Manchester Triathlon Club 2006 Duathlon Series Event #2, Sunday 5th March

Report by Martin Webb, photos by Ken and Chris Storey

To see more photos from both Winter training duathlons have a look in the photos section of the site.

Following the snow fall on Friday evening Sunday morning saw a nice sunny but cold morning in Byley and the 2nd event of the series. It seemed quite a nice still morning at registration in the car park but once at the start and out on the course it was quite breezy. The roads were clear of snow apart from a few nasty patches of ice on Moss Lane. Nine people started and there were guest appearances from Chris Storey, Rhys Neal and Tony Jolly. Thanks to Chris and Ken for the pictures.

Everyone completed the 10 mile bike course this time which was due to people cycling and driving the course together with the additional signage put in place.

The race was dominated by Phil Stannard who had both the fastest bike and run splits finishing ahead of Tim Johns, both had cycled down before the event. Phil and Tim completed the bike leg virtually together but Phil had the luxury of having started 2 minutes later and extended this lead to finish 3 minutes ahead of Tim who had the consolation of the 2nd fastest run split. Dave Deaville looked strong, complete with weight saving, sawn off handle bars and missing brake block washers, and finished with the 2nd fastest bike split and 3rd place overall.

Congratulations to Ala, the only women to take part, for having the fastest transition and for been nearly 2 minutes quicker than the 1st event.

Finally congratulations to everyone who turned up, hopefully the split times are accurate. Thanks to Ken, Ala's other half for pushing people off at the start.

The final race in the series is Sunday April 5th - any offers for timekeeping gratefully received, as I might have a go myself!

For full results table see the Race results 06.

Name	Age group	Bike	Trans	Run	Time
Phil Stannard	M 25-29 E	29:52	00:35	19:17	49:44
Tim Johns	M 35-39 G	31:38	00:21	20:45	52:44
Dave Deaville	M 45-49 I	30:16	00:42	23:46	54:44
Ian Welch	M 40-44 H	32:30	00:30	23:36	56:36
Paul Schofield	M 35-39 G	34:20	00:55	22:12	57:27
Alan Ward	M 40-44 H	31:14	00:36	26:15	58:15
Chris Brown	M 45-49 I	35:47	01:00	24:23	61:10
Tony Ward	M 35-39 G	36:15	01:05	28:51	66:11
Ala Jackson	F 30-34 F	40:15	00:12	34:03	74:30

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