Prince bishop's

triathlon

rescheduled

to 12th August.

Swinny's Hinnies strike again at the Fred!
Well Jaci, Laura, Denise and Captain John have done it again: a great ride at the Fred Whitton Challenge Sportive (114miles 4000m total climbing) in the Lake District. They completed the ride in 8hrs 34mins including stops with actual riding time of 7:56. This comfortably beats their time from last year of just over 9 hours. The rain held off, but conditions were winding and fairly chilly. In finishing in 8:34 the group were 604-607th of 1374 finishers - easily inside the top half of a predominatly male field. In the women's field Jaci, Laura and Denise were 18-20th out of 63 female finishers and amongst the V40 Ladies only 5 other V40 Ladies went around faster than the Ryton Rockets. Fred Smith completed the ride too, although he missed the express and went around mostly on his own to record 8:38. Well done to all - Alpe d'Huez will be a walk in the park. Possibly.

 

Hetton Lyons Junior Duathlon Results and photos

2012 Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships
Congratulations to Jane Hodgson for coming 1st in her age group in a time of 1:11:02 - fantastic result. Also doing this was Natalie Batey - she's not one of us as such, but we still think of her as one of us - she came 3rd in her age group in a time of 1:13:36. Well done girls!!

Marathon de Sable
Big E finished the Marathon de Sables, in the Desert, carrying all cooking equipment, food, bedding etc over 7 days, 1/2 marathon, marathon, marathon, double marathon, marathon, marathon, 1/2 marathon! (last weekend) Read Eric's story of his race here. [Editor's note - it must have been easier in the caveman days when all you had to do was kill the odd woolly mammoth or two!!]

Borrowdale Duathlon
Congratulations to Philip Addyman for winning the Borrowdale Duathlon. Joe Jorne came 6th. Read Philip's race report here.

Anniversary Waltz Fell Run
Congratulations to Ruth Dance on completing this fell race in a time of 2:27 and also to Graeme Dance who managed to complete it in under 3 hours despite suffering from cramp.

Gibside 5 mile run
Little Joe Swanston completed the 5 miles in 59:50 (WOW!) he even beat Madders (who was running with Beth!)

Good luck from all at Ryton Tri to Calum Johnston who is representing GBR in Belgium for the Spring Duathlon European Championships!

Ryton-Tri 2 Up
Not a very nice day for the Ryton-Tri 2 Up this year. Rain, hail, snow and wind to contend with and as a result slower times were recorded than last year. The winners were Colin Humphrey and John Tanner of Sportscover Altura RT in a time of 38:43. First female team went to Kerry Gowland and Bev Blakeman of Infinity Cycles RT in a time of 47:56. Rebecca and I took the much coveted last position! Andy Beatty took some great photos and they can be found here and full results here. Additional photos taken by Fursdon Photography can be found here too.

Morpeth Duathlon
Congratulations again to Jane Hodgson for coming 1st overall. Also Diane Chaney 1st supervet (she also won her category in the Killingworth Aquathlon). Kyah Hall came 1st junior. Dave Garner 3rd overall and 2nd Vet. There were good showings from Ian Walton and Rob Bee.

Stokesley Duathlon 25th March
What a great start to the racing season for the Ryton Tri members that went down to Stokesley on Sunday. Congratulations to Jane Hodgson for being first female in a time of 1:39:24 - nearly 4 mins faster than her next rival. Congratulations also to Kyah Hall for coming 1st Junior (1:51:57), Diane Chaney for 2nd Super Vet (1:50:57). Also competing were Dave Garner (1:33:54) and Ian Walton (1:34:28)(6th and 7th vet respectively) and Joe Horne (1:36:28). Full results can be found here.

National Duathlon Championships
Congratulations to Greg Chambers for coming 2nd youth at the National Duathlon Championships and also to Calum Johnson for coming 2nd Junior.

Tomorrow's Ryton Tri Members
Well done to Joe Swanston (Beth's little-un) who came 2nd in the 1 mile race - and this is despite being sent the wrong way by a marshall and having to run back! And well done Lucy (Eve's little-un) who also ran the same race who came 1st girl and 3rd overall. Both Joe and Lucy are 6 and they were running in the under 8 category. Definitely ones to watch for Ryton Tri in the future!! Also running was Pheobe with a great big smile on her face - was this due to the fact that she was running in a race for 4 year olds and over and she's only 3???

 

Prince Bishops Challenge 2012
Important news

We found out recently that the Tyne Valley cycling club have organised their "round the reservoir" cycle event for the same day as we set for the Prince Bishops challenge and as this is on rolling closed roads we realised that we could not hold our events on the same date and needed to make some quick decisions.

After consulting with the sailing club, who host the event, we have agreed to move the events to Saturday 5th May 2012 at the same time of 9.30am start. All other race details will remain the same. Full details of the challenge which includes a Sprint race over half the standard distance as well as the classic Prince Bishops Standard distance race can be found at Prince Bishops race details 2012.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused in changing the race day and would appreciate your continued support as we have put a lot of work into rearranging the race following the date clash which could not have been predicted.

Bike Skills Coaching Sessions
Ryton Tri are running a series of bike skills coaching sessions over the next 3 weeks with the aim of building confidence for riding safely in groups. The sessions are FREE and open to both club and non club members and will focus on:

The sessions are designed to suit beginner/ intermediate cyclists and can be undertaken on any type of bike. No specialist clothing is required other than a CYCLE HELMET, just bring something warm and a waterproof.
Although the sessions are planned to build skills throughout the course it is not essential to attend all three weeks as each sessions is is taught as a self contained unit. So come along even if you can't be there for all of them.
The dates and times for the sessions have been set so that Saturday swimmers will not have to miss any of their classes and are: Sat 14th Jan 2:00pm till 3:30pm Sat 21st Jan 2:00pm till 3:30pm Sat 28th Jan 2:00pm till 3:30pm
The venue is to be confirmed but will be either Blaydon Leisure Centre or Gateshead Stadium. Anyone wishing to attend the course if they could please fill out the Rider information form attached (or to download here) and bring it to the first session. Anyone under 18 MUST also have the parental consent form signed by a parent/guardian before they will be able to take part.
The course will be coached by Haydn Maughan and Paul Gertig as part of their Level 2 Cycle Coaching course.

Watt Bike Race Nights at the Ryton Tri Gym - next race night Sat 28th Jan
Yesterday (30th Dec) was the last Watt Bike Race night of 2011 and what a night it was! By the end of the evening, you could cut the testosterone that was in the atmosphere with a knife!!! Sitting in front of the animals - sorry boys - as they tried to shave that extra nano-second off their PB was quite a scary place to be. The boys were giving it all they've got, but I wasn't sure the bikes were going to take it!!

I don't have any dates for next year, but I'll get them up when I have them. Race nights are open to all - not just Ryton-Tri members and although there was a cohort of strong wimmen (well maybe 3 out of the 4 were strong) present, I think we could do with seeing more wimmen! Here are some photos of the night.

They all look like gentle babies...

Until the flag goes up!

Bloody animals!!

Watt Bike Race nights cost £5 per head. Can anyone who plans to come along, please give the gym a call on 0191 413 5050. The format is: a group will be warming up on spin bikes, a group racing on the Wattbikes and a group cooling down on spin bikes. Various distances etc etc. So come along and give it a go!

Ryton Tri is one of the top triathlon clubs in the North East as well as being the friendliest club in the North East. We cater for all standards from total novices to elite triathletes.