Bolton Ironman Triathlon – July 19th 2014 Steve Parker, 58, raced in the Ironman triathlon last weekend in Bolton. Itstarted with a rude awakening at 2.45am to get to the start at the lake at6.00am. He reports that competing with 2000 other swimmers was a bit like beinga pin ball rounding the buoys on the two lap swim but the 2.4 mile swim wentwell in a time of 1hr 27mins. After a leisurely transition, it was out for a 112 mile bikeride. The two lap route was far from flat, including the infamous Sheep HouseLane climb but Steve found the long steep Hunters hill was more of a challengeas this had to be negotiated riding out of the saddle. The …Read More

Newman Hilly 5 Chigwell Row Wednesday 16 July On a warm summers night Ilford AC staged the annual Newman Hilly 5 mile race, which incorporated the latest round on the ELvIS Summer League, on a challenging course around Hainault Forest. Ilford’s man in form Malcom Muir took the honours with an excellent victory in 28mins 06secs. Steve Philcox backed him up in 6th place , and 3rd in the M40 category, in 29m 2-11s with Kevin Newell also showing good form 9th overall in 29m 48s. Kevin Wooton was 4th in the M40 age group and 15th overall in 30m 56s with Sam Rahman one place back with 31m 02s. Neil Crisp completed the Ilford’s mens team in 20th and …Read More

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