Duathlon

Duathlon is a key early season discipline for many in the club, with quite a few specialist Duathletes competing througout the year. TeamMK has had some notable successes in this discipline in the past with Vicki Pincombe and Michelle Lee making World Championship podiums and Martin Yelling being a multiple National Champion. Nowadays we have Eimear Mullan, Juliette Minter and Richard Ashton all flying the flag at a high level for us.

2012 preview

In 2011 it was proven that by competing in Duathlon you can pick up prizes at the annual meals. This was because not many people bothered with it. However, it is a enjoyable and testing discipline and will be fun if a number of us turn out and do them. They can be used as a way of picking up racing experience and early season fitness as well as points for the end of year trophies. 2012 sees a number of reasonably local events some of which are likely to be included in the club points system.

Many of the longer events below have "baby" events also often of half the distance and costing less. Look up the event websites for more details.

11th Feb:     Althorp  Duathlon -                                 Distances 10k-40k-5k Time: Saturday at 09:30 Cost: £28

10th March: Dambuster Duathlon -                          Distances 10k-42k-5k Time: Saturday at 08:20 Cost: £40 (National Champs)

24th March: Clumber Park Duathlon -                      Distances 10k-40k-5k Time: Saturday at 09:00 Cost £39

25th March: Spring Forward Duathlon (Banbury) - Distances 5k-20k-3k Time: Sunday at 09:00 Cost £18

31st March: Boxfit Bison Duathlon -                          Distances 6m - 18m - 6m: Saturday at 9:00 Cost £35

08th April:    5205 Emberton Duathlon -                   Distances: 5k-20k-5k Time: Sunday at 09:00 Cost: £40 (Easter Sunday)

15th April:    Cambridge Duathlon -                           Distances: 7.5k-40k-7.5k Time: Sunday at 09:00 Cost: £35

28th April:    Mansion House Duathlon (nr Biggleswade) - Distances 10k-38k-5k Time: Saturday at 09:00 Cost: £39 (not far from MK)

06th June:   USN Silverstone Duathlon -                 Distances: 2m-10m-2m Time: Wednesday at 19:00 Cost: £25

20th June:   USN Silverstone Duathlon -                 Distances: 2m-10m-2m Time: Wednesday at 19:00 Cost: £25

17th July:      USN Silverstone Duathlon -                Distances: 2m-10m-2m Time: Tuesday at 19:00 Cost: £25

07th August: USN Silverstone Duathlon -               Distances: 2m-10m-2m Time: Tuesday at 19:00 Cost: £25

22nd Sept:    ITU Duathlon Nancy, France -             Distance: 10k-40k-5k (World Championships)

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See link here for Tri/Du points competition 2012

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