In cold but bright conditions at Tockington we had 24 starters in our Duathlon today.

In the short course event, Thomas Miller (25:39) and Philippa Crocker (31:12) were unopposed in their categories, but both had the satisfaction of establishing a new course record for the distance.

On the longer course, Nathan Irwin went out hard from the start and stayed in front to finish first in 35:32. Alex Miller was second in 37:16 with Kieron Brosnan, new to Duathlon, finishing third in 38:30. In all we had 6 athletes finish in under 40 minutes.

In the female category we had a very close finish, Sharon Coultart leading from the bike leg with Kate Hoffen (a regular medalist in our Eastville Park runs) closing fast on the final run. In the end, Sharon stayed ahead to finish first in 41:23 with Kate taking 2nd place by just one second in 41:24. Angela Simpson was third in 44:13 despite having to roll in from the bike leg on a flat tyre.

Steve Thomas has shared a great video taken from the event field on YouTube - thanks Steve! https://youtu.be/plA17AB_X-Y

There is also a gallery at https://www.smugmug.com/app/organize/Bristol/2025/Tockington-swimbikerun...

Please spread the word about our forthcoming races - Eastville Park series begins on 6th May, details at https://uk.srichinmoyraces.org/races/bristol and our next multisport is on August 3rd with a choice of SwimBikeRun-MINI Triathlon or 2 distance options for Duathlon - https://www.britishtriathlon.org/events/Swim-Bike-Run-Mini-Bristol_16236.

Thanks everyone for making these races happen,

 

Garga Chamberlain / Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team BRISTOL