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There were 31 athletes in Sunday's GO TRI Duathlon at Tockington.

Conditions were pretty good - cool and dry without too much breeze - but some disruption to the route (roadworks) and the usual post-rain gravel on some of the turns meant it wasn't totally ideal. Nevertheless there were some fast times including a first place under 40 minutes (Chris Mills - 39.21). 2nd place went to veteran Mark Wilkinson (40.11), with Kit McColl 3rd (42.53). In the women's results, first overall was Marie Monaghan in a time of 44.23, with Gwenno Goode from Barry second in 48.18 and a 3rd place for Sarah Bennet in 50.15.

Results are now online (see link attached) and I'm very happy to say that guest race photographer Nick Tuftnell has captured the event with a great gallery of photos on Flickr - much appreciated Nick! Thanks are also due to Lucinda from North Bristol Tri who stepped in as a marshal at the last minute so the race could go ahead.

To those of you racing on our course for the first time I hope you enjoyed the simplicity of GO TRI and the scenic race route. We'll be fixing up our series for next year soon and hope to have three Duathlons as well as a GO TRI Triathlon all at the same venue in 2023.

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It was a small turnout again (seems to be the pattern as we all adjust to racing again post-lockdown) but definitely a case of quality not quantity, with everyone finishing under, or pretty much bang on, the hour. With blustery winds and 2 sections of gravel to negotiate as a result of road re-surfacing, that's an impressive set of times. Fastest in the men's line up were Chris Mills with an excellent winning time of 38:58, followed by Mark Wilkinson (40:20) and Pete Lloyd (42:22). We had a new winner in the womens's race, Odette Collett, who was racing on this course for the first time, with Sarah Bennett (50:20) and Victoria Brooke (50:41) in second and third.

There were excellent times all the way down the field, and we had what I believe is our biggest ever age range among the competitors, with youth represented by Chloe Shephard (16) and experience by Robin Drewett (81).

Attached are the results and a link to a photo gallery from the race.

Thanks to everyone who took part and as always to our selfless team of marshals who put the race on - cheers everyone & see you in September for the next one.

Garga Chamberlain

Sri Chinmoy Triathlon Club

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It was our lowest ever turnout for the GO TRI event at Tockington, but that seems to be down to a combination of covid-uncertainty, sub-zero temperatures overnight and an unlucky prevalence of injuries hitting people just at the start of their racing season.

Fortunately for the 21 brave souls who did make it to the start line, everyone got round without incident and the sun came out for pretty much the whole race.

There were good times across the board (especially considering the need to ride cautiously on the shaded sections of the course which were still frosty) and worthy winners in Alex Brown (49:54) and Matt Washburn (43:14). Trophies will be on their way to the winners soon - congratulations to both.

Our next Tockington event is the GO TRI Triathlon on June 2nd and our Eastville Park running events begin on 10th May, so hope to see you (and some warmer weather) soon.

Results are in the attached PDF and photos will appear soon in our Race Gallery.

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Cool, still and dry conditions meant fast times for our regulars and a great start to multisport for our first timers. Ric Hill's winning time for the men was one of our quickest ever, while Tamsin Chick, not for the first time, took first place in the women's race. Full results are attached and pics are online in our gallery at https://ukgallery.srichinmoyraces.org/Bristol/2021/GO-TRI-Duathlon-at-Tockington-12-September-2021/

Hoping to welcome you all back to Tockington and Eastville for our Multisport and Running series next year.

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The rain held off, but racing conditions were still not ideal at our first race of 2021, with block headwinds on the back half of the bike course and numerous other events jostling for the same stretches of road. My sincere apologies to those of you who got delayed by the event traffic and in particular to Paul Taylor who got misdirected by the British Cycling signs - hopefully this kind of event congestion has only occurred as a result of events being delayed by Covid-19 and future years will see everything spread out across the summer as per usual. Despite these challenges we had 34 finishers out of 34 starters and some excellent times at the top of the results. Alice Thomson, in her first duathlon, was first in the women's race with 47:21, while Alex Brown and Sally Sims took second and third. In the men's race we saw a top 3 all finishing in under 40 minutes which is impressive on such a breezy day - Joe Pritchard took top spot with 37:58, Chris Mills taking second place ahead of Rob Sims in third. Results are in the attached PDF and we hope to have photos online in our Bristol Races Gallery - http://ukgallery.srichinmoyraces.org/Bristol/ Thanks to everyone for taking part and making an event happen in this challenging and uncertain summer!

