathon 2014

13 Nov 2014, Anthony Vince

If you're up for a Marathon abroad this could be a good choice, it's growing in popularity and is the second biggest Marathon in France outside of Paris now, this year had 14,000 entries and you can enter the 1/2, full or team relay. It's a very scenic run that starts on the promenade in Nice and ends up in Cannes with 95% of it run by the coastline. It's flat with 'only' a 30metre elevation gain just when you don't need it at the 30km mark! They have 6 pacers in 15min intervals from 3hours to 4h30 which have big flags attached to them so you can stick with them and run to a time if that's your motivation.

For more info goto www.marathon06.com

The weather has been a shocker down there recently and I was hoping for some cool dry conditions without the strong mistral winds we got last year, in the end the temperature was just right with some rain to keep cool, although it got alot worse after I had finished.

If any of you guys are looking to do a 1/2 or full Marathon and have the inclination to follow a training program I can recommend the Hanson's Marathon Method, see the book by Luke Humphrey. I followed the Advanced program over 18 weeks and it worked out. It's alot of running, effectively 6 days a week however the longest run is no longer than 16 miles. In a nutshell the idea is that you run Mon Easy, Tues Speed intervals, Wed OFF, Thurs Tempo run, Fri/Sat Easy, Sun Long. A tempo run is done at your goal race pace.You follow that cycle for 10 weeks and the speed intervals turn into strength runs which are longer intervals at 10secs/km faster than tempo pace. You only get 1 day off a week so it uses active recovery on the easy runs, whereby you have to slow down, stay aerobic and burn the fat. The tempo runs are a good idea, since you pick your goal race pace and train accordingly, if you can't finish them then you probably need to revise your goal slightly. Most runs are 6-8 miles and the idea is that you get cumulative fatigue over weeks of training, whereby your legs never feel great, in fact it's trying to simulate what the latter part of a Marathon is like without the injury risk of long runs.

I felt pretty good going into the race I tapered slightly more than the program suggested based on feel, my plan A was sub 3hour with even splits, plan B was to beat my 3:20 PB and plan C was to fake an achilles injury. About hundred of us stuck to the 3hour pace maker which slowly whittled down to about 20 or so at the 30km mark with the 30metre hill destroying a few people's races. With 3km to go I dug very deep and dropped the pace maker and finished in 2:58 (173rd). Fortunately, i didn't hit the wall like Brighton earlier this year and the training definitely paid off, the Marathon is all about the final 10km!

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