Mike Orton Wins a Silver Medal in the Olympic Distance National Championships in Bedford
Having recovered from his Ironman event in June, Mike Orton decided to focus on the shorter Olympic Distance events and on 15 August 2010, Mike competed in the National Championships in Bedford taking a silver medal. Here's Mike's account of his fantastic achievement.
In June this year, Hemel Hemsptead Cycling Club member Mike Orton took part in an Ironman triathlon in Nice, France. Here’s Mike’s account of how he got on.
As some of you know I have recently returned from Nice where I took on the challenge of an Ironman triathlon. This is the longest of the triathlon distances and is competed for over a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a Marathon run (26.2 miles).
Hemel Hempstead Cycling Club will once again host a round of the Central League Cyclo-cross. Hemel’s event, round 3 of a series of 9, will take place at Longdean School, Hemel Hempstead, on Sunday 17 October 2010.
Well we have come to the end of the evening events with tonight's last 10. The evening looked like it would be quite tough with a cross tailwind out and subsequent tough return, but in reality the wind seemed to drop to almost nothing for most, resulting in many PB's or seasons best for the course. Although dry at first it did start to drizzle a little for the later starters. A pretty large number turned out too - although the majority were not club members!
Well tonight we turned up at the HQ... only to hear from riders coming from the Dagnall direction that there were roadworks with traffic lights up this side of the village going around the corner into the village. With no possibility of even running an emergency short course we had no choice but to cancel. It would have been a good event as I reckon a good 30 plus riders had turned up!
