1st Run Rider Duathlon A Success - Report

Using a variety of trails within the park, organisers put together a tough and challenging but accessible running and cycling course which included the popular blue MTB trail which has recently been rebuilt to wide spread acclaim. The shorter Standard Run Rider race covered 29km and locally based Simon Thornton put in a convincing win in the Solo Male category, ahead of Kit Stokes and Matthew Hamilton-James. In the Solo Female category, Kirsty Eastwood lead from the start and finished a good 6mins clear of second place Rebekah Scott and Lisa Pritchard. In the Veteran Male race, Brett Flook and Marcus Williams battled throughout the race, but William's faster mountain biking proved too much for Flook with Williams taking the win by 1.45mins.

The 43km solo male Classic race was a very exciting and incredibly close battle throughout the two and a half hours of racing. Luke Grenfell-Shaw took an early 2min lead in the running leg, before second placed Lee Rankin and then Iain Payne took over the lead in the three lap mountain bike stage, before the final battle between all three in the final 5km run. In the end, only 40secs separated the first three finishers, so it was a very close race indeed! In the female race, experienced mountain biker Maddie Horton from Plymouth lead from the start and maintained that position right until the end, unchallenged by second and third place. Her husband, Jay Horton repeated the pattern by leading from the start in the Veteran Solo category to win by a clear 8mins, and also recorded the fast time on the course for the whole race. Big thanks to the race supporters, including VDO Cycle Computers, OMM, Moti running shops, 220 Triathlon, For Goodness Shakes (for helping competitors recover after the event), Zero G and Out of Hand. Full results and photos from the event at www.runrider.co.uk

The next Run Rider will be held on Sunday 14th October 2012 at Ashton Court, Bristol. 

1st Simon Thornton (Bad Tri/Moti)

2nd Kit Stokes (Strada Cycles)

3rd Matthew Hamilton-James

1st Kirsty Eastwood (A Quick Release)

2nd Rebekah Scott

3rd Lisa Pritchard

1st Marcus Williams (Bike City)

2nd Brett Flook

3rd Antony Young

1st Brooking & Woods

2nd Corston & Ancrum

3rd Slade & Batson

1st Yates & Matrin

2nd Bullen Eggbeer

3rd Murphy & McCulloch

1st Luke Grenfell-Shaw

2nd Lee Rankin

3rd Iain Payne

1st Maddie Horton (Team Certini)

2nd Camilla Barclay

3rd Natalie Wort (Phase 9)

1st Jay Horton (Team Certini)

2nd Robert Stone (Bad Tri)

3rd David Wilinson

1st Law & Hayton

2nd Cobb & Rees

3rd Richards & Ferrar

All Images: Matthew Smith

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