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18 July 2010 - Conquers Challenge Roth
 Nick
Kinsey-Conquers Challenge Roth in 9hr 40 minutes-2nd Place 50-54
An Olympic
distance age category victory at the end of June, in Ellesmere, Shropshire
indicated I was getting over the 3 week dose of bronchitis I had picked up on a
flight to Mallorca earlier that month.
This qualified me
for the Worlds in Budapest Hungary in September, and is I wasn’t booked in for
our Blackheath Channel swim attempt, I would probably be tempted to take my
place.
In July it was
back to my natural habitat, long course racing and I was in Germany with a few
of the Blackheath boys for one of the worlds biggest triathlon races Challenge
Roth.
In my age group it
was close racing, unfortunately I ended up in 2nd place ….just like in the
football World Cup, this Englishman was defeated by a German athlete, ha ha….!
It was no white-wash though, with just 3 minutes between us after almost 10 hrs
of racing!! He did 9hrs 37 mins and 9hrs 40 mins for me.
His name was
Thomas, on the podium we spoke and he seemed like a nice bloke, but it was not a
true race between us as he was in another wave start (there were 4000 starters
so they sent us off at 10 minute intervals, fastest first) so actually I didn’t
even know he was close to me, as he was not physically 3 minutes ahead on the
road, and did not actually overtake me on the run. That would not have happened.
A bit ‘sneaky’ of
him really….or bad organisation by the race officials…..he should have been put
in the fast boy’s wave with me, and then we could have had a real race. But what
a fantastic race the Challenge in Roth now is!! With its super new finish to the
marathon………the course now goes right round the old town, before you come to the
line. They estimated 150,000 spectators watched at various points around the
course!
After a good swim,
I had a small crash coming out of transition, starting the bike, my gels which
were taped on, came unstuck in the cold wet morning air, and as I reached to
keep them from falling off, I veered into the crowd lining the narrow exit road.
It was just 5-10mph so no harm done but my bike hit some posts. Later it felt
odd, so I stopped to check I didn’t have a puncture, but didn’t. On the
first hill it wouldn’t downshift on the front chain ring, and I saw the problem
all along had been a bent rear mech. It was brushing against my disc wheel, and
the chain was jumping around. I stopped again to straighten the mech and hanger
with my hand, and at least got it working reasonably well.
After that my ride
was uneventful and by the end of the 112 miles (5hrs 8 mins), By the end of the
marathon (3hrs 27 mins) I thought I was a long way in front of my age
competitors, and really I started messing about with the locals through the beer
mile. I even stopped to talk in the Roth Town Square to old friend who I stayed
with in 1988, my first ever Ironman. So I threw it away really, which is a
shame….lesson learned!!
Sometime fun is
more important than winning? We had a party afterwards too, cheering for the
athletes further back the field. Fuelled by German beer and free Ouzo supplied
by a Greek Taverna on the course at the 38 kilometre mark. We all had such fun,
getting most athletes who were walking at this stage, running again, if only for
10-20 meters, and making many new friends. For Spanish athletes I encouraged
them with recollections of Iniesta’s goal and the Championes del Mundo!!! They
loved it! We got home to bed at 1.30am!! (We had started breakfast at 3.30am
that morning before the race!!) for the 6.10 start. What a great day!!
Britain’s Chrissie
Wellington set a new World Record for a women over the distance 8hrs 19 minutes.
She is just fabulously fit, rumour has it that she ‘out biked’ a professional
female cyclist from the Cervelo Team who had recently won the Giro Italia, and
that girl was only doing the cycling section in a relay team! Can you believe
it…..Wow!
Keep fit, see you
all soon……in the mud on the country!!
Nick Kinsey
4 July 2010 - The Steelman Triathlon at Dorney Lakes -
Olympic Distance
When I did this event last year it was the South Eastern &
London Championships... I entered direct through Human Race this year so I'm not
certain that is the same for this year.... but if it is we have a few more
London & South East Champions in the club... which is nice! I'll let you know
when I find out. While I think about it.... I also did the Concept2 Challenge
Rowing Series over the Winter, after the 7, monthly events I was narrowly beaten
into 3rd place in a world wide field.
Jim
THE STEELMAN TRIATHLON at Dorney Lakes July 4th 2010
Olympic Distance
Roy Priestley 47th - 2:26:54 (30:59), (1:12:54),
(39.23) 6th V40M
Trevor Simmons 99th - 2.34.12 (27.32), (1.14.43), (47.48)
1st V55M
Jim Phelan 182nd - 2.42.16 (29.14), (1.19.30), (49.25) 1st V60M
Sarah Dowling 195th - 2.43.53 (31.04), (1.26.34), (42.20) 2nd V40F
Kate Pratten 248th - 2.50.39 (32.57), (1.28.27), (45.01) 6th V35F
487 Started
482 Finished
Very warm and very windy
27 June 2010 - The Blackheath and
Bromley Virgins Knee Trembler Duathlon
1st. Dave Beadle, 85:14
2nd. Mark Ellison, 86:08
3rd. Kate Pratten, 93:15
4th. Julie Reynolds, 94:08
5th. Anne Cilia, 98:22
6th. Will Slack, 101:03
7th. Justine Eastbury, 101:59
8th. Steve Hollingdale, 106:23
Photos from Adrian Stock
20 June 2010 - Ironman 70.3 UK Wimbleball
Roy Priestley - Time: 5.38.00 - Swim 36.49, Bike 3.13.34,
Run 1.35.29
There were a lot of very nervous people at the start of
this race. I was one of them. The mass tension was released by the 1500
competitors giving a rousing rendition of 'God Save the Queen' while they bobbed
around at the swim start.
It was a gorgeous hot English summer day on Exmoor and
this seemed to put smiles on everyone's faces despite the fact they were
tackling the infamous 52 hills of the Wimbleball bike course. The heat (and the
hills) meant that there weren't so many smiles by the time everyone hit the
bumpy run course. As I got into my stride on the run I had another challenge to
deal with. Each time I went past Kate who was spectating on the run lap she
aimed a water bottle at me and yelled "slow down!" (not the conventional
encouragement for a runner but definitely the best advice for a man who likes to
finish the race in an ambulance). Anyway, I got through a painful last few miles
when my tendonitis and knee injury kicked in and reminded me that it was only
thanks to Nick Nuttall's handywork that I made it to the start at all. I was
really pleased to finish in a good time and most importantly in one piece ready
to take on Wiesbaden 70.3 again.
Roy
6 March 2010 - Spring
Ballbust Duathlon, Box Hill
8 mile run / 24 mile bike / 8 mile run (5 times up Box Hill)
1. Andrew Mercer 2.47.40
6. Nick Kinsey 2.58.16 1st V50 (48.45 / 1.14.53 /
51.53)
121. Jim Phelan 3.46.02 1st V60 (1.04.08 / 1.33.51 / 1.03.01)
Over 300 entered and 210 started
21 February 2010 - Mud and
Mayhem Duathlon in Thetford Forest
Overall position 19. Times below, can't remember the
distances.
Run - 00:24:4
T1 - 00:00:14
Bike - 00:24:55
T2 - 01:28:10
Run 01:28:33 Overall 01:52:53
Sheridan Morris
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