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March 2010
British Duathlon Championships Clumber Park 6th March 2010
A great day for Team athlete matters at Clumber Park:

The team of Matt Moorhouse, Dave Anderson, Christian Preece and Dave Cookson all performed brilliantly in a field of 400 men.

Weather conditions were not ideal with wind and rain, strong wind making racing difficult. First up was the 10k run where Dave really showed his running pedigree by finishing in 2nd position in 31min, Matt Moorhouse was a few seconds behind him but was in eyesight of Dave as he entered transition.

Chris who is 17 clocked a very impressive 35 min 10k and followed that with a quick transition to bike. Dave Cookson was next in with a 36min 10k.

Matt showed his strength on the bike and managed to get himself into 2nd place coming into transition with 1.00 for 40k.Dave was next in with a 1.03 for his 40k which was very impressive as this was Dave first ever duathlon and only his second multisport event!
Matt Moorhouse

Arguably the most amazing performance of the team was from Chris who managed to clock 1.02 for 40k.Chris's bike time was only 5 mins off the fastest bike of the day and for somebody of his age this is remarkable. Dave was next in with a very respectable 1.09.

On the final run Matt and Dave really went for it and achieved the 2nd and 3rd fastest 2nd run stage of the day. Chris again impressed with a fast 2nd run finishing 1st in his age group and 23rd overall in the senior race! Dave was next in with a strong final run. With 3 of the team qualifying for the World Championships later in the year Team Athlete Matters have really made their mark.

Next up for the team is the Lymm Triathlon in May www.uberfitevents.com/news050210

Final Results:
Matt Moorhouse 1st Age Group (4th Overall)
Dave Anderson 2nd Age Group (9th Overall)
Chris Preece 1st Age Group (23rd Overall)
Dave Cookson 26th Age Group (125th Overall)

 


Take Up Running in 2010
Many of the team at athlete matters are runners, Clinic Director Duncan Mason has over 20 years experience as a Physiotherapist specialising in running injuries, he also has competed in the Elite field at the London marathon three times with a best time of 2:21. He is also now involved with coaching young athletes at Salford Mets AC, based at Cleveleys track.

We currently work with some of Britain’s top Endurance runners including Britain’s top finisher at the London Marathon 2009, Salford Harrier Andi Jones.

Interview with Andi Jones

How old were you when you started running and how did your running career progress?
Started running at 18 years old by wanting to run the London Marathon. This aim came from watching the marathon every April on the TV and a thought of “I can do that’. I entered my first London Marathon with an aim of breaking 4 hours. So did no training for it and headed off to London.

Finished in 3hr 58mins so objective met. From then I kind of got the running bug and was already looking for my next race on the way home from London. Went on to run two Leeds marathons, the Manchester Marathon and two more London Marathons and also participated in the Tour of Tameside. A six stage, seven day race. Following on from this I got involved with East Cheshire Harriers and competed for them for a number of years on Road, XC and Fells. Around nine years ago I changed club and coaches and joined Bob Merrell at Salford Harriers.
Andi Jones

I was looking for a greater level of competition and guidance and found this at Salford Harriers. Gradually training increased in quality and quantity, times started to fall and I started winning races in good times. I picked up a few England vests for the XC and Mountain running. In 2003 I finished 4th at the World Mountain Running Championships in Alaska, USA. I have ran at numerous European Mountain Running Championships and more recently represented Great Britain at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships, Edinburgh and in 2009 the World Half Marathon Championships, Birmingham.

What are your future ambitions in the sport?
It’s good to have ambitions and targets. I hope to run fast at the Virgin London Marathon in 2010 and get selected for either the European Marathon Championships in Barcelona in July or the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October. I want to continue to chip away at my marathon time and run a time which I know I am capable of doing so. I also hope to encourage more people to get involved with sport and athletics and try and put something back in to the sport to repay for what the sport has given me.

What training advice would you give to someone who wanted to take up running?
Running is the best sport for anyone to get involved with. With a pair of relatively good shoes it’s basically free! No gym membership needed, you can just leave your front door and run. If you want to get more serious or looking for a great social side of running as well there are always local running clubs to join who will welcome people of any standard.

Don’t think you need to be the next Radcliffe to join a running club. Find a running club which does the type of running you like, whether that be road running, XC, Fell running or track racing. There are plenty out there. It’s important to build up steady. Don’t go from no running to big miles because you will be injured within no time. A steady build up, following a carefully constructed training programme is the best thing to follow. I also believe in regular physio to help ensure you stay injury free and that you can get your best from yourself. You service your cars so it’s only right to service your body on a regular basis to ensure it works right.

Can you tell us about some of your favourite races?
Favourite races- London Marathon. Any marathon really but the atmosphere when running the London Marathon can not be matched anywhere else. Racing round the streets of the capital, being the first British athlete and having thousands of people cheering you on is awesome.

Any race where I am representing England or Great Britain. When you do any race you give 100% but always feel that added pressure when wearing the countries vest to perform even better.

I also favour any race in the Lake District as the place is beautiful.

 


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