North Cotswold Tri & Run
Helvellyn Triathlon
MARIANNE and Daniel Badger of North Cotswold Tri & Run took on the Helvellyn Triathlon, advertised as one of the toughest triathlons in the world.

The 1.6km open water swim was in the crystal clear water of Ullswater, the 38-mile cycle ride included a 1,489ft climb to the top of the Kirkstone Pass and the nine-mile run was up and down Helvellyn with 3,118ft of climb. Daniel was very pleased to finish in a time of 4:34.42 and Marianne would have got the same time had she not incurred a five-minute transition penalty making her final finishing time 4:39.24.

They both found the event a fantastic experience and great training for upcoming events.

Slaughter 10k
NIKKI HITCHCOCK continues to get quicker as she ran the Slaughter 10k in a time of 50.41 to finish fourth lady and 17th overall.

Pippa Brown also continues to improve as she finished in 54.40 for seventh lady, a massive 15-minute improvement from last year's time in the same race.

Stratford Big 10k & Parkrun
DAVID PYNE raced twice over the weekend as part of his training for a half marathon.

On Saturday he ran 24.07 at the Stratford Parkrun to finish second in the MV55 category. Then on Sunday he ran 50.37 at the Stratford Big 10k giving him 18th place in his age category.

New Forest Marathon

STEVE EDWARDS took another step nearer to the 800 marathons record by winning the MV50 category at the challenging New Forest Trail Marathon in a time of 3:16.22.

In third place at halfway, a delighted Steve recorded negative splits of 1:39/1:37 and passed his two MV50 rivals in the closing miles to take the victory by just 11 seconds.

This was his 795th competitive marathon race and all being well he hopes to establish the new world record at Birmingham in just five weeks' time.