Time-trial start at the GO TRI duathlon, Tockington

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It was great to be hosting a race again after such a long time, and thanks are due to British Triathlon for insuring & permitting the event through the GO TRI initiative, Tockington Manor School for letting us use their facilities, the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team for marshalling and of course The Athletes who came and took part.

Turnout was lower than usual at 35 starters, but in these uncertain times that was actually above our expectations. We had a really broad range of ages and abilities as usual, which is what GO TRI is all about. It was a mix of familiar faces and first timers too.

In the women's field of 15 the honours went to Tamsin Chick who came first in 47:10, Sally Sims who came second in 48:05 and Megan Edwards, third with a time of 48:35.

The men's race was probably our best ever in terms of quality, with four athletes breaking the 40 minute barrier. First place went to Adam Whittaker who smashed the previous course record by more than 40 seconds, finishing in 36:33. Chris Mills came second in 38:38 while only 6 seconds separated third and fourth place - Robert Sims (39:13) and Wayne Williams (39:19).

This race was very different to normal, with a time-trial start meaning everyone was competing against the clock without any clear idea of where they were in terms of position until everyone had finished and the final calculations had all been done. They call this format "the race of truth" though, so I hope everyone was happy with their result after racing against themselves. Thanks again to our competitors who all co-operated with the distancing and other health measures so that the event could go smoothly.

We missed having a public reading of the results and applauding our winners, but we do have small trophies for the first man and first woman so these will be delivered soon.

Photos will appear in our gallery (https://ukgallery.srichinmoyraces.org/ - scroll down to the Bristol page) in the next day or two and the full provisional results are attached.

We hope to hold a full series of 4 GO TRI events in 2021 so please keep an eye on our website for updates.

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45 aspiring duathletes gathered at the startline today in excellent racing conditions. Winds were light enough for a few at the sharp end of the race to sport full disk wheels, while other athletes took on the challenge with mountain bikes & tourers. Unfortunately, roadworks in the first couple of KMs of the bike course meant we had to contend with a set of traffic lights (next to Duckingham Palace, for those who know the route) and this brought a large element of luck into the equation - some breezed through on green while others had to stick a foot down and wait for a minute for the lights to change. Times were still impressive with Chris Mills winning once again in 39.31 and 2nd and 3rd places going to Wayne Williams (40.44) and Robert Sims (41.27). The women's race was won by Sarah Gillies (48.30) ahead of Sally Sims (49.17) and Emma Ulmann (49.27). The attached full results are provisional so please get in touch if you notice any errors or omissions. Photos are at https://ukgallery.srichinmoyraces.org/Bristol/2019/GO-TRI-Duathlon-September-2019/ . Thanks to Tockington Manor School for hosting our race series in 2019 - see you all next year for more of the same!

Sri Chinmoy GO TRI Duathlon Tockington Manor June 2019

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With a stiff breeze blowing over the levels we weren't expecting super-fast times at today's GO TRI but all our participants were on good form, with quick finishes right through the field and our first finisher only a few seconds off the course record. We don't have many athletes going under 40 minutes on this course but today Wayne Williams (39.51), Alex Tedd (39.21) and overall winner Joe Prichard (37.19) all broke through that barrier, with Joe narrowly missing out on Matt Fratesi's record of 37.15. In the women's race less than 2 minutes separated the top 3, with Katie Jones finishing in 49.49, second place Lucy Gardner in 48.52 and overall winner Sarah Gillies in 48.05. Lucia Gaetani came in with an overall time of 79 minutes but don't be fooled - she did some serious extra mileage on the bike course!

Thanks to everyone who took part and to our team of only 6 marshals who made the whole event happen. Our next events are a 2 mile race this coming Tuesday (Eastville Park, Bristol, arrive by 7pm for 7.30 start) and our famous 3 x 1 mile relay two weeks later at the same venue. The relay has categories for clubs, unaffiliated runners (not club members), veteran teams (all 50+) and family teams (all 3 must be related) so if you can muster 3 runners to do one mile each, why not make up a team? There's a free ice cream for all finishers in that race too.

Our last GO TRI event is another Tockington Duathlon in September and there are still a handful of places available for online signup via the British Triathlon website.

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We had no less than 45 starters at today's GO TRI event. I'm pleased to say that despite the cold and the headwinds we saw all 45 make it to the finish line! Wayne Williams and Dan Wixey battled it out for top spot in the men's race with Wayne eventually winning out to claim victory in 41.17. In the women's race Renske Bouwens overcame her late arrival at the race and zero warmup to finish first in 48.07 with Angela Young second and Anna Kusuak a close third. There were strong performances all the way through the field, with many athletes hitting their personal targets despite the conditions and several finishing their first ever multi-sport event. For a few, it was their first race of any description. Congratulations to all 45 athletes and we hope to welcome you back at our Aquathlon in April, our Triathlon in May or our future Tockington duathlons.

Lead pack on the first run leg of the Sri Chinmoy Tri Club's GO TRI duathlon at Tockington September 2018

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We had showers at the start but conditions cleared up to allow our 34 duathletes to take the rather technical course at high speed. Two came close to challenging our men's course record, which is exceptional on a damp road in a swirling breeze. Times were fast from first to last with everyone finishing in under an hour. First woman to finish was Rachel Burnside in 47.14, a couple of minutes ahead of her nearest challengers Lucy Gardner (2nd) and Ali Jones (3rd). In an impressive men's race Joe Pritchard comfortably beat his previous time on the course to record an excellent 37:35, with Lee Winter 2nd just 3 seconds behind him and Chris Mills coming third with 38:46. The attached results are provisional so please contact us if you have any queries. That's all for our Bristol races this season, the Sri Chinmoy races carry on in London & Edinburgh through the winter and also throughout the world from Mongolia to Macedonia, so do check out our race website if you go off on any international travels - there might be a race at your destination! Thanks and hope to see you next year - 2019 race dates should be finalised and online before the end of September.

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A lower turnout than usual today but a high quality field and some lovely racing conditions - those who made it to Tockington were rewarded with a firm and freshly-mown sports field for the run and clear, sunlit roads for the ride.

Former winners triumphed in both categories with Chris Mills taking 1st place in the mens' race in a time of 39:51 and Kirstie Hallam (Almost Athletes - cheltenham) first woman to finish in 48:02.

Provisional results are attached, please let me know of any errors/queries asap as they will soon be uploaded to the GO TRI website.

Thanks to all the athletes and also all the marshals who made today's race happen.

Photos will be on our gallery page as soon as we can compile them from various cameras and phones!

Next duathlon - 9th September :)

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After a cold start it blossomed into what felt like the first day of Spring, with 44 athletes taking advantage of the cool, calm & dry conditions to post some fast times. The top 3 were:

Women:

Kirstie Hallam (Almost Athletes) - 49.44, Becky Thomas (Tewkesbury Tri) - 51.36, Lisa Heal - 51.37

Men:

Joe Prichard - 39.16, Chris Mills - 40.28, Martyn Green - 40.46

Provisional results are in the attached file, please get in touch if any queries. As usual a photo gallery will be uploaded within 24 hours of the event to http://ukgallery.srichinmoyraces.org/Bristol/ - if anyone has any photos or video they are happy to share please email us a link and we'll get it on our gallery.

Next race is our Swim-Run at the end of April - another GO TRI event for which there are still a handful of places available.

Thanks to everyone who took part and to Alan Jones for coming along to marshal the Pilning junction - cheers!

34 athletes line up for the Sri Chinmoy Tri Club GO TRI DUATHLON at Tockington

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34 duathletes braved a rather dodgy weather forecast to line up under grey skies at Tockington - an unfamiliar experience at this race that has so far been blessed with such amazing weather! In the event a squally shower or two didn't prove a showstopper and all starters finished in some pretty brisk times, ranging from 42 to 62 minutes - a quality field.

First to finish was Jamie Britton in an excellent time (considering the conditions) of 42.25. Race regular Tom Miller (Emersons Green RC) took third place behind runner-up Phil Partridge (Staple Hill Runners). George Britton, just a few days after turning 16, raced to an impressive 12th place overall, while fellow junior athlete Nathan Price (15) came in 19th.

The ladies' race was won once again by Yvonne Cox 47.30, with Fional Grey and Helen Parker (Kingswood Tri), separated by only 7 seconds, taking 2nd and 3rd.

Today's race was the last of the series and our club is now focussed on some international events to mark our 40th anniversary - our first race took place in the USA on 2nd October 1977. Next year we'll be back with another season of Running, Triathlon and GO TRI events around the Bristol area. Thanks to Triathon England for backing our GO TRI Events again this year. Thanks to everyone who took part this year, as athlete or helper, and we look forward to seeing you again in 2018.

Whatever you have got lined up for the winter - have a good one!

Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team & Triathlon Club, Bristol

We are all truly unlimited,
If we only dare to try
And have faith.

— Sri Chinmoy