2011 Fantasy Tour de France (Rest Day 1)

Darren moves into a seemingly unasailable lead winning 6 of the 9 stages so far...

 

UK Ironman 70.3 - June 19th 2011

The three musketeers/amigo's/blind-mice (delete as applicable) took part in what by all accounts was a brutal course for the UK 70.3 Ironman triathlon.

The results are in although Nigel's are subject to a stewards enquiry with him currently listed as a DNF.

Nigel

Position - DNF (tbc)

Swim - 00:41:51 (pos. 1,224)

T1 - 00:07:56 (pos. 1,201)

Bike - 03:41:52 (pos 1,119)

T2 - 00:03:41 (pos 1,116)

Run - 01:51:43 (1,110)

Martin

Total Time - 06:45:49 (698)

Swim - 00:49:57 (pos. 1,117)

T1 - 00:12:14 (pos. 1,138)

Bike - 03:29:24 (pos 468)

T2 - 00:04:39 (pos 925)

Run - 02:09:37 (733)

Mark

Total Time - 07:13:00 (885)

Swim - 00:53:51 (pos. 1,168)

T1 - 00:11:14 (pos. 1,081)

Bike - 03:44:03 (pos 694)

T2 - 00:06:25 (pos 1,060)

Run - 02:17:29 (855)

Tony Fairs
Total Time - 07:13:00 (998)

Swim - 00:38:55 (pos. 539)

T1 - 00:09:28 (pos. 895)

Bike - 04:00:01 (pos 911)

T2 - 00:04:23 (pos 876)

Run - 02:41:14 (1,060)

The mens race was won by Mikel Elgezabal in a blistering time of 04:25:15. Victory ensured by posting the fastest bike time by just short of 5minutes to give him a win over 2nd placed Stephen Bayliss by a mere 00:01:15.

Swim - 00:25:53 (pos. 10)

T1 - 00:03:21 (pos. 13)

Bike - 02:31:32 (pos 1)

T2 - 00:01:30 (pos 84)

Run - 01:23:01 (5)

Gloucester Sprint Triathlon - 29th May 2011

Nigel took part (for the second year running?) in the Gloucester triathlon which is raced over sprint distance (400m pool swim/25km bike/6km run) from Brockworth sports centre.

According to the website results are still be finalised (2 weeks after the event??!) but Nigel was 93rd out of 169 (with 3 DNF's) in a time of 01:32:46.

The reported splits are as follows:

Swim - 00:19:06 (169th pos)
T1 - 00:00:49
Bike - 00:47:24 (32nd pos)
T2 - 00:01:05
Run - 00:24:20 (28th pos)

Not sure that swim time is accurate but treating this as a training session in a weekend of BIG training he recorded decent bike and run splits.

He also managed in T1 to put his helmet on the right way.

Edinburgh Marathon - 22nd May 2012

The team continued their participation in events across the British Isles with Mark competing in the Edinburgh Marathon. Patched up by physio's, chiro's, chiropodists and some bloke he met in tesco's. Held together by compression socks, tape and glucosamine he took to the streets of Edinburgh completing his debut at marathon distance in a time of 04:19:09.

His splits were:
10k - 00:57:58
half - 02:03:34
30k - 02:58:56
Full - 04:19:09

Well done Mark!

Fantasy Giro d'Italia 2011 (Powered by Velogames)

This years fantasy Giro was a good contest with the lead changing on a number of occassions...

The final standings are:
1. Marcus - 6,372 points
2. Darren - 5,405 points
3. Martin - 5,318 points
4. Rob - 4,409 points

Next up the fantasy TdF in July also to be powered by Velogames.

Fantasy Football - Final Standings 2010/11

With the Premier League season 2010/11 finally over the final standings can be confirmed:

Winning at his first attempt despite being only 11years old is Luca with a total of 1,440 points. At the rear was Le Fasset with 1,082 points.

Final standings:

Luca - 1,440
Darren - 1,410
Nigel - 1,405
Marcus - 1,387
Marcus (2) - 1,285
Martin - 1,082

Based on the initial team selection, that is without any substitutions, the league would look like this:

Marcus (2) - 1,288
Darren - 1,231
Luca - 1,223
Martin - 1,102
Marcus - 1,093
Nigel - 1,063

Based on Goals Scored

Marcus - 82
Nigel - 71
Darren - 70
Luca - 62
Marcus (2) - 60
Martin - 55

Runners World Forest of Dean Trailblazer 10k - 22nd May 2011

Runners World Forest of Dean Trailblazer 10k - 22nd May 2011

I blogged earlier in the week that I wasn't looking forward to the Runners World Forest of Dean Trailblazer 10k. The main problem I had with it being that rather than considering it a decent race I was viewing it as an opportunity for a long run missed. It was after all a Sunday morning and, as I latterly found out, the same day as the Tewkesbury Half Marathon. If it wasn't for the fact that I had paid £29 to enter, which seems pretty steep, I wouldn't have bothered.

So I drove the 20 or so miles down to the race village at Speech House. When I got there I was pleasantly surprised. There was a race village with a running shop, bar,cafe and various massage tents etc. Very professional. I checked in, got my number (54) and then milled about a bit. For me this was a novelty - I had plenty of time - normally I am scrambling to get to the venue and then in a panic to get ready. So far so good.

When I picked up my number I did see there was a baggage drop and a valuables drop point. With about 1minutes to go to the warm up start I went to drop my bag only to find that the baggage claim was unattended. Cue a mad dash to the car to leave my bag there and then check my valuables which were my car keys!

At the start of each wave there was a warm-up period - this was led by a lady on a podium with a microphone who took everyone (reluctantly) through some stretches and limber up exercises. Some easy stuff to get the muscles working and get the heart rate up a little. It was pretty funny watching the other people in the wave do this as no-one looked comfortable doing it. We are so reserved.

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