A simple win for Simon in opening PATRAC Club Championship race
Simon Guerin won the first PACTRAC Club Championship race, an Aquathlon, at Oundle.
Competitors had to swim 400 metres in the pool before running 3.1 miles out to Glapthorn and back.
Guerin took an early lead in the 400m swim followed by Susie Freeman 21 seconds behind and Sophie Robotham a further 6 seconds in arrears. Rob Hammond was next out, but with 1:19 to make up on Guerin. Jack Shipton had the fastest run to move up into 4th place overall, just 23 seconds behind Freeman who moved further ahead of Robotham to take the lead in the ladies race by 53 seconds. Hammond managed to catch Freeman on the run and move into second place, but Guerin had an equally good run to hold on for the win by 75 seconds.
PACTRAC star Paul Lunn completed the Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race over 8 stages in South Africa in 34 hours and 5 minutes. Lunn joined up with another Brit, Ross Welton, in a team of two with four of the stages taking up to six hours to complete. Lunn said: "The terrain is as varied as it is harsh with dusty and demanding gravel roads, strenuous rocky climbs, thrilling technical descents, refreshing river crossings, and fast forest single tracks."