Monthly Archives: July 2013

Virgin Active London Triathalon

Kate Frost completed her first Olympic distance triathalon, 1500m swim, 40k bike ride and 10k run.  She is raising money for the Wye Valley NHS Trust Umbrella Charity, and also had her hair cut short as part of this. She commented: … Continue reading

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Magor Marsh 10k

It was warm and quite windy and  the rain held off.  The 35.08 winning time was shared two Les Croups men, Oliver  Williams and Chris Millington, who rather strolled across the line together,  with a 25 second cushion on Bath’s Daniel … Continue reading

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Tri in the Park – 20th July

“Tri in the Park” was a sprint triathalon, held in Cheltenham, involving a 400m swim, 10k cycle ride and 2.5k run.  Tony Pownall finished 35th out of 110, in a time of 40:17.

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Upton on Severn Triathalon

In preparation for her first Olympic distance triathalon in London in two weeks, Kate Frost took part in a Sprint Tri on Saturday 13th July (750m swim; 21k cycle & 5k run), finishing in 1:47:33.  She is raising money for … Continue reading

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Pen-y-Fan & Fan-y-Big Fell Races

Not content with setting a new pb of 19:30 at Saturday’s parkrun, Julian Boon went on to complete the 3.5 mile Pen-y-Fan fell race, with its 1930 feet climb that afternoon, finishing 22nd in 46:15.  He continued by running the … Continue reading

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Midsummer Athletics – Cheltenham

The first two rounds on the 2013 series were held on 3rd & 10th July.  On July 3rd, Angela Sonn ran the 100m in 16.1s.  Peter Compton threw the discuss 17.06m and Andrew Compton 16.78m.  Peter also threw the javelin … Continue reading

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Rose Inn – Race 3

The weather continues to vary greatly this year: from wet & windy in the first race, to warm and sunny with a slight breeze in the second, to scorching in the third.  What next?  The conditions didn’t make for fast … Continue reading

